Update from India: One year later…

Update from India: One year later…

Our longterm relationship with ASSI and the work in India is well known to many of you. Just last week, this update was sent out from Victor: On Jan 7th, 2019 some highly ranked police officers & their staff, accompanied by their media team visited the ASSI office...

Trains and Training from Connie

The haunting sound of a lonely train whistle traveling through our quiet town now produces a different internal reaction because of spending two weeks in northern India. Instead of it seeming too loud and unnecessary, pictures of communities come barreling forth with...

GLOBAL NOTES: India Team Report

Nov 16, 2016 Our India team returns today. This has been one of the more challenging trips this year for a Connection Pointe team because of the demonetization of 85% of India’s cash by its government. Buddy Faulkner texted me from India on Saturday and said, “This...

Beyond the Stethoscope … 100 Patients in India

The little ones came from the railroad tracks, like one does not imagine, but the world permits, dressed in filthy clothing and layered thick with dust. Their feet were bare. ASSI lined them up in rows on the floor of the cement schoolroom and they sat in silence as a...

His words struck me hard…

His words struck me hard. They were spoken factually; they weren’t condescending or critical. Just factual, and the facts hurt. “In the US, you are bound by time; in India we are bound by relationships.”  As Neil Propst blogged, here in the US we pursue the “river of...