Michelle Dupray 11-9-09

Michelle Dupray 11-9-09

Gospel for Asia WebQuest •

The dominant language spoken in Delhi, India is Hindi.

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Old Delhi is an ancient city, and New Delhi is the modern capital of British India.

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Rajasthan is found in the northwestern part of India.

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Rajasthan is famous for its brass and marble works, papiermâché, pottery, and handcrafted jewelry.

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The “one child” policy means that each house is limited to having only one child. Exceptions are made for people who had their children born outside of or further in the country and people who had twins or triplets.

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Christians are somewhat excepted by the PRC, but only if they are a registered church. If the church is unregistered, its members are persecuted. Members of underground churches are arrested, tortured, and even put to death.

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Nepal is located right in-between China and India.

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Tourism is Nepal’s second largest industry.

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Thailand has been an independent nation in 1238.

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Culturally, the Thai people enjoy a 96% literacy state.

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Fever and flu like symptoms are the diseases the floods carry.

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People are bringing relief to the area by supplying the victims with water, food, blankets, and some housing.

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The name of the native missionary mentioned in the “Nepal Feature” is Nawal Rai.

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It is difficult for the native missionaries to carry the message of Jesus and God’s love to the villages of Nepal because trekking to the villages takes a lot of time.

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The Himalayan peaks were poking up over the mountain ridges.

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Porters are people who transported large loads of goods between places.

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Dalits are people or children who cannot go to school. They are referred to as “untouchables” and they usually live in the slums of India. They need so much help because they feel they are worthless, and they don’t know of God’s love for them.

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The mission organization is bringing hope to these people by providing schooling for the children, teaching them of Jesus’ love for them, loving, feeding, an clothing them, and the children are taught to read the Bible (which they then read to their parents, who spread the word through the villages).

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Lives are being transformed by the missionaries who go to the West Bengal Islands and tell the people the message of Jesus.

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The name of the missionary who goes to the island villages is Taj.

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Joseph is from Bombay, India. He went door to door in a hostile neighborhood as a native missionary.

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Nobody accepted the gospel from Joseph for a long time. He eventually started teaching children some Bible songs and telling them about God. When he spoke to the children, it opened many doors through the children to their parents.

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The snowfall in Asia happens in North India, Nepal, and the whole Himalayan belt.

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They need multiple jackets, multiple pairs of pants, boots, thick socks, caps, earmuffs, thick gloves, and all of the standard winter clothing for the winters in parts of Asia.

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The area in Asia that never hears the good news of Jesus is considered the 10-40 Window/Belt. (Majority of people who have not heard of Jesus live here.)

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Women are despised in parts of Asia just because they are female. Many female babies are aborted when they are first born, and if they do remain with their families, they are usually illiterate.

Reflection: GFA I learned a lot about the countries in Asia while doing this WebQuest. I knew parts of the countries were in poverty, but I didn’t know that a significant amount of the country was. Another thing I learned while completing the WebQuest was that Hinduism and Buddhism are the main religions in most of Asia. I was surprised to hear that Islam was not a main religion in Asia, as I already knew Christians were very sparse in Asia. Also, I never knew that it snowed great amounts in Asia. I had always thought that it hardly snowed, and when it did that the amount wasn’t that much. The countries in Asia are very similar to the ones in Africa. There is very little education in both Asia and Africa, so the children and adults are both very illiterate. The countries are poor and overpopulated, which makes the cities dirty and the amount of living space minimal. There is little water and food for the people in these countries. The water is very dirty, so the civilians get diseases. Once they get diseases, most of the people die due to poor medical care. As Christians, we need to tell these people that God loves them, as well as try to provide food, water, and shelter for the poorer people.