29th Feb 2008 was a Shocking day for our family and WON ministries because of the passing of my brother Suresh’s (Nani) who was 35 years old due to sickness of diabetes and tuberculosis. As Gods children we have hope and knows in our deeper heart that we will see him again along with Jesus in the glory and eternity but it has
been distressed and tragic loss but thank the lord for His comfort and peace which He placed in our hearts and healed our wounded hearts. Suresh (Nani) and his wife Jyothi did a wonderful job in helping us in the ministries especially in coordinating the ECCH kids and even it was a great loss for the Orphanage kids, pray that these kids can be healed in their hearts completely and do rooted in the hope.We had a wonderful time during our 40 days fasting and prayer time every evening at our WON Central Church.
By the grace of God, there are people responding to the loving voice of God. There’s a great challenge to pray and send for the laborers here as majority of the people haven’t heard the Gospel at least once in their life time. We are constantly praying and getting involved to proclaim the gospel to the un reached people and establish the Churches to expand the kingdom of God.
EAST COAST BIBLE COLLEGE
We thank and praise God for helping us to establish an English Medium Bible College which has given an ample opportunity for many youngsters from different parts of India to come and be equipped & commissioned for the gospel work in this vast nation where people largely haven’t heard about the merciful Savior.
So far, four batches of Bible students have been sent out from this College to spread the love of Christ. We are overwhelmed with joy to know that they are working for the Lord in different parts of India. And soon another batch will be graduating at the end of April. This batch was sent out for the practical ministry in the Mission field for a period of three months from. It was heartening to see and hear about their commitment and experiences they’ve for the Lord’s work. They were actively involved in the Children ministry, Church pioneering and personal Evangelism. We are glad to know that a student from Chattisgarh has started a church with a handful of poor people out there. Let’s pray that God give him the power and the necessary support as there’s no one to encourage. Nevertheless, our trust is in the Lord and He’ll continue to do it. In spite of hardships and opposition, he has boldly share the Gospel and uphold his integrity.
It’s a great joy to see many of them transforming their lives by the grace of God here in the College. There’s a tremendous spiritual growth as they gathered together daily for devotion and chapel programs. These Lent days have been a big boost for many of them for their spiritual growth as we observed a special fast & pray service. Besides, 24 hrs Prayer in the College’s campus has been a very encouraging and challenging factor to depend on God for everything. God has been answering our prayers and we’ll continue to pray for many more people to proclaim that Jesus is the Lord of the universe. Right now, the students are busy preparing for their Final Exam which will commence from 14th of April. Throughout the year, the students were engaged in the Lord’s works such as Friday Evangelism, Outreach Program, Open air gospel meetings & conducting prayer cell groups.
It’s our firm prayer that many more youngsters from different parts of India would come and be blessed in the days to come. Our nation, India needs dynamic youth to stand up for the cause of the gospel, to stand for the justice and for the betterment of the people.
May the name of the Lord be exalted high above everything!
EAST COAST CHILDREN HOME ( ORPHANAGE)
India is vast land. Due to its many different groups of people, language, culture, traditions & customs and religions co-existing together, it has been called “unity in diversity.” In spite of its tremendous growth of economic in the past few years, little has been done for the poor & needy. There are hundreds of kids in villages & streets of India without having any primary education. The orphans are the sufferers with no one to care for them. Many innocent & ignorant children simply curse and accept it as their ill fate. They do manual jobs and will spend the rest of their lives as servants or workers for the rich and high class people.
It’s with a firm hope and great expectation, we are serving the poor orphans to have bright future tomorrow and know the greatest love of Christ. We thank God for helping us to rescue these kids and to show them that there’s a hope and eternal life in Christ Jesus. Here, they go to school, play, pray and participate in Sunday Class and Church Services. It’s run by the help of donors and sponsors. We want to see these kids stand on their own feet and contribute something for the good of the society. We sympathized for many more orphans who are left with no hope. It’s our prayer that these innocent kids will be rescued by all thoughtful and affluent communities to give them a chance here on this earth to live like others. And it’s our duty to help someone in need for exchange for the beautiful life and the world God has lent it to us. The kids are going to write their final exam in the 2nd week of April. We would like to help some more orphans to show them the way to life in Christ and for their education with your kind support & prayers. Will you kindly join hands with us for this noble cause? To give helpless kids a reason to smile?
WON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER
With the increasing unemployment and the ever rising frustration of the youth for a survival on this “survival of the fittest” assumed world, a vocational Training Center was opened mainly to help the youth of the rural and less privileged people. To begin with we’ve launched programs on Computer Course, Tailoring & Embroidery and Spoken English. It was heartening to see many youths responding and the first batch have successfully completed their training. Few of them have already got jobs and we hope that the rests of them will follow suit. It also brought to our attention the yearning of the rural youth who couldn’t afford for their higher education yet desiring to prove their potentials. This program was launched with an intention of income-generating project with just a minimum fee for their admission. However, due to their poverty, they could afford to pay only 40% of the fees. We hope & pray that God will supply all the provisions and the courage to do it as there are many more youths desirous to undergo through this training.
We just want to thank our heavenly Father for all His love & faithfulness. We humbly urged you to be a part of the Lord’s work in your valuable prayers and kind support for the glory of God.
Thanking You
In His Mission
Jeevan & Glory
