Update From the Borde's

Jon, Swati, and Neil are settling in to their new life in India. We hope to be able to have a live video feed at worship sometime in the near future so they can share for themselves what God's mission looks like in their new corner of the world. Here is an update I received this week:

Hi folks

It has almost been a month since we have arrived in Pune. We are beginning to adjust to living in the “State Fair” environment. We have found a rental apartment and will be moving into our new home on July 1st. We have been staying with different relatives here. Another praise report is that our house in Minnesota rented. We had renters move in on the 15th of June. God is good and we praise him for his faithfulness.

Neil started school on the 16th of June as we had to get some formalities completed. Keep him in prayer as this is a huge adjustment for him. He is studying grade 4 curriculum in grade 2 here. Other than school he has made many new friends here and cricket is quickly becoming his favorite sport. Rickshaw rides are also pretty popular with him.

Swati and I are doing well and even though it has been busy settling in we have spent time praying and soaking in his presence as we go forth into ministry here. We have done a couple of small meetings with small groups of people in the slums where the micro enterprise groups are as well as with the children in the Pune orphanage. We get to be part of the bible school reopening this Monday and that will be fun. We will be spending 3 days at the bible school and girls orphanage. The Lord is bringing many new friends into our lives here and also opening a lot of doors for ministry here.

We will have internet access once we move into our new home as well as a home phone. We will be available to skype once we move as we do not have internet access where we are staying. We will also send you pictures in the next update as we do not have our cameras with us currently.

Thank you for your prayers, support and partnership as we do his work in India.

We do pray for all of you and miss you all.

May he continue to do exceedingly abundantly more than any of you can imagine in all aspects of your lives.

Be blessed


Your family from the other side of the world

Jon, Swati and Neil



Prayer Requests

1)Neil’s adjustment to school in India
2)We are looking for some local volunteers and workers to come alongside us for kingdom business (micro enterprise) and orphan care. Pray that God would lead the right people our way.
3)The bible school reopening
4)Our move into our new rental home

Summer Grace. Pictures

We are gathering ROJ kids and their friends from the larger community into a creative adventure for kids we are calling Summer Grace. It is an opportunity for kids of all ages to explore art, music, faith and story as a community that is created to partner in God's ongoing creation. Here are some pics from the first day.

Click here to visit the Summer Grace. website.

new website

As we have been heading into this season for the stranger, we have been working on developing a new website. Click here and check out the new site mock up. If you visit the new site, please come back and leave a comment on what you think or email me your thoughts. This will help us to determine where we need to tune the site.