Gospel for Asia

“So what does Christianity have to do with the defecation problems of the world?” That’s a question posed in Gospel for Asia ( GFA ) special report “Saving Lives at Risk from Open Defecation: Using Outdoor Toilets to Improve Sanitation.” The report, written by bestselling author and speaker Karen Burton Mains , takes an in-depth—and, at times, personal—view concerning open defecation problems around the world and those specific to Asia. In this part of the slums in Asia, many people live in close proximity to unhygienic surroundings—lacking facilities like toilets and proper drainage. Here’s an excerpt: Talking Openly About Open Defecation Another key dilemma in this discussion— open defecation , hardly a dinner-table topic or a mission committee agenda item—is the fact that accessibility to toilets does not always indicate usage. Changing habits is mostly a matter of changing mindsets in the face of the stranglehold of deeply entrenched beliefs. Elizabeth Royte, in a comprehensive Aug...

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA World) founded by Dr. K.P. Yohannan – Discussing Laal and his family, and the blessing the gift of a toilet brings, even beyond sanitation, the peace of God and His saving grace. While some may ask for a new bicycle or the latest iPhone for Christmas, others simply wish for a toilet. For one family living in a remote village, the gift of a new sanitation facility from a Gospel for Asia (GFA) -supported worker opened the door for them to receive Jesus, the greatest gift ever given. The Needs of a Family Laal and his wife lived with four of their five children and their daughter-in-law. They were one of only three families still living in the village. Many had moved away because the community was isolated and lacked basic facilities, including a sanitary outhouse . With the exception of his eldest daughter, Nmi, who lived in the neighboring village, Laal and his family worshiped traditional gods. Nmi, however, had married a man in a neighboring vi...

 WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia (GFA World) founded by KP Yohannan, which inspired numerous charities like Gospel for Asia Canada , to assist the poor and deprived worldwide , issued this Special Report on the ongoing fight against open defecation, using outdoor toilets to improve sanitation. In this part of the slums in Mumbai, India, many people live in close proximity in unhygienic surroundings—lacking facilities like toilets and proper drainage. What Do the World’s Sanitation Problems Have to Do with Us? For those of us with indoor flush toilets—and clean ones at that—with sewer lines that carry waste to treatment facilities, and who live in places where waterborne and airborne bacteria are not a hazard, our response to this crisis is probably, So what? We don’t say this out loud, but like so many other dire extremes jockeying for our attention, it doesn’t really touch our lives. However, in a majority of places, America is starting to suffer from failing infrastructure....