Dear friends,
The past few months have flown by and we are now looking toward the fall and the busy Christmas season.

In March we had some special visitors Melanie and Mary-Beth came from our home church “Highway Gospel Church” in Scarborough Ontario. Mary–Beth and Melanie were involved in Children’s ministry, a youth day, women’s meetings and repainting our new dining hall. It was wonderful to have them with us and such a blessing to us. We want to thank them for all their hard work.

In May summer hit with a vengeance with temperatures over 40C. The heat wave that usually lasts two weeks lasted over six weeks. Still we held a very successful VBS (Vacation Bible School) in all of the churches. Through the VBS we are able to reach out to hundreds of boys and girls with the love of Christ.

In June we hosted our first Indian retreat. The retreat took place in the beautiful city of Darjeeling. High in the mountains surrounded with cool breezes and beautiful views. Darjeeling was a wonderful time to refresh and connect with our Indian team. A special thank you to our regional director Peter and Sandra McIntosh for sharing with us during the retreat.

Just a few weeks ago we started tailoring classes for the local ladies in the villages. These classes are completely free and in able the ladies to learn a very useful trade. The goal is to give them skills to find employment but to also to share the love of Christ with them in a practical way. A thank you goes out to our friend Tony Dewan KRT Brampton for helping us by donating the machines.

In July we started our journey home to Canada. We want to thank all of the pastors that opened their doors to us an allowed us to share our power point presentation. Currently we are in Ontario and are itinerating here. We want to thank “Agincourt Pentecostal Church” for allowing us to stay in their mission house. It is a great blessing to have such a beautiful home to stay in. We also want to thank Donna Davies and WM for welcoming us into the home with a beautiful gift basket and for continuing to stop in with gifts of food.
We ask you all to pray for our family. We continue to raise funds for the children’s home and the much needed addition. We are also raising funds for a new church plant. Please pray that our budget will be met this year.

Blessings,

Prasad and Dawn

Hope for the Children

Update December and January

Dear Friends,

The past few weeks have slipped away so quickly. December is our busiest month of the year. With Christmas concerts and Carol services in all churches, widows meetings, our children’s party, the list goes on and on.

We started early in the month of December with our Christmas concerts this year a total of five programs. It is always great to see what the children have done each year. It is also an amazing way to reach out to the community. So many of the village people come to see the concerts and at the same time hear the “Good News”.

Every year we hold our widows party. This year was another success, so many widows were blessed with a sari and some extra Christmas money. Before lunch we decided to play some games. This was so much fun for the ladies. In the end I must confess I am not sure who had more fun the ladies or the spectators. The gifts made the winners happy for sure.

On the 23 of December we had our annual Children’s party. This is my favorite day of the year. To spend the day with the children playing and giving them there Christmas gifts brings an indescribable joy to our hearts.

We want to thank everyone who made a donation to the Christmas party. Because of your gifts we were able to give the children new clothes, a nice gift, bath towels for each child.

We ended December with a trip to the zoo. All of the children made the trip. It was great fun and a lot of walking.

Thanks to ERDO in December we were able to help many families that were affected from typhoon Nisha. We passed out bags of rice, kerosene, cots and pillows. Many people have lost there homes and all of there belongings. We count it a blessing to help these people in need.

As we begin the New Year please keep India and our family in your prayers.

Blessings,

Prasad and Dawn