Greetings Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ. The churches of Christ in India salute you. Grace, Peace, Mercy and Love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you always. All the orphans kids and widows that we have been taking care of are doing well and they are all conveying greetings and prayers to you. To Our Family in Christ What a blessing to be able to write to you again this month to share with you the wonderful things the LORD is doing through The - all of which would not be possible without your kindness, love and support. We praise God for your presence in our lives. What a great blessing it is to serve God with each of you! Balasundarao, Santha, and Sunil Goals of This Newsletter We have three goals in distributing this newsletter to you: 1) To give glory to God for the work we have been able to do; 2) To keep you informed of the work that is taking place; and 3) To help you feel a part of this work. We truly hope the purposes of this newsletter are well served!
Gospel Work Events and Happenings Sewing Machine Training Center My mom, Santha Suhasini, has been busy with her sewing machine training classes this month. She is currently providing sewing machine training to five women from our congregations. They meet at our house one day per week to learn sewing machine skills to help provide clothing to themselves and to their family members. This training will also help them to acquire skills which may help them provide an additional source of income for their families. Santha would like to increase the sessions to 3 times per week and the number of women able to train at one time from 5 to 10 women. These goals would require additional funds for the meals and travel expenses and for 5 additional sewing machines. Please pray for the sewing machine training center needs and provide needful support if you are able and Lord willing.
Gospel Work Events and Happenings Preacher Training My father, Balasundarao, conducted preacher training for 13 preachers this month. The training sessions are held one time per month at my home. We provided lunch for the preachers, prepared by my mother and helpers and also traveling expenses for them to attend the trainings. The preachers were very happy to be able to attend these training sessions to more fully study the Word of God and be better prepared to share the Gospel with others.
Gospel Work Events and Happenings Helping a New Preacher and Congregation We are very happy to report to you that my father-in-law, Mr. Nallamothu Prakasarao, Ibrahim patnam, Krishna District, has started a new congregation in a small fishing village approximately 10 miles from his home. We are very excited about his decision to begin preaching at this congregation and are trying very much to encourage and support him in his efforts for this gospel work. This new congregation needs Telegu Bibles for the members, song books, and Nallamothu Prakasarao requires traveling expenses for his visits to the congregation at least three times per week. Please keep him, his family, and this new congregation and their needs in your prayers. Nallamothu Prakasarao preaching to the new congregation We provided Brother N. Prakasarao with a little money to help start the new congregation. My wife, Pravallika presented him with the money. He is using the money to purchase Bibles and to pay for traveling expenses to the congregation.
Gospel Work Events and Happenings Caring for Orphans We are currently caring and providing for three orphan children in our home. We provide food, clothing, shelter and love for these poor children. We are thanking God for being able to care for these blessed children and the opportunity to share with them the Word of God. Helping Old Preachers We continue to help the old bedridden preachers in our congregations. We have been providing them with a little money each month to help support their daily needs and to help with the medications they need. These old preachers rely on their faith in God to work through us to help them with their needs each month. Please kindly pray for the health of these old preachers.
Gospel Work Events and Happenings Caring for the Families With Leprosy As we have been doing for the past several months, we provided food and medicines to two families with leprosy in one of our congregations. These families were very happy and grateful to receive our help through your kind support. They are often isolated and rejected by society because of their leprosy disease. Providing Bibles to Congregations We provided Bibles to several members of our members of congregations this month. Having their own Bibles gives them the opportunity to read and study God s Word so they can grow spiritually and become strong and mature Christians. They were thankful and feeling very blessed to have their own Bibles which we provided after we preached the Word of God to them.
Other Events Memorial Service for Member of Congregation My father, Balasundarao, conducted a memorial service for an elderly member of one of our congregations. Please pray for this family during their time of grief and bereavement. Wedding Ceremony My father also conducted a wedding ceremony for a Christian couple in one of our congregations. Please pray for this new couple and their married life together.
Update on My Wife s Health I am very happy to be able to report to you that my dear wife, Pravallika, has recovered from her recent surgery and is doing well. We thank God for restoring her to health and are very happy that she is feeling so much better. We recently held a special thanksgiving prayer meeting in Pravallika s home to give thanks to our almighty God for His love, mercy and grace to us which He evidenced by restoring her to health. Family members attended and praised God for His speedy restoration of Pravallika s health. Thank you, once again, for all your support, encouragement, and prayers during her time of illness, surgery, and recovery.
Please Pray Our Ministry Needs While our ministry has many needs, at this time we are currently focusing on two specific needs for our congregations for the upcoming month. Borewell Drilling We are focusing on drilling a borewell for one of our congregations for the upcoming month. We continue to have a great need to dig bore wells in 5 of our congregations. The members of these congregations have been walking for miles in the extreme heat to get clean drinking water, as they have been rejected by their local people to drink their water for being Christians. Each borewell costs approximately $800 - $1000 to drill, depending on the depth required to reach water. For this month, we are trying to raise enough money to drill one additional borewell for one of our congregations. Please kindly pray for this need and do needful support for this borewell, Lord willing, and you are able. Your kind and wonderful support will go a very long way to keep our poor church members in this congregation away from extreme thirst. Food for the Starving Congregations Another need we are targeting for the upcoming month is feeding those that are starving and badly in need of food in our congregations. We have many that are in need of nutritious meals at least two times per day. During the summer months it is especially difficult for our poor church members to get the basic necessity of food. We are trying to raise the amount of $600 in order to feed all those that are starving in our congregations. Please kindly pray for this need and, if you are able and Lord willing, provide support for this most worthy cause. Thank you so very much, in advance, for your kind consideration and support for these needy Christians. If you should have any questions or would like further information about our work or any of these needs we have, or if you would like to contribute to these two targeted needs for the upcoming month, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your prayers and your kind consideration.
Our New Web Stories We are proud to announce the publishing of three web stories related to our gospel mission work. Please go to the links below and check out these web stories. Thank you, in advance, for taking the time to visit and read our stories. Forest Mission Trip Borewell Drilling Sewing Machine Training spark.adobe.com/page/sxlkglygv4n3v/ spark.adobe.com/page/phkuwwryxyoxr/ spark.adobe.com/page/dcejafza3pqhh/ Many Thanks to You Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for spending your precious time to view and read this newsletter work report and pictures. It would be a great encouragement to us and our ministry here in India if you would please kindly take a minute to reply with at least one word. We are all remembering you in our daily prayers. Thanking God for all of you in our life for His glory. Again, I ask for your kind encouragement by taking a minute of your precious time to reply with at least one word. Thanks to God always for your continuous love, encouragement, concern, support and prayers for the Lord s work we are doing here. Closing with thanks and prayers. Hoping and Praying for and Expecting Your Earliest Reply, Yours in Christ, Sunil, Gospel Preacher, Please visit our website, Facebook page, YouTube videos to find out more about our tribal mission work, bore well digging projects and baptisms for His glory. www.churchofchristindiamission.org www.facebook.com/churchofchristindiamission https://www.youtube.com/channel/ucmcnrqb4phhtik8zqurnwgq