Win Iron Bowl Tickets!

We're raffling off a pair of Iron Bowl tickets to help pay for our trip. Raffle tickets are $10 each, and all proceeds go toward the mission trip. Please visit this website to purchase tickets online!

**This fundraiser is generously facilitated by Michael and Sarah Beth Eady. We are grateful for their support.

Ways you can help #4

Buy a t-shirt!
We have some awesome t-shirts for sale that will help pay for the trip and show your support for global missions.

These t-shirts were collaboratively designed by our small group (but mostly Billy) and are unique to this mission trip. They cost $20 each, and the more we sell, the greater portion of the price goes to our trip. If you'd like one of these t-shirts, you can buy one from any team member, or you can order via paypal here:

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Jim 'n' Nick's night!

Attention all Birmingham supporters!

On Thursday, May 20th, please come have dinner with us at Jim 'n' Nick's to help support our India mission trip. They have agreed to donate 10% of the sales 5pm-9pm to our trip. We'll be at the Inverness 280 location (click here for map).

This is an easy way to support the trip without doing anything more than just going out to dinner. We look forward to seeing you there!

ACT Practice Test!

We will be holding an ACT Practice Test as a fundraiser for this trip. In addition to raising much-needed funds, this event will also give high schoolers a chance to try out the ACT before it counts for college admissions, and give parents some feedback as to how well their students are scoring on the test.


The test will be held on June 5, 1pm-4pm at the Birmingham Kaplan Center. This practice test will be administered under proctored conditions just like the real exam, and afterward students will receive a comprehensive score report showing their strengths and weaknesses along with a composite score.


There are a limited number of seats available, so students will need to register soon to reserve their seat. Simply fill out a registration card and return it and the $15 registration donation to one of the India mission team members. Please make checks out to The Church at Brook Hills and write "India, July 24" in the memo line.


Or, if you prefer, you can register now via PayPal:

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Email Address:

You'll receive an email confirming your purchase within one business day. That email will contain directions to the testing facility, and contact information if you have any questions.


Even if you're a little too old for the ACT, you can still help by praying for the success of this fundraiser. Thanks!

Ways you can help #3:

http://doworksmallgroup.blogspot.com/2010/05/ways-you-can-help-4.htmlPray for our fundraising


Each team member needs to have $1650 turned in to the church by May 17. This is so that the church can buy our plane tickets in advance to keep costs to a minimum. Please pray that God would provide all of our team members with the funds to go on this trip. You can specifically pray for the following fundraisers:

• Prayer and donation letters
• T-shirt sales
• Yard Sale
• Jim and Nick's night
• ACT practice test
• Amazon Affiliates
• Iron Bowl tickets raffle

There will be more details on each of these fundraisers posted to this blog, but we would appreciate your prayers and support as we work on doing our part to raise the necessary funds. Thanks!

What we'll be doing

Our team will have the opportunity to share our faith with people in rural villages and also work in the urban slums with the children and the youth.

The tentative plan is to go to three different villages and preach in their churches, and spend some time teaching Bible lessons to children in the slums. For two days, the guys will meet with young men in a sports ministry while the girls will be doing Bible storytelling with women in the community. We will hopefully also get one day for cultural exposure so that we can gain a better understanding of India and its people.  

Ways you can help #2:

Pray for the people of Northern India.


India is home to 1.1 billion people, and 41% of the world’s poor. In the area where we will be serving, over 99.5% of the population does not know Jesus.

India statistics:


- 80% of the population  is Hindu
- 12.5% of the population is Muslim
- 456 million people (42% of the population) lives on $1.25 or less a day
- 42.5% of children suffer from malnutrition
- India has the largest illiterate population of any nation
- The mortality rate for children under 5 years old is 69%

Our church, The Church at Brook Hills, has committed 2010 to meeting urgent physical and spiritual needs throughout the world. This commitment includes sacrificing our money and giving it to those who need it most. Brook Hills has targeted the North Indian Ganges plains areas, and is partnering with local churches to provide food, medical care, clean water, and access to the gospel to these people. You can find out more about this initiative here.

In addition to praying for our mission team, you can also:

• Pray that the families who will now have access to water and other basic necessities will see the gospel through these tangible demonstrations.

• Pray for the church planters who will be sent out to start new churches.

• Ask God to work in the hearts of those in the villages where the church planters will minister in the coming days.

• Pray for God to use His Word to change the lives of many who previously did not have access to Scripture.