providing instruments to help A2J continue writing and performing music that brings the gospelbudget: $2,300Imagine having a passion to play music but having no instruments to play with. Try to imagine borrowing a drum kit; cymbals and stands, small drums and large drums-a big heavy kick drum and 60lbs worth of hardware, just to learn how to play or practice. Imagine writing a song and not being able to play it! Imagine having to RENT your gear every time you played a concert. When my wife and I went to India in January, 2011 - that is exactly what we saw; a young band called A2J, borrowing and renting their instruments just to be able to play. Uday and his fellow band mates work hard everyday to bring the Gospel of Jesus to the people in the rural villages of India and to more remote places in the mountains. To do this they have to rent and borrow their music gear. Vinay the bass player has to play the bass (and guitar) upside down because he is left handed; he needs a left handed…See More

Vince Carter and Friends Meet ministry are mobilzing young people in the city of Visakhapatnam to reach out to the poor