July 2011 with Photos Dear Brothers and Sisters The first two weeks of this month were eventful as it is almost all the time in China. We saw five people come to the Lord and one filled with the Spirit. Four of the people who came to Jesus in the coffee shop. A lady who had been seeking the infilling of the Holy Spirit for a long time was filled with the Spirit. Her letter below talks of her excitement. A letter from Hanna Dear brother Ian thanks for last night. Last night I experienced the most amazing moment in my life and God does exist! Jesus is indeed the son of GOD and he was raised up from the dead and GOD, almighty God, he loves me! I have never felt his love so strongly and this real! May God bless your trip! Ps. Blake s Christian bookshop has been growing in popularity and the English corner we have on Saturday nights are a great field for the harvest. In his last Sunday meeting they water baptised ten new converts. Last month we had sent all the people from our home church out with Ps. Wang to start in a new location, but it has become clear to us that we now have to start another fellowship on in our home. This will be our project for next month. Thank you to those who have given a blessed gift towards the crusade into India and now towards Africa. It is encouraging when people make regular gifts. If you can consider a regular gift of $10 a month, it will make a great impact on those in need. Thank you. Indian Reports
Pastor. B. Abraham, his son Daniel and me The India Crusade started with me leaving my wife and daughter again at Changsha at 2.30 on July 10th to the 27th 2011and after the young man at the check in counter assured us that my bags would go on the connecting flight from Gauang Zhou to Delhi, I was disappointed when I arrived in New Delhi on the same day at 10.45 in the evening to find that my bag had been left in China. After the drama of losing a bag and finding the right people at the airport who assured me that my bag would be sent on, I met up with Pastor. B. Abraham who had offered accommodation New Delhi, before I caught my flight the next morning to Chennai. Outside the gate to St Thomas Mount On the 11th we rose at 5.00 to drive to Delhi airport to catch my flight from Delhi to Chennai. On arrival at Chennai, I met up with Ps. Gaddam Thomas. We had a little time before we were to catch the train to Tenali so we visited Thomas Mount in Chennai. That was a great disappointment to me as it shows all the marking of a Hindu temple mixed with Catholicism with their worship of the Queen of Heaven.
Dr Gaddam Thomas and me in Tenali My first impression in Chennai was, I had been struck with the sea of humanity that is going to a Christ-less eternity. The job is so big and we have so few resources to work with. Please pray for more in resources and man power, for the fields are white unto harvest but the labourers are few. Girls studying in Dr Gaddam Thomas compound
Tuesday the 12th we visited some homes and prayed for the people. In the late afternoon I met a large group of students who took me to the main campus of the college. While I was there I met up with a lot of the orphans that are living and studying there. The students sang some songs and I took photos of them. I talked with them for over an hour. Incomplete College Building and home for orphans Wednesday the 13th started with a downpour of rain, and our day trip to some villages had to be cancelled. The conference for pastors started that evening attended by about 50 pastors and around 100 students.
Students and Pastors On the 14th we had three sessions in the conference where I have been covering the topic of the New Creation from my book Who am I? In the evening meeting we had between 50 to 60 young girls come forward to accept Jesus as their Lord. Rev Gaddam Sadhu Thomas Jr and me teaching Friday the 15th we had three meetings. The first two meeting were with the pastors and leaders, where we finished the study on the New Creation from my book. In the evening we had another meeting with around 350 people in attendance I shared on Seeking God s Kingdom. Part of this evening meeting was the celebration of Rev Gaddam Sadhu Thomas Jr s, birthday and at the conclusion of the church meeting they fed all the guests.
Evening Teaching meeting On Saturday the 16th I had time to relax and catch up on recording what had taken place. I wrote an article called Suffering Lion. Then I got ready for the evening service. But my bag had still not turned up. That evening they started an all night prayer meeting and I shared about the infilling of the Spirit. Around 50 people were filled and spoke in tongues for the first time. After this Holy Spirit encounter about 150 prayed fervently all night. Sunday the 17th I shared on the return of the Lord drawing connections with the Old and New Testament Scriptures showing how Jesus fulfilled prophecy. After preaching they presented me with a lay (What is a lay?) and shawl in appreciation of my ministry in Tenali. Monday the 18th My bags had still not arrived. Tuesday the 19th we went to Guntur and Krishna district to visit six children s homes. It was a long day on the road but it was an experience of a lifetime to meet these abandoned children. Almost all of them had a happy face and especially after I gave them some sweets. I was left with a deep feeling of wanting to give them more.
Children s homes Teaching the Children a special handshake Blessing the little ones These homes take care of about 15 children each at around $250.00 a month. Most of the kids sleep on the floors with 6 to 7 in a room.
20th and the 21st we visited homes of many of the folk of the church and prayed a prayer of blessing on the homes and the owners. A Pastor showing me the new home they are trying to build Houses built by Ps. Thomas Ministry after the flood washed the old ones away
Friday the 22nd July, I said goodbye to Dr Gaddam Thomas and his son Rev Gaddam Sadhu Thomas Jr. Leaving Tenali we travelled to Vijayawada (VGA) to catch my flight at 15:00 hrs (3.00). From Vijayawada I flew to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, where I had to wait for almost four hours to catch my connecting flight to New Delhi, Indira Gandhi International Airport. I had still not received my bag in Tenali as it was still in New Delhi. The man from China Southern Airlines met me at the airport on Friday with my bag, 12 days late. I can say I was not impressed by their service. After dealing with the man from China Southern Airlines, I was met by Pastor B. Abraham. Pastor B. Abraham and his wife The next part of this report is from Pastor B. Abraham Thanking you, Yours in His mission in North India Pastor.B.Abraham P.Box No:8844, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi -110057 India 24th Sunday was a special Sunday for our NIGM We had a visiting preacher Rev. Ian Traill missionary from China, who visited us on way from South India on the way home to China. He arrived on Friday night the 22nd and stayed until the 26th.
The gate to the Taj Mahal Saturday we travelled to Agra by hired car which was supposed to have an Air conditioner but did not work all the time. We drove up there in the morning but it took several hours to get there to see the Taj Mahal one of the wonders of the World.
He was very much excited because he was able to fulfil his life time dream to see this Taj Mahal, where his Dad had been during the Second World War. It is a magnificent and beautiful building built with white marble and surrounding buildings with red stones. Though he was doing the sightseeing he kept on talking about Jesus to the Muslim guide where ever he got a link to open up discussion. He is a good evangelist. Sights found on the streets everywhere
On Sunday he preached in all four of our services on Sunday. In the morning he preached in three services and one in the evening and another in Monday night. Vibrant worship Pastor Ian Traill taught us how to worship in tongues. He taught the youth to think and get involved in the ministry by asking some questions, leading them into the skill of active participation which was one of the strong points of Pastor Ian s ministry. He was able to draw the youth into action and decision making and allowing them to see their part in the Body of Christ. For example, he said, If there was no leader would one of you stand up and became the leader? In conclusion the youth could see they all have a part to play.
Worshiping in tongues His emphasised the thought throughout all his messages, that repentance in the name of Jesus Christ is more powerful than sin. Another strong point when he ministered was the operation of the word of knowledge, touching on many issues relating to individuals within the Church. Pr. Ian was accurate in his word of knowledge.
Church members were quick to read the Scriptures Over his entire ministry it was uplifting and encouraging to us. Three new decisions were made and some were newly filled with the Holy Spirit and many more were refreshed. His personality is warm and loving to all age groups and they all expecting him to visit again. My son and I were seeking God for these lessons for long time for our youth. Pr Ian came utterly come out of the blue and gave us full course. Hallelujah. Ian was answer to our prayers. He gave us a full set of his Discipleship training books to all the NIGM Youth to start their training in the word of God. Also he left with us lessons of Tony Smits Bible College for the Training of Leaders and Pastors.
Playing a game with the kids On Monday and Tuesday we visited two of NIGM slum children s schools, where he encouraged the children and our teachers. He visited our church s land where we prayed for the finance to be released soon so that we can build our new church. We have grown so much that we have people sitting outside the door listening.
The Slums of New Delhi Paths He prayed for summer heat to be cooled and to our amazement that afternoon the rain came and cooled the day. He battled with the heat of Delhi city and our non-a/c van, but he kept sharing the love of Jesus with all our people.
God s grace protected us in a big accident on Monday evening. None of us suffered injuries when a big bus collided with our little at a roundabout. Praise the Lord we were not hurt. Though the enemy, Satan tried to destroy us, God protected us. With few more rattles in our van, we were able to overcome. Another thing Ian got a run of hot Delhi belly. He had to run to toilet often on Monday and Tuesday mornings, but after the medicine I gave him, he was fixed up. The teacher and the children of the slums If you have any doubt in supporting our ministry please feel free to contact Pastor Ian Traill regarding the validity of our ministry in the capital city of our great India, New Delhi. His email is trailblazer@gmail.com. Dear Partner you can read full report of Pr Ian ministry in our Church and among Slum school children and in home groups.
The new area of our church God answered our prayer for which we fasted for 5 days and prayed for the church building program. The Indian government gave permission to use the Bank account Number, for the foreign Donors to send their sacrificial Donations for the Church building programs and for the activities of North India Gospel Mission. Ian Traill standing outside our new land for our new church
The details are. Dear Brothers and Sisters and Pastors in Christ. You can send money directly to our account through your bank, the details are given S.B. Account Number::169001000005387 Account Name. North India Gospel Mission. Beneficiary Bank = Indian Overseas Bank, Central Office Chennai. Tamil Nadu, India. Swift Code: IOBAINBB001 Branch with whom the beneficiary = Sector 10. Dwaraka, New Delhi- 110075. India. The purpose is for the Church Building / for the aims and objectives of North India Gospel Mission. Summary I ministered in two areas of India, the first being Tenali, AP and the other location was in New Dehli. Both places have taken on the Bible College course and our Discipleship training course for new converts. Tenali has about 200 pastors, 12 orphanages and a college for training young people in many areas. Also from this College we hope to see another 150 start to study the Bible course. The New Delhi churches have started with our Discipleship Book One for their youth, which I launched with them while there. Ps. Abraham has another 20 pastors whom he wants to introduce the Traillblazer Tony Smits Bible College too. He has already started translation of the notes. More than 60 saved and many more filled with the Spirit. In the worship service I led them in worshipping in the Spirit in New Dehli as I did in Tenali. In both cases they said they had never felt the sweet presence like that before. A few evil spirits flew out of a few people and a wonderful peace came upon the meetings. July 26th I caught my flight back to China on Tuesday arriving back in Changsha at 11.25 on the 27th. Not only did we see development of our College course in India but we saw two more groups come online in Kenya. We have five groups in Kenya with 500 churches in their network. Report from Kenya. Hello dad in Faith, I am very grateful to see your great work in India. I believe and hope that you plant the divine Seed into their lives. And this Seed is mysterious to human understanding. I also believe and trust that the Seed you have planted, it will grow into a huge plant meaning the mustard seed that Christ told His disciples, i.e without the expectation of
human understanding which means there will be a great evangelisation in India as you have been there for nurturing more church leaders due to accomplish this task remaining. I would like to let you know that, we have planned to have an open air crusade for 4 days plus outreach/door to door evangelisation. Then we shall have YOUTH CONFERENCE MEETING. We have seen most of our youths both boys and girls are affected with DRUG ABUSE and some are involved in prostitution and crime. We pray for God to pour His Spirit of peace, love, harmony and to respond positively to come as we will have these special meetings. We pray for God to touch their hearts as we are going to share/minister to them by encouraging them, comforting them, edifying them, teaching them the word and even to learn from one another as brothers and sisters in God s family. Please dad we humbly requested you to pray for this meeting and the crusade, God to give us the way/direction, word of wisdom and word of knowledge. Our Bible college students are the one who organised this tremendous work. Now this is a part of practical ministry by gathering youths and even the adult people to who are willing to come together due to advance of the gospel. God bless you and be a blessing. Dear Brethren Letter from Sierra Leone Letter of appeal to the summer Kid s camp Calvary greetings in the most precious name of our soon coming King Jesus! The above named kids centre is pleased to inform you about their upcoming Annual summer Kid s Camp which have been a blessings to many potential kid s in Sierra Leone who have been affected during the rebel war in Sierra Leone. This program is a month residential program to empower children with the word of God and to educate them to develop their skill and God given potential to be meaningful to their society Theme: The purpose of children in this Era Date July 25th August 25th, 2011 Place: New London- Kossoh Town Freetown Notwithstanding, the executive body of this ministry is kindly appealing for your kind support towards this event. Please you can feed a child towards this aware some program. May God richly bless you for your kind cooperation! Once again, we thank you for your kind support in advance. May God richly bless you! Apostle Christian Cole Founder: House of Restoration Sierra Leone