Wednesday, February 20, 2008

WON FEBRUARY REPORT

WON CHURCHES:
We have declared 40 days of evening fasting prayer time at our WON Central Church. All the believers, Bible College students and older kids at the Children Home are joining every day in prayers. We wanted to get closer to God and grow more in His Word and in prayer. We are claiming the promises of God to see a break through financially in our ministries. We do also very busy with Gospel open air meetings in rural and town areas. We have been seeing revival taking place every where and most of the people are thirsty for God.
One of our Pastors’ wife had a heart problem and after check up the doctor said she would only live 2 more months; but God healed her and expanded her life spanit has been 7 months and she is still alive and praising God. I want to thank Sir Malcolm & team for their prayers for her (Sumathi) during the mission trip to India in the year 2007.
We recently heard from Bro Khelthung, WON Coordinator of Manipur state doing wonderful work among the Hindus in Manipur. He organized youth conference and many people turned to God and accepted Jesus as their savior. The congregation number is increasing and he has started another branch church in neighbor village.
As all the WON Pastors are working among the tribal and rural villages to win people for Christ, most of them are in need of monthly support and a transportation mode such as a bicycle and supplies including a drum and gas light for the outreach work. Please do support them through your prayers and finances.

EAST COAST BIBLE COLLEGE:
Nearly 25 students getting ready to graduate and be released into mission field in this year. Our Bible College Students are great help for us in out reach programmes; through them we are covering slum areas, hospitals, and schools with the gospel. Many students are gifted in singing and playing musical instruments. They are glorifying the name of the Lord with their talents.
Recently a Hindu woman, a politician wife (in a high Caste back ground) invited our students to host cell group meeting at her home. God has touched her heart and she gave her life to Jesus. She then asked our students to come and organize prayer meeting at her home every Friday. .At the moment she is not having chance to come to the church because her husband would not permit her. Please join with us in prayers for the deliverance of her household.
We have various departments in our College such as Evangelism Dept, Sports Dept, Work Dept and etc. Sports Dept organizes sport events and all the students got involved in different sports like, Cricket, Football, Volley ball etc. Most of the students testified that at ECBC they are growing strong spiritually and physically. Thank God for those who are sowing in to these young adults lives. Our prayer is that God would bless you and your families with abundance.

EAST COAST CHILDREN HOME:
All the Kids are doing well spiritually and physically. One of our Children Home kid Pravallika received the “Best Over-All Singing” award at her school on 26th Oct at the event of India Republic Day. She sang a song in the midst of the District collector, government officials and school teachers. Even though many were participated in the singing competition she was nominated the best solo singer. She sang a song on Child labor. In this song a child a singing to anyone who will listen and then ends with the child singing to his/her parents. It talks about how the child’s parents had borrowed money from a rich man in their village and could not pay it back and so now the child was his “slave” until the debt was paid. She wishes to go school but she stuck in the cycle of poverty. She has worked for many years yet still the debt is not paid. The song ends with the child begging her parents to help her and to allow her to go school

WON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER:
Our first Residential Vocational students have successfully completed the six months training course in Computers, Tailoring & Embroidery and Spoken English. We are praying about taking up some more students to train them up in the above courses. Please pray that God would provide more computers and sewing machines so that Bible College students can also get the training in Computers which would be a great help for them in future as the world is striving ahead in technology.
God has provided an opportunity to start a free tailoring center at Soubagya Laxmi Nagar (slum area) to train the local women in tailoring. We will also focus on that area to spread the good news of Jesus. Nearly 25 members are attending to learn the sewing course. One of our Vocational Student Jyothi is teaching them the tailoring skills and also same time sharing the good news of Jesus.

RELIEF WORKS:
With a suitcase of medicines left by Sir Malcolm, Dr. Tom and team in their recent trip to India and the box of medicines sent through Sis Jhulia, Joshi from Delhi. We have been able to organize free medical camp at a village called Padakademi. 400 people have come for free medical check up and my friend Dr Rajesh from Hyderabad and Dr.Shoban from Eluru rendered their sacrificial service by examining the patients. Most of the participants are Hindus. After the medical camp I made an appeal to the participants to visit WON Church in that village to experience the healing, and salvation of Jesus Christ explaining that salvation is a free gift from God. After few days our Pastor Satish informed us that nearly 5 families that were added and have been coming regularly to the worship services. Glory to God for all His wonderful doings.

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME & ALL THE TIME GOD IS GOOD.

Thanking You,
In His Mission
Jeevan & Glory