Dear Friends,
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| Gang member. |
The past few months can be
summed up in two words hot and busy. Officially summer is over in India and
children are now back to school. But the heat continues with temperatures in
the low forties.
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| Man with leprosy. |
On Easter Sunday all of the “Healing Gospel
Churches” came together to celebrate. To God be the Glory Prasad baptized 23
people on Easter Sunday. From the young to the very old from a gangster with a
price on his head to couple suffering from leprosy they all made a public
declaration to follow Christ. The heat was unbearable that day and by times
Prasad wished he was being baptized himself but some how he managed to hold on
until the end.
The month of May we welcomed
some very special guest into our home.
Every year in May “Hope for the Children” closes it’s doors and most of
the children go home. Those that don’t have a home or that don’t want to go
home, come and stay with us for the summer holiday.
So our family of 3 expanded to 8 as 5 of our kids and “Joey” the dog came and spent the summer with us.
The summer was
spent playing games, and finding ways to stay cool. The fact that due to
problems with our well we had no running water and the two hours a day of power
cuts made things that much more interesting.
To finish the summer we took the
kids to Kishkintha an amusement park here in Chennai.
On May 15th Prasad
held a pastors seminar at our church head quarters. The meeting was held outside
because the building has become too small to hold these types of meetings. We
were blessed by the amount of pastors that attended and received from Gods word
and appreciated them braving the heat and spending the day outside under a
tarp. 
Pentecostal Sunday May 27th,
Prasad was asked to help organize a meeting for Christians of different
denominations to come and pray for revival in India and around the world.
Although India is a democratic country with freedom of religion, we still faced
opposition to the meetings from Hindu extremists. Thanks to the local police
for keeping the peace we were able to hold the meetings with out incidence. About
50 RSS (Hindu Extremists) were arrested before the meeting started. 
After weeks of hard work and Prasad
spending the last few nights leading up to the meetings out all night putting
up thousands of posters. The meetings were a huge success. Over 4000 people
gathered to take part. The feeling of being in one accord and praying for the
great nation on India was thrilling!
On June 20th Asha
and I will be heading home to Canada I will be looking for opportunities to
share about what God is doing in India. If you would like to have us come and
speak please contact us at prasaddawn@hotmail.com.
With love and prayer,
Prasad and Dawn
