Greetings to all of you!

I want to thank God the Father and all of you. Thank you for always praying for us and encouraging us through God’s Word every day. I thank God that, despite the fog and cold here, my family has been protected from pain and illness. God has protected us from all kinds of opponents even as persecution is increasing here day-by-day. People are being tortured in various ways by the villagers and the society. Praise be to God–despite the torture here, people are growing in their faith in the Lord and people are giving their lives to the Lord.

I thank God that by His grace this month went very well. It was very cold here, but we still went to two to three villages every week and studied, prayed and worshiped together. Twice a week we also have fellowship at our home, a Bible study on Friday and a Sunday service on Sunday.



Here are the testimonies of some people who gave their lives to the Lord and accepted the Lord Jesus as Savior last month.

The Lord chose a drunkard who used to beat his wife. The Lord completely changed his life.

I thank God that He is really great and alive. He has the power to change people’s lives. This brother’s name is VY*. He has four children. He is a three-wheel (rickshaw) taxi driver. We hired him to take us to do outreaches. When he went from village to village with us for our Christmas outreaches, he kept listening to the Good News. God convinced his heart and he accepted the Lord.

When we went to a place in his village in his rickshaw, he took us to his house also. The people who lived in his house told us that he beats his wife a lot after drinking alcohol. Then we preached the Gospel to him. He had already heard the Gospel from us during the outreaches he took us to.

He started crying and regretting his actions. We prayed for his whole family, then God brought peace to his family. He accepted the Lord that very day. Praise be to God! He is planning to get baptized soon. He now comes to our church with his whole family and listens to the Word of the Lord. I hope that in the coming days, like this brother, his entire family will also gradually believe and get baptized.

A person who was despised by the people of the village for not having a son has been rescued from darkness by the Lord.

I feel proud of God. God has chosen me and is using me for His work. God never discriminates between a son and a daughter.

I am going to share the testimony of a person who has just given his life to the Lord during our Christmas Outreach. He is very poor and has 6 daughters. In our area, if someone has only daughters and does not have a son, then he is looked down upon. No one respects him. A lot of money has to be spent on the marriage of a daughter. No man will get married without being paid a dowry. People believe that the lineage continues only through a son.

Because of this, in the desire of having a son, many give birth to daughters even though they do not have the resources to feed them. People become more and more poor. Many people even sell their land to give dowry in their daughter’s marriage. Because of this, many people get an abortion if they are expecting a girl child. It is illegal to test whether a baby is a boy or girl, but everything can be done by giving a bribe.

I thank God that when I reached his village and gave a New Testament to him, he was very happy to accept the New Testament. He listened to the true news of Jesus Christ. He started sharing about his life and that he was despised for not having a son. As soon as he heard the true news of Jesus, he immediately believed and handed over his life to the Lord. He accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior. Now he comes to our church and listens to the Word of the Lord.

A young man, who heard the Word of the Lord, asked for so many New Testaments to tell the Word of the Lord to others!

I thank God that He has been using me for His work and continues to use me. In November, when I went to a village that is 400 km away from my home, the Lord introduced me to this young man. His name is RK*. He does farming in the village and goes to the city to work. When I went to the village, I met him and showed the Jesus movie on a new projector. After that I also told him the Gospel. He slept in the same hut in which I slept. I talked to him about the Word of God throughout the night and encouraged him. As soon as he woke up in the morning, he said that he wanted to share the Gospel. I gave him some New Testaments and told him that if he wants to serve in the future, he can go to Bible college and gain the right knowledge of the Word of the Lord. Then he can go from village to village and share the Gospel properly.

He is ready to go to Bible college but his parents sent him to a big city to work. He often calls and asks, “When will Bible college start? I want to study the Bible.” He keeps asking for prayer for his parents to send him to Bible college. Because of his parents greed for the money he makes in the city, they will not let him go to Bible college.

Please pray that if it is God’s will, he will be able to study the Bible in the coming days and that he can go from village to village preaching about the Lord.

Praise Points!

• Praise the Lord, God has kept me and my family safe.
• Praise the Lord, He is leading the people of our church forward in faith and in the Word.
• There was Hindu worship here and an idol was also installed in front of our house. By the mercy of the Lord, we were not attacked. Praise the Lord!

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray. In a state of my country some anti-Christian elements are planning to rape and massacre the daughters and daughters-in-law of Christians. The date is set for 1st March. May God give protection to all the brothers and sisters there.
• Please pray. In the coming days, there are many types of Hindu festivals in our area. May God give protection to our family and Christian brothers and sisters.
• Please pray. Our country has elections in a few months. May God give us a government that lets us worship and pray in peace. Pray that no law is made against spreading the Good News.
• Please pray. We are planning to do several types of outreach in the next few months. May God open the door to a village that has not heard the Good News yet.
• Please pray. A pastor is planning to come from the United States which will be the first time in our area. May God protect him and keep us safe too.
• Please pray for my wife. Three of her teeth are painful and hollow. She needs to get treatment. May God provide a good hospital here for her to get treatment. Otherwise, we will have to go somewhere else for her treatment.
• Please pray. Two students from my church are ready to go to Bible college. Pray that until the next Bible college year starts, there will not be anything that prevents them from going to Bible college. The last time I planned to send a student to Bible college, his parents called the police.

May God bless you all!

Pastor & Mrs. 11*

*Names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons.