The hall that we have rented for the Sunday Service has become too small for us, as the Lord has been adding more souls to our Sunday Worship Service. Some of the believers have to sit in a room attached to the hall. These new believers are from Catholic and Hindu backgrounds. We are praying that the Lord will help us buy a piece of land to build a worship place large enough to accommodate more people. Please pray for the funds to purchase the land.

People from other churches are also attending our Friday Bible Study. We meet for the Bible Study in our home. Since more and more people are coming to the Bible Study, the room at our home is not big enough (even though it is 22 feet long and 12 feet wide) to hold more people. We may have to move the Bible Study to the same hall where we hold Sunday Services.

We had been praying for a long time for a property for our Pastors School, and the Lord has provided a property for us. Praise the Lord! Most likely, we will be able to buy the land by the end of this month. We plan to conduct our graduation ceremony at the property on April 4th. Our students have been working hard to prepare a stage and clear the ground for the graduation ceremony.

My wife and I are doing well. Our son and daughter are also doing well. Our daughter has completed her nursing degree and is working as an intern in the same hospital she studied in. She will be completing her one-year internship in April, and she is looking for a job. Please pray that the Lord will help her find a job. It is our desire that she work as a missionary nurse, and that is what she wants to do also.

Thank you for your partnership in the ministry of the Gospel.

Co-workers in Christ, 

Pastor 15

Happy New Year to you all! We pray that the Lord will bless you with His peace, joy and all heavenly blessings.  We want to thank you for partnering with us in spreading the Gospel in our country in 2019. We hope you will continue to partner with us in the work of Gospel this year as well.

In our Bible Study on Fridays, we finished 3rd John.  We had a potluck meal, and with that we finished the Bible study for 2019. We will begin again in January 2020. We will study the book of Jude.

We had both sweet and sour experiences during the month of December. We had our Christmas outreach program on December 17th. We invited people for the program and presented the Gospel to them through skits and Gospel songs. I preached the Gospel and gave the opportunity to people to respond to the Word.  We cannot ask people to come forward because of the persecution here, but I asked them to pray the prayer of confession and receive Jesus in their lives. We also distributed New Testaments to the audience. During the program, we served them tea. Then after the program, we had a Christmas dinner.

I was invited to be a chief guest for a Christmas program at St. X. Senior Secondary School. I was given time to address the students and teachers. I praise the Lord that I could share the Gospel with them.

We arranged a program for the children who live in the area where we hold our Sunday Service. Many Christian and non-Christian children came and enjoyed dance, games and the Christmas story. They were given gifts and a book called “Who is Jesus?”.

We had some sour experiences as well.  After our Christmas program, many of our students became ill.  They had diarrhea and also vomiting. Eight of them had to be hospitalized in the local hospital, and the next day they were moved to the district hospital (city hospital). They were there for one day and one night.  Praise the Lord!  They all got well and went home for the Christmas holiday.

Our co-worker Pastor 3 was in an accident and got a hairline crack in his palm in his little finger bone. My wife and I also became ill during the last week of December.

We had a wonderful time New Year’s Eve night.  We also had dinner together.  We met for prayer at 7:30 PM and ended at 12:30.  We entered the New Year with prayer and thanksgiving.

Please continue to uphold us in your prayers, that we would be effective witnesses for the Lord in 2020.

Thank you for your prayers and financial gifts!

Co-workers in Christ, 

Pastor 15 Family

 Merry Christmas to you all from our family! Praise the Lord for His great love, that He has loved us with!

 We are busy preparing for our Christmas program to share the great love of God with the village people. We are going to invite the whole village for our Christmas program on December 17th. Last year, two hundred people came for the program, and we hope that this year we will have more people. Please pray that we will be able to present the Gospel through drama, dance, Christmas songs, and the message.

Last month, we had a wonderful time with our Pastors who visited us! It was a time of refreshment and blessing. We were blessed with their fellowship and with their words of encouragement. We also attended a three day conference. Some of our students had never seen a train before. It was a new experience for them to travel by train for 48 hours one way. Most of the students are from Hindu backgrounds, and they had never attended such a conference. They were exposed to a much bigger world.

I am overjoyed not only because I had the opportunity to share the Word at this conference, but more than that, that my son, Pastor 9, was my interpreter. What a joy it was to serve the Lord with my son from the same platform! Some of you can know the joy I felt, if you have had the experience of serving the Lord with your child or parent from the same platform for the first time.

When we came back from the conference, I went to teach during a three-day meeting in a church. This church was celebrating their 7th anniversary. People were blessed by the Word of God. The pastor of the church called me a few days later and told me, “People are still talking about the teaching they heard. They are saying that for the first time, we heard the pure Word of God.” We need your constant prayers for us, that we will preach and teach the Word unadulterated. Pray that we would not preach what people want to hear, but what the Word says.

Thank you so much for partnering with us in the ministry of the Gospel through your prayers and gifts. May the Lord’s special blessings be upon you and on your family as you celebrate the birth of our Savior, and may He make you channels of His blessings to the unsaved ones!

God bless you! 

Co-workers in Christ,
Pastor 15 Family

Praise the Lord for opening new doors to serve Him in other churches as well! I was invited to share the Word during a one-day Family Retreat organized by a church in a big city. I spoke during three different sessions. The Lord used me in a very powerful way to touch the lives of the people there. People were blessed by the Word of God. Many people came to me afterward, to share their testimonies of how they had been blessed.

They said that they were blessed because I did not tell them a story; rather, I spoke from the Word–it was the message that they needed to hear. All glory be to the Lord! The same church that hosted the Family Retreat has their church’s anniversary in November. They are having a three-day convention from November 15-17, and I have been invited to share the Word during these meetings. Please pray that those who have heard the Word during the Family Retreat will apply the Word to their lives, and their families will be restored and their children will be saved. Please pray that the Lord will give me His Word and anointing to preach on November 15, 16 and 17 during the church anniversary meetings.

Thank you all for your prayers for my oral surgery. One of my wisdom teeth was removed. It was a two hour and fifteen minute surgery. For four to five days, I could only eat soft food, mostly liquids. I could hardly open my mouth for about a week. The doctor gave me an exercise that helped me to open my mouth gradually. I am doing well now, but I still have pain in my jaw. My other teeth are also painful. I need to get root canals in some of these teeth.

The Pastors School students are doing well. They are enjoying learning the Word. We are thankful for the Pastors who are able teach us on Skype. Last month, most of our students became ill because of the different climate here, but now they are well. On November 2, we will be going to another state for a seminar, and all of the students are very excited. Some of the students have never traveled by train. It will be their first time to travel by train.

In our Friday Bible Study, we are on chapter 5 of 1 John. Verse by verse Bible study is new for the Christians here. They are now understanding the Word. We have our Sunday worship in a rented hall. The Pastors School students have more opportunities to take part in the Worship Service.

My wife had the privilege to share the Word for a one-day Women’s Meeting. There were about three hundred women at the gathering. The meeting was to encourage women to grow in the Lord and make disciples. In our area, there is a great revival among women. More women are coming to the Lord than men.

Thank you for being part of the ministry of the Gospel through your prayers and support!

Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family

We are so grateful to the Lord for His grace that sustains us, leads us, and empowers us to the work of the Gospel. Thank you all for upholding us in your prayers! So much is going on in this country, and the things are getting worse and worse for the non-Hindus. We have been kept safe thus far by the Lord’s grace. Please continue to keep us in your prayers, that no matter what the situation is, we will be His bold witnesses, and that the Lord will give us wisdom to do His work.

I have been suffering from an acute toothache. I had root canals for two teeth, but the problem remains the same. So, I was advised to get an oral x-ray. The x-ray shows that both of my wisdom teeth are growing inside my gums horizontally. They are pressing on the roots of my molar teeth on both sides of my mouth. The doctor advised me to have a CBCT scan so that he can decide what kind of surgery to perform to take out the wisdom teeth. I had to wait for a whole week to get the test, because I had to go to the capital city for the CBCT scan, as it is not available in our town. Monday to Friday we have classes, and we have Saturdays off. I am still waiting for my CBCT scan report; I have the CD of the scan, but the written report will be sent by email. Next week, the doctor will likely do surgery to remove one of the wisdom teeth, and then later he will remove the second one. Please pray for me.

Teaching English The Pastors School students are doing well. Some of the students are first generation Christians. They face many problems in their villages from their families, other villagers and from their tribes/community. One of the students lost his father couple months ago, and this month he lost his uncle (father’s brother). The student is the only believer in his family; the rest of his family members are Hindu. Before becoming a believer in Jesus, this student was possessed with an evil spirit, and was like a mad man. His parents gave him to a Hindu sorcerer to deliver him from the evil spirit. The sorcerer kept him in his house with other demon-possessed people. This student’s condition was getting worse and worse. Near the house of this sorcerer, there was a Christian family. Very often, there were Christian meetings in that family’s house. The student could hear the songs that were sung in the meetings. God began working in his life, and he escaped from the sorcerer’s bondage. Then, by the prayers of Christians, he was delivered from the evil spirit! He surrendered his life to the Lord and became a follower of Jesus! It is not easy to forsake one’s gods and become a Christian. During these times, the new believers are forced to take part in Hindu rituals. Praise the Lord for the faith of these believers, who stand firm in their faith and do not compromise with their faith.

Thank you so much for your prayers and sacrificial gifts.

Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family

Hello Dear Prayer Partners and Financial Supporters!

Thank you so much for standing with us through your prayers and support. We appreciate your partnership in the ministry of the Gospel. Through your prayers and support, we are able to reach out to the people of our country with the Gospel.

We are doing well. We have long days of ministry; we get tired as we leave our home at 8 am and come back at 7 pm. On Thursdays, we do not reach home until 10 pm. But the Lord is our strength! He gives us grace to do what He has called us to do. I am enjoying teaching the Gospel of Mark and the book of Hebrews in our Pastors School, and the book of 1 John in Bible Study class on Friday nights, and the book of Genesis in our Sunday Services. I am busy studying to learn from the Lord and to give to His people what He gives me. I am very much blessed by the Lord through His Word.

We have rented a hall in town for our Sunday Service. We began church services in July. I have been teaching from the book of Genesis. I use PowerPoint to display the teaching. This is not done here in any other church. It requires a lot of time to type my teachings in Hindi for Friday Bible Study and for Sunday Service. But I love preparing these notes, because they can be printed in a book form in the future, and the book will be a blessing for many people who speak our language.

New people are attending our Friday Bible Study and our Sunday Services. Those who come for these fellowships go home and invite their friends to come. People are hungry for the Word, but they are not fed in their churches.

The Pastors School students are doing well. We have 26 students this year; 14 are in their second year, and 12 in their first year. Our class room is not big enough. It is so full that we have to stand next to the wall while we are teaching. The Lord has given us some non-believer students also, and He uses us to lead them the Him! Last year, we had two students who were not believers, and they accepted the Lord while going to Pastors School! This year, we also have one student who is not a believer. He had never gone to church and never heard the Gospel. He is a Hindu man. We believe that soon he will surrender his life to the Lord.

Prayer Requests:

• Please pray for our Friday Bible Study and Sunday Services, that the Lord will continue to add people in these fellowships. Pray for the man in the Pastors School who is a Hindu, that he will accept Jesus in his life.
• Pray for me, that the Lord will use me to bless His people with His Word.
• Pray for God’s wisdom and strength to do the ministry.
• Pray for God’s protection over us.
• Pray for the needs of the Pastors School.

Thank you so much for partnering with us in His ministry!

Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family

Thanks be to God who has been doing wonderful things through us! Thank you, too, for your prayers and partnering with us through your financial gifts!

We are doing well by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Lord has kept us safe in this extreme hot weather where the temperature has been about 113 degrees. He is our refuge and strength.

   We are excited to see the Lord opening new doors of ministry!  We have begun Bible studies on Friday nights.  We have been studying the first epistle of John.  I have been enjoying teaching the book.  The number of participants in the Bible Study are increasing.  Last Friday, 19 people attended! Praise the Lord for the hunger for the Word that His people have!  I have been using PowerPoint to teach. This is a new experience for me, too.

I had an opportunity to preach and teach the Word in a three-day convention at a village in another state in our country.  This village is a six-hour drive from my home town. It is a small village in a remote place, but more than fifty percent of the people are believers in the Lord Jesus.  The ministry there began with one family.  The young man of the family is the pastor of the church. The people in this region are not well civilized.  Only two or three families in the village have a television. We stayed in a room that had no fan and no air conditioner, and it was about 115 degrees Fahrenheit.  At night, we slept in the open, under the blue sky. But I had a very blessed time. In the mornings, we had Bible study, and in the evenings, we had church meetings. There were about 200 people in the evening meetings. The evening meetings were attended by the believers from other villages in the area, too.  These believers walked more than 6 miles to get to the meetings, and then walked more than 6 miles home again, at 11PM. They walked through the jungle, where there are wild animals such as leopards and bears. I was so blessed to see the hunger and thirst in these believers for the Word. In many places, Christians have bicycles, motorcycles or cars, but still don’t come for Christian meetings.

We are also busy in translating some Bible study materials for the Pastors School students.  We have completed a translation of a commentary on Philippians, and we are now translating the Old Testament Survey and the New Testament Survey. This semester, we will have more students, so we are making more beds and other arrangements for them.

   We are planning and seeking God’s guidance in beginning a Sunday Service in the town that we live in. In order to start a Sunday Service here, we would need a hall/building to hold the meetings in. Please pray for this matter. 

   Thank you so much for your faithful prayers and support. We are excited about the things God is doing!
Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family

   Thank you so much for your prayers! Praise the Lord! He has opened the door for me to visit Israel! I am going to Israel on March 28 for two weeks. I am so thankful to SGWM for sponsoring me on this trip. I am so blessed to be able to go! I will be joining a group from the United States in Israel. I have always desired to visit Israel at least once in my lifetime. Praise God! He fulfills the desires of our heart.  I am so excited to see the places where our Lord walked and taught the crowds. I believe that this trip will be a blessing to me and helpful in my teaching of the Word. Please pray for my trip.

   The Lord has been faithful in using us for His glory here. We are at the end of the second semester. The students were mostly new believers this semester. Some of them accepted the Lord here in the Pastors School! Praise the Lord! They have grown in their love and knowledge of the Lord and His Word. We take the students to Christian families for cottage meetings, and they have the opportunity to share the Word there. The Christian families are blessed by the Word shared by these students. People are astonished at the way the students expound on the Word. The students are also given the opportunity to share the Word in Sunday Services in some churches.

We rejoice in the Lord for using these students in such a powerful way. We are so thankful to you for your continued prayers for them. Please continue to pray for them, that they will bring many souls into the kingdom of God. Pray that the Lord will use them in a mighty way during their semester break, while they go home.  Some of their parents are not believers; they are still Hindus. Please pray that these students will be blessings for winning their families.   Please pray for our financial needs.  Our monthly support has been decreasing.  

  Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.  God bless!

Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family

 Happy New Year to you!!!!!!

We pray that the Lord would lead you, keep you, and be everything for you this year.

Thank you for praying for our Christmas outreach program. The weather was very bad for three or four days and it rained for the whole day two days before our program–but we had perfect weather on the 20th! (We had our Christmas program that day.) It was a very cold night–but about three hundred people came to see the program!

The Lord blessed us and used us to share the Gospel through drama, songs and a message. The head of the village, who is anti-Christian, accepted the invitation and attended the program! We gave him a copy of the NT and a small gift. We also prepared Christmas dinner for 125 people. We had a wonderful time sitting around the fire and having dinner and sharing. Everyone was blessed. Since the Hindus became anti-Christian in this state, this was the first time that such a Christmas outreach program was organized in the open in this village.

We want to thank you and SGWM for taking care of the financial needs for the Christmas outreach.

Please pray for the people who have heard the Gospel and for the village head leader and ex-village head leader (she has also been given a copy of the NT and a gift)–that they would put their faith in Christ.

        Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support!

God bless,

Co-workers in Christ,

Pastor 15 Family