“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”

 1 Samuel 1:27 (NKJV)

By the grace of God, we have become parents! God heard our prayers that we prayed during these past six years. We faced a lot of problems and also discouraging words from other people. We felt like we had no hope in this world, but we always hoped and fully trusted that Jesus could hear our prayers and that He would certainly give us a baby. Thank you for praying with us and supporting us in this difficult situation. God gave us a baby!

When our baby was born, we were so happy. The nurse let us look at our baby and take pictures. Unfortunately, we could not hold him. She told us that in 30 minutes, they would give us our baby and we would be able to hold him. We waited very long hours, but we did not get our baby. After many hours, the doctor told me that our baby had to be in the NICU for several days, because his blood sugar levels were not correct. I became very upset and was crying so hard. I ran to my beautiful wife, who had a C-section surgery. For days, I went go back and forth between my wife and our baby to be with both of them. I was so happy, but I was not allowed to hold our child. Suddenly, this made me feel very sad.

Three days ago, we were able to bring our baby home! He spent 9 days in the hospital. He is now healthy. We are praying that our baby will do great work in the Kingdom of God.

For Christians, death is not the end, but the beginning of a new life with God. This is the message I shared with my church on Easter Sunday. I told our church to be witnesses of Christ and to be ready to do God’s work and share the Good News with everyone.

God loves people, so we should also love them, teach them, equip them, and finally, love to serve them. Another ministry we are doing is at the leper colony. We have Bible study every Friday with the people at the leper colony. Our Bible school students are doing their practical ministry there. They are able to learn how to preach, how to serve, and how to fellowship. By the grace of God, we are currently teaching the Gospel of Matthew. Each week, over 20 people attend the Bible study. Please pray that other unreached people around the leper colony will come to our Bible study. God is using me to train up these lepers, who have become Christians.

By the grace of God, this semester I have already been able to finish the Gospel of John. I love to teach my dear students and they also enjoy learning.

In our home church, I am teaching the Book of 1 Peter.

Another update is both happy and sad. Happy, because my mother went to be with the Lord at the age of 62. It was my mother that taught me how to be a Christian and to continue doing the service of the Lord. 

Sad, because we miss her every moment. We miss her presence in our home and at our church. We had a memorial service for her.

My beautiful wife is also helping me. She encourages young and old women in God’s Word. She is teaching through a social platform, doing Bible study online with many women from different churches. She has finished teaching the Book of Genesis, which has taken 1.5 yrs to teach chapter-by-chapter and verse-by-verse. Now, she is teaching the Book of Revelation on Sundays. Since our baby was delivered, she is taking some time to rest. After her health recovers, she will continue to teach and train them.

More people are attending our church. More teens and young adults are attending, and we also do children’s ministry. Please pray that more parents will allow their children to come to our church.

We went to visit one of our church believer’s home, to spend time with them and have fellowship together. One of the family members in this home had been very ill. No medical treatment had worked, no witch doctor treatment had worked. The doctor told him that he would not live. He will definitely die. He had a problem caused by demonic power, and his nervous system would not work well. He was like a paralytic for years. Now, this year, God did a miracle in his life! He is changed and from that time to this time, he and his whole family have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior! Pray that Brother Nabin will be healed completely. Please also pray that if he becomes well physically, and can see clearly with his eyes, that he will join Bible college and show interest in doing God’s work.

Pray Requests:

• Pray that God will bring more people to our church.
• My friend Sujan always reads the Bible. He comes to church every week. Pray He will accept Jesus as His personal Savoir.
• Pray that parents will allow their children to come to our church.
• Many people in the area surrounding the church hear the Gospel and the Word of God. Pray that they will accept Jesus and come to church.
• Pray that God will help our church to be able to have more types of musical instruments.
• Some times the church hall becomes full and we have difficulty adjusting. Pray that God will provide for us.

Thank you so much for supporting us, praying for us and raising us up. God bless every entire family of Saving Grace.

Grace and Peace,

Your faithful servants,

Rabi and Mahima