Living the Dream

How Indian Nationals have become one of the Largest Minorities – Interview with Steve Rao

Check out Steve's full bio here.The number of foreign born internationals is skyrocketing in the U.S. and in the town of Morrisville. Steve mentioned that we are living in a global community and people want to come to a place where they can share their ideas. 32% of STEM graduates are foreign born
60% of PHDs are foreign born
30,000 software programers are foreign born
Also check out these articles by Global Hope India:International are IncreasingAsians are Waiting to Know ChristWhy you Need Internationals in Your ChurchLet's Talk! Global Hope India____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us 

When Wendy from Vietnam Shares Jesus with Nelson an Asian American from Korea

This is a compelling story that should be an encouragement to church staff and volunteers about how God is on the move. He is bringing the mission field into our communities. God moved a young woman from Vietnam to a school in North Carolina and moved people from Korea decades ago so that Wendy and Nelson could now know Jesus.Nelson  was born in Durham, North Carolina. He holds a Bachelors in Chemistry from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and just like Wendy he too is employed with AstraZeneca. Nelson is also very involved in the community. This is part 2 of the story between Wendy and Nelson story. If you missed last week’s episode you’ll want to go back and catch it as you’ll see God used Wendy in making today’s episode with Nelson possible."I was certainly exploring my spirituality at a certain point. I just recently moved from Asheville to Durham to the triangle and so I was getting adjusted to working a new job. I had just left my friend group and was struggling to find a new one. Outside of work, there wasn't much going on in my life aside from, occasional visits with family, but other than that, it was pretty lonely, so I started reaching out thinking about going to Churches and religious organizations to see how spirituality fit would fit into my life. Because I would say I certainly was agnostic until I met Wendy and it really wasn't until she took me to church that I really felt that I could identify with Jesus." - Nelson"I think it was very easy for me to get caught up in the smaller things in life. The Superficial things in life, and it really wasn't until I met Wendy and I went to church with her that there's so much more to what we can do with our lives. There's so much more we can do to serve our community and there's so much more that we can do to help others and spread the word of Jesus and to learn that was a very humbling experience for me." - NelsonAlso mentioned in this episode:The importance of serving in your local church to have a sense of connection
Being a part of a small group is a source of encouragement and community for Nelson
Also check out these articles by Global Hope India:International are IncreasingAsians are Waiting to Know ChristWhy you Need Internationals in Your ChurchLet's Talk! Global Hope India____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us

From Agnostic to Christian Missionary – An interview with Wendy, a foreign-born international from Vietnam

Wendy was born in Vietnam. A few years ago she came to the USA and graduated with honors in a Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Buies Creek, NC. She did an internship with AstraZeneca and went on to be hired in Product Development. She volunteers all over the place and is active all throughout the community. This is a 2 part interview! This week Wendy joins the show and next week her friend Nelson will be here. Also check out these articles by Global Hope India:International are IncreasingAsians are Waiting to Know ChristWhy you Need Internationals in Your ChurchLet's Talk! Global Hope India____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us

The Word – Not Curries and Sarees – An interview with Dr Gary Vet of Hope Community Church in Raleigh, NC

From the moment of creation, God's purpose has been to reach the people in His world and them to come together and worship him. This isn't about targeting certain people groups but we do want representation. The church today has so emphasized a program called "discipleship." We are told to "go" and make disciples. Jesus said "as you are going, make disciples." And what we've done today is bring it into the church. What we've done is turned it on it's head. We talk about discipleship programs and I don't think we should. The more outward focused we are the closer our walk will be with Jesus. - Gary VetI tell pastors, you are not the pastor of a church, you are a pastor of the Church. It's our collective responsibility to reach every man woman and child with the Gospel where they live work and play. We are together to own the lostness of this territory. - Gary VetGary and Kevin discussed John 17 and Jesus' prayer for unity. The only way the Gospel is going to penetrate our region is if we are unified. Gary mentioned how he believes that pastors are the last to grasp this doctrine of the church. Our congregations understand it. They work with people who attend other churches and sometimes they are scratching their heads wondering "Why don't our churches work together?"Dialogue will lead to understanding.
Understanding will lead to trust.
Trust will lead to us working together to change our region.
Jesus intentionally mentioned the word "ecclesia" which means church for the first time in a way that would make his listeners think of way Alexander the Great conquered the known world. He would send a group of philosophers, teachers, mentors called an "ecclesia" into a new territory until the barbarians would walk like a Greek, talk like a Greek. It's like Jesus was saying "Alexander build a kingdom that lasted 500 years, but I'm building my "ecclesia." The way that Jesus has done that is by sending out his people to act like Jesus where they go so that people will begin to act, talk, and think like Jesus. Also check out these articles by Global Hope India:Why you Need Internationals in Your ChurchInternational are IncreasingAsians are Waiting to Know ChristLet's Talk! Global Hope India____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us

20 Years of getting Comfortable & Intentional about Including Internationals – Meet Pastor Kevin of Global Hope India

Having gone to India over 50 times, Pastor Kevin, of Global Hope India shares insights that God has showed him and how it is applicable to reach any people group.Living the Dream is based off of Revelation 7:9-12. That's the dream we are working toward. To help the local church reach every tribe, nation, and tongue with the Gospel.Kevin shares the experience of his first mission's trip where he learned that God had taken him to India to change his life. 21 years ago, if you wanted to reach internationals you would have to pack your bags, get a passport, and fly across the world. Now God has moved millions of internationals into our neighborhoods and communities. Know your numbers:Indians are quickly becoming one of the largest communities in the Triangle area.
The Triangle cricket association has over 100 teams involving more than 1500 players.
The Triangle area of North Carolina, Houston, New York, New Jersey, San Francisco has a large population of Indians
Our heart is not just for the people of India but all internationals
Our nation has a lot of racial tension and tension about immigration. Whichever side of the debate you are on the call has been given to the local Church to reach it's community. We discuss future episodes and themes we will cover in this podcast.Also check out these articles by Global Hope India:Why you Need Internationals in Your ChurchThree FREE Things Your Church can Do Right Now to Reach InternationalsFive Areas In Which Your Church Can Represent InternationalsLet's Talk! Global Hope India____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us

Living The Dream Trailer

The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven.Check out the Living the Dream page to see Introduction to Pastor Kevin, Future Episodes, and more.____________Global Hope India: For over 20 years we have been watching God radically transform thousands of Americans & Indian Nationals through missions. We’ve taken nearly 1,000 Americans on short-term mission trips to India. We work with 12 long-term indigenous church planting partners located in North, South, East, & West mainland India as well as Northeast India. We empower The Church in India to make Christ known through leadership, child, & village development projects. Global Hope India is a federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization located in Morrisville, North Carolina. All gifts are tax-deductible. More about GHI.Living the Dream Podcast: The Living the Dream podcast is where Church staff and volunteers get comfortable and aligned with the reality that God is moving millions of foreign-born internationals into our communities. We focus on this incredible opportunity God is giving us to change the world! We know how this story ends! Rev 7:9-12 shows us a Church filled with EVERY nation, tribe, & tongue gathered together worshipping Jesus. Welcome to Living the Dream podcast where we help The Church be on earth as it is in heaven. More about Living the Dream Podcast.Meet Pastor Kevin: Pastor Kevin is Founder and Executive Director of Global Hope India and your host for Living the Dream Podcast. He’s a poor kid from rural North Carolina, but get this… He just returned from his 50th trip to India in 20 years. If he doesn’t yet hold the Guinness Book of World Records for the most trips to India then he’s got to be close. He’s flown over a million miles to 27 different countries. He’s taken nearly 1,000 people on mission trips to India. Global Hope India has seen thousands of Indian Nationals and Americans radically transformed by God through missions. The miracle continues! More about Pastor Kevin.GHI Resources & Contact Info:Resource CenterGHI FacebookGHI Instagram: @globalhopeindiaGHI Twitter: @globalhopeindiaEmail Us