Dear Pastors and Friends,
Just wanted to say hello and update you on the work we have been doing. The ministry is going strong amidst all the testing we communicated with you.
Our ministry plan is to plant two churches a year. We have been working on two different villages (Nallambakam and Singaperuman Koil) and we are ready to plant churches in both villages. We baptized new converts and there are at least 8 more asking to be baptized. We have bought land in Nallambakkam and yet to buy land in Singaperuman Koil to build the church. If your church has a building team help build churches in the mission field, we would like to invite you to come to India to help us build these two churches. The church buildings we are planning to build will cost approximately 10 to 15 thousand dollars. If you would like to help us financially to build one of these churches please contact us and we will give you all the details that you may need to allot the funds.We had our first Open Air meetings in March and April. Many were healed, delivered and ministered to. The meetings were powerful. Please take a look at some of the pictures that were taken in the meetings. (see photos below..)
Two weeks ago we played the Jesus movie in one of the villages where we have a church. The results were excellent. Over 20 people accepted Christ as their personal savior.
In April we had visitors from Canada. One special visitor was Kelvin Honsinger, from ERDO(On line http://www.paoc.org/- click on ERDO), with his son Jordan were here. While Kelvin and Jordan were here we had 3 days of special services. Kelvin ministered to the congregation for two days and we had our first youth service with Jordan as the special speaker. At the end of the youth service there was an invitation for anyone who felt a call to the ministry to come forward. Four young people came to the altar and dedicated their life for full time ministry.By now most of you have heard about our car accident and how one of our staff got hit by lighting. Amos is improving but still has some trouble walking.
Dawn’s finger is improving; there is no more infection or swelling. The doctors recommended that they operate and remove the nail but we have decided to wait and let nature take its course. We thank you for your prayer covering.
Thanks to the Child Care Plus Program you can now become a sponsor one of our orphanage children. If you would like to sponsor one of our children please contact Child Care Plus by going online at http://www.paoc.org/ and clicking on Child Care Plus. Please specify that you would like to sponsor a child in Chennai, India.
Many of you will remember when we made a special prayer request for Pastor Paul Daniels and his wife Elizabeth, when their two year old son Philip passed away. It was announced a few weeks ago that Elizabeth is pregnant. God is good! Continue to keep this family in your prayers, we are praying for a safe pregnancy and delivery and a healthy happy baby.
Please continue to keep our family in your prayers. We are in the process of trying to enroll Hannah and Asha in a Christian school. Also in June we will be traveling to Bangkok, Thai Land to attend our regional retreat.
Every Blessing.
In Christ Love,
Prasad, Dawn, Hannah and Asha.
"God uses men who are weak and feeble enough to lean on him." -- Hudson Taylor
