Missions Work in South India
In 2005 Heart of the Matter Ministries International began an awesome Partnership with Dr. John Willmott of Pioneer intercultural services in South India. Dr. Willmott has been a church planter and missionary in India for over 47 years. India has a population of over one billion and over 80% of the population is Hindu. Heart of the Matter Ministries ministers to the underprivileged, blind and disabled of Southern India. Karen Woods is partially blind in both eyes and has a special call to blind and disabled. Karen and Dr. John Willmott are working hard to raise support to build a center for the blind and disabled As a special tribute to Karen’s heart for India and her love and care for the blind and disabled Dr. Willmott and the area India pastors decided to call the blind center, “Karen Woods Love Center”. The Karen Love Center Building project is located in Villupuram.
This project has 3 acres of land.
The Purpose of this center is to evangelize 50 villages that has a heavy concentration of underprivileged blind people.
The Center will provide the following ministries at the compound:
- Small chapel
- New Beginnings Out door auditorium (under construction)
- Outdoor prayer garden (under construction)
- Shelters for the underprivileged blind (TBA Needs Construction)
- Training Center for the Blind and disabled (TBA Needs Construction)
- Education building for the children (TBA Needs Construction)
Our goal for the love center is to provide education and Mobility training for the blind and disabled as well as equipping and empowering them to become self sufficient in having their own micro businesses. This Love center will be an outreach of Love to the community. It will also provide discipleship training for the blind to enable them to share the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the lost!
Additional outreach missions work:
- Provide support and food, clothing and education for children in two Gypsy Colonies, one in Madurai and one in Chennai
- Education program for children
- Improve living conditions for the gypsy families
- Evangelistic outreach for the Colonies
- Support the workers who are called to serve in the colonies
Tsunami Building project funding will provide support for 8 widows and their children who currently are living in a grave yard.
- 8 cottages for the widows and their families
- Education for their Children
- Micro businesses for each widow to make a living for their families.
Our Ministry Goal...."The four E’s"
- Encourage the blind, the women who are survivors of sexual abuse, the widows who lost their love one and to minister to the interdenominational pastors. Providing (Prayer And the Word of God)
- Edify: build up the believers through music and teaching. Develop a support group for survivors of sexual abuse.
- Equip the blind Christians, with mobility skills, coping skills, So they can become independent of alms and regain their dignity and strength. To teach EMI skills to the area pastors and Leaders where they can share healthy ways of building a caring community. Visit equippingministries.org
- Evangelize through Outreach concert with other India Christian musicians. To share the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior and Provide strong discipleship to new converts.
Become a Partner!!!
Touching the heart of Nations with the Love of Jesus......
Dr. Willmott and I cordially invite you to partner with us through your love, prayers and financial support.
Our Objective: Share the love of Christ through HMMI by serving the hurting here in the USA and serve the underprivileged in India.
Partnership is a relationship between 2 or more people frequently working together toward one common goal. Your partnership is a decision to financially and prayerfully support the Heart of the Matter Ministries International, which includes counseling, workshops and music to reach out to the hurting.
Partners Program Goals:
- Raise funds to support Karen for HMMI operation expenses, India trip and ministry in India.
- Seek partners who can support consistently, i.e., monthly basis.
- Identify projects that can raise funds for HMMI and advertise.
The ministry work in India reaches out to blind, gypsies, widows and orphans:
- Building project - Center for the blind under privileged,
Cost: $30,000, Support needed $1000/month to finish the project in 2-3 yrs
- 8 Cottages for Widows/children currently living in grave-yard
Cost: $30,000, ~ $3750 per cottage, 8 pledges for $300/mo to cover this
- Support Gypsy Children: 30 in Chennai ($500/mo) and 30 in Madurai ($200/mo)
Missions Trip to India: We encourage our partners to go with us to experience the nature of the ministry work personally. Remember You Go Where HMM Goes! Your prayers and financial support are what enable us to show the love of God to the needy and preach the life-changing message of Jesus Christ.
Phil 4:17 - Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account".
Consider these prior to planning the visit:
- When missionaries visit India and give hope to the needy, they set an expectation. The underprivileged expect and wait for the support to arrive. If the financial support is delayed, their hope is down and the visit doesn’t really produce the desired outcome, i.e., showing the love of Christ through our words and action, and winning them to Christ.
Prov 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
James 2:26 - For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
- In India the manual labor is cheap and the great need is financial support.
- The cost for a 10-day trip to India is ~$3500. The visit by itself doesn’t meet their need.
- So, prayerfully consider (1) adding $500 to the expense to support one of the Ministries listed if you are planning to visit, and/or (2) become a partner to support financially.
Mat 25:40 - "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.'
Breakdown costs of various projects in India:
- Support Pastor. John Wilmott - Pioneer Intercultural Services – Amount as desired.
Support needed for the following projects:
- Through Heart of the Matter Ministries International and Pastor John Wilmott
- 8 Cottages for Widows/children who are currently living in grave-yard
Total Cost: $30,000,
~ $3750 per cottage,
8 pledges for $315/month for a year to cover this in a year,
i.e., 8x$315 = $2520 per month, $2520 x 12 months = $30,240 in a year
OR
$835 per month for 3 years to cover the $30,000
- Building project - Center for the blind under privileged,
i.e., New Beginnings Outreach Auditorium
Total Cost: $30,000,
Estimated time to complete: 2.5 - 3 years
Support needed $1000/month to finish the project in 2.5 yrs ($835/mo for 3 yrs)
- Support Gypsy Children: 30 in Chennai ($500/mo) and 30 in Madurai ($200/mo)
- Support Karen’s Trip to India – Ticket and one month stay costs ~$4000.
