Dear Prayer Partners,
Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Thanks a ton for praying for all of us as we stand in the front line and work with Jesus in His vine yard.
Praise God :
1. All the missionaries and their children have kept well.
2. No one has spotted any vipers or cobras or any thing poisonous.
3. Praise God for the Bali conference in which Remo and I could take part. A report follows.
4. Praise God for the 3 day training that all RHS missionaries had at Nowrangapur on Church Growth principles. Led by Rev Vasantharaj - Direct of Church Growth - from Chennai.
5. Praise God for empowering RHS missionaries 4 of them to become computer literate and RHS missionaries have now taken leadership roles to run the society with very little guidance from me.
6. For the 9 Lady prisoners - Gangi, Rita, Munie, Susheela, Bemae, Indira, Urae, Shanti and Onima, who have accepted the Lord Jesus as savior and who now read the Bible and pray regularly.
7. Ruth daughter of Sopan and Shanti who was always failing, has in the last pre test, not only passed in all subjects BUT has secured 9th rank. This is definitely an answer to prayer.
Please pray for :
1. The men prisoners have been instigated not to attend our "in prison literacy class" and also the sunday worship. Please pray for a breakthrough.
2. Those of you who have read my previous mail will know of the naxalite and anti naxalite movement and in the Konta and other areas many Koyas are running away from home and gone into hiding leaving all in the house just as it is due to fear from these people group. Slowly a fear is griping the heart of every one here, including our missionaries.
3. Now all in the Rhabhaguda area who do want to take baptism, are being presurerized by various people group against accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior.
4. For protection of not only RHS - BUT all missionaries working in interior areas risking their very life for the cause of Jesus Christ.
5. For Prabathi wife of Niranjan Kuldeep in the family way - 4th month now, pray for her health and safe delivery
6. For dermoid cyst removal for 2 month Reuben on the 3rd April from the left upper eye lid area. Reuben is my grandson and son of Mano and Sangeetha.
7. For all our missionaries children writing their exams.
8. For the repair of Quails window. Most advised me to take the train route when I travel _ BUT you would have heard of the Naxalite threatening by abducting a train engine in the Biladela Vizag line. MY way to reach my main railway line - SO SAFETY is in the Lord ONLY so do pray for protection in all the extensive travels that I do with RHS missionaries.
9. Please read the following report and start prayer groups in your church and other places and start praying that the unreached be reached for Jesus. Please adopt a people group to pray for one year every day of the year and see God move in a mysterious way His wonders to perform.
There is an urgent need of Rs 11,000 for a community leadership training for 11 missionaries at Raigada and Rs 9000 for the missionaries to attend the National Prison Ministry annual meeting at Cuttcuk. Kindly contribute so that our missionaries can be well empowered.
Clowing with prayers
Iris