In His Time.......... with P.Ramachandran

After a fabulous week in the US, I am all checked in and waiting for my long journey home (25 hrs before I reach home). It has been a blessed time with Jessica and also meeting Manisha and her parents.  Johncy and Ruth really took good care of us and we truly appreciate their hospitality.  Sunday we attended Azalea Garden Church of God in Virginia Beach.  Good to see Manisha in the worship team. Also met Pst Vickers and some old friends in the church. I can truly say God is good. As I look reflect on the lives of these girls, the verse in Psalms 84 comes to mind. Psalms 84:11 - For the  Lord  God is a sun and shield: the  Lord  will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. Now preparing for the next trip to a new destination. Egypt in mid Feb. 

I arrived New York yesterday. The purpose  is to visit Jessica and also make a trip to Virginia Beach to meet Manisha and her family. It was so good to see Jessica and to hear the updates from her. It is cold in New York. Terribly cold. Today we drove about 8 hrs to Virginia Beach. The journey was pleasant with beautiful sceneries.  Virginia Beach is not as cold as New York.

Before leaving for the airport on 19 Jan, we celebrated Praise’s birthday. She turned 18. For those who know Praise, she has been very ill for the last many months, vomiting blood very frequently and fainting. It was purely by the grace of God that she survived all these years.  We blessed her and fervently prayed that God will heal her of all the infirmity of her body and restore her health. We departed Patna for Hyderabad and connected to Singapore. We arrived home on 20 Jan at 8:30AM and after a quick shower attended the morning service in church. Observations    and Needs  The investment in Bihar is producing fruits. After one year, the first batch students, although young and “brand new Christians” have already planted 5 new churches in unreached areas. I am strongly impressed to continue with this training of new church planters. From what I hear, unlike other mission organisation, PEC is literally reaching the remote unreached areas.  ...

Again we departed before 6:00AM in the morning. After five hours drive, we arrived at another church planters work. This is Alox who is only 18 years old. But when we saw his church we were pleasantly surprised. There were more 20 people gathered for worship.  Most of them were new believers and there is a great potential for growth as it is a very big village. These young church planters prove that God can use anyone to do great exploits for the Kingdom if we are totally committed to Him. When we saw them during the training, we were very sceptical but God can use anyone.  We returned back with joy in our hearts. 

It was a hectic day of long travel. We left the residence very early at 5:30AM. We were heading for a place in a neighbouring state where one of one first batch student, Jigar, had planted a church. Fortunately most part of the journey was on reasonably good roads. When we reached the remote places, the roads became sand tracks and bumpy. We had to cross a hill and walk at lest 2 km on slippery rocks down hill. By the time we reached the village, it was 3:00 PM.   About 20 people had gathered in a temporary shed. Jigar is only 20 years old, but he has really done the work of an evangelist and reached out to the villagers. If fact he has started work in another village about 30 Km away.  We were really impressed to see what God can do with a person who is committed. Jigger comes from a very backward group of tribal people. He is not well educated but he has the passion for souls and evangelism. Many of the people are ready for baptism of the current batch...

We left Hyderabad for Patna. Rev Raji was at the airport to receive us as always. The weather in Bihar was cold, temperatures dropping to a low of 8deg C. But equally bad was the pollution due to burning of wood to keep the people warm. At some places, we could hardly breath. But life goes no for the local people without any masks or protraction.  As soon as we arrived and after a quick lunch, we took teaching sessions with the church planters. Jeya took the first session and I took the next. I spoke on “Reaping 100% results”. This batch of students was more matured in their faith. They were very eager and were responsive to questions. All of them indicated a desire to pant churches after their training.

We also had two church dedications today, bringing the total number of churches planted by PEC to 122. This is only possible by God's grace and mercy. We dedicated another two churches in Andhra Pradesh, in Krishna District.   The first church was sponsored by  the family of the late Sis Tao in Gudivada Village.    Sis Tao was one of the pioneer members of PEC. The family sponsored this church in her memory. This same Sister gave away her wedding ring when there was a need to purchase a church building in Singapore in the late 60"s. Truly a great sacrifice. What a blessing it was, to dedicate this church in her memory. More than 100 people gathered for the dedication. The walls have still to be built. Insufficient time to complete.  The second church was sponsored by Sis Malar – PEC Singapore, in Mylavaram Village. This lady does not have much income. Bt she sacrificially gave for this church building. This ...