IMPACT Magazine Issue 2.4 | Page 6

TO WIN 1,000 FAMILIES BY 2020 That is the goal set by Ashish Pradhan, owner of a North Indian guesthouse and transport business. He also pastors an 80-member congregation, manages three children’s homes, and engages in outreach work in the Himalayas. He is at a loss for words to describe his International Training Session. “I have never experienced this sort of treatment in my 38 years of life. There’s going to be a massive change in the way I handle money. I have always given generously, but now I know that God is the Owner of my business!” Learning alongside so many top leaders from so many countries has made Ashish a “changed person,” no longer afraid to share the Gospel, and with a burning desire to put his training into action. 6 LIKE A TREASURE . . . PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER Sonia Maria Pereira Acioli Amador has just returned from a mission trip to a neighboring state in Brazil. Oswaldo José Alvarado Martínez recently joined other Christian leaders at a meeting with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla Miranda (above). “In this outreach, I led a team comprised mainly of young people, in line with what I have been taught at Haggai Institute about communicating the Gospel to the next generation. I preached at meetings and pushed for a verdict. Many people received Christ as Lord and Savior.” “Haggai Institute,” she says, “was transformational.” “I feel like a treasure was stored inside of me. I was more conscious of my calling to bless the nations, and a veil was taken off from my face. Praise the Lord!” They discussed projects they have run in their respective provinces and also, says Oswaldo, “had the opportunity to pray for her and for the country’s development strategies over the coming years.” Oswaldo, who has “embraced the vision of H.I.,” is a human resources consultant who also supervises five churches and presides over the Cristian Association Pentecostal de Santidad. His upcoming projects include island missionary tours, school leadership development, and a new Bible translation.