Kardias Ministries
View our latest update from December 2009.
Thank
you for taking the time to visit Kardias Ministries, working in cooperation with
Common Ground Christian Ministries. Your interest is a blessing to us and those
whom we help.
America is a blessed nation. This may surprise you, but even those
who are considered to be in poverty in America are actually living fairly safe and
comfortable lives compared to the average person in the rest of the world. As we
traveled around India, we saw field after field of rice with whole communities coming
out together to plant and harvest the crop as their main source of income. Now,
the workers in the field didn't own the field; they didn't own the crop; and they
didn't profit from the yield from year to year. They worked for 12 to 14 hours per
day, and their take-home pay? About $.50 per day. Even by international standards,
that's not a lot of money.
Americans have a big heart. They hear about the poverty. They hear
how life is hard for other people out there. They hear how there are people who
hardly have enough to even buy rice three meals a day. And they want to help, but
they have heard one too many horror stories of crooks who are playing them, or have
been given one too many warnings about how you can't trust people out there. I mean,
how can you be sure that your money is going to the actual use that the person is
telling you? Will you be able to check up on them and make sure they are being honest?
Kardias Ministries spans the gap of trust.
Trust is everything. That is where Kardias Ministries spans the
gap. As a family, as an organization, as a ministry, it is our aim to live a life
that brings honor to the name of Christ. As you interact with us, it is my hope
that you see lives marked by integrity, honesty, and sincerity, in full
submission to the service of Jesus Christ. And on the other
side, it is our desire to help only those who honestly need the help and can be
trusted to use the help for the purpose for which it was given. We have personally
met with these people. We have seen the need with our own eyes. We have seen how
they have used aid in the past, and everything checks out.
To us, these aren't just "people out there." These are our friends. We maintain
a relationship with them. We share in their joy, and we share in their difficulties.
We keep them in our prayers. In the case of the Gampala family and the Chennai orphanage
and school, we plan on visiting every couple of years (God willing) so we can rejoice with them
as God provides for their needs, and to see our good friends. If you want an experience
of a lifetime, we invite you to come along and see for yourself. There is no safer
way to travel into India than to go with someone who's been there before. If you
are interested in this opportunity, let us know
and we will keep you informed as plans are made.
We hope that you will choose to trust, and that you will choose to help. If you are feeling led to contribute to any of these projects, please make checks payable
to "Common Ground Christian Ministries" and send to:
Kardias Ministries
694 Hohlier Lane
Avon, IN 46123
Working together we can make a world of difference.
If you would like your funds to go to a specific project, please note that on the
check. Any donations that you send are completely tax deductible.
To learn more about Kardias ministry opportunities, please click a link below.
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