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

Pst Nehemiah visited Pst Jacob's work in Warangal District last week. Pst Jacob is a first batch graduate of the Great Commission Centre and he works under the supervision of Pst Vijayakumar who is one of our Rural Area Evangelism Team Leaders. By God's grace his pioneering work in Warangal has blossomed. 15 new members were baptized during the visit. 60 people are gatehring for worship every week. We praise God for the work He is doing in Warangal. Let's continue to pray that more souls will be added and in due time they will have they own place of worship. Glory to God.

The Bible calls David a man after God's heart. When we review his life from when God took him from looking after sheep to shepherd His own people, the nation of Israel, one thing stands out very clearly in David's life...his love for God. In Psalms 42:1, David cries, "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God". One of the reason for David's passion for the Lord, I think, is because David always remembered how when he was only a shepherd boy, God lifted him to become the King. of a great nation. One of the verses that really elaborates this emotion of David is found in Psalms 27:10 - "Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me" (NIV). Was there a time in David's life when his parents did not think well of him? You remember when Samuel the prophet came to anoint a King from the house of Jesse, all the brothers of David were invited to stand before the prophet, except David. Jesse did not have any

The 5 th batch of students have begun their training in the centre. Five men and two ladies are from different districts in AP are undergoing the 4-month residential training to become effective church planters and evangelists. The Principal of the centre, Pst Dhanraj said that the students are progressing well. He is assisted by Rev Neethi Raj and Mrs Docus to run the centre. This program is supported by Praise Evangelical Church in Singapore. We praise God for Pst Dhanaraj and his family for their commitment and who share the similar vision to reach the unreached in AP with the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Please continue to pray that God will give these trainees a clear direction as to their calling.

Please remember me in your prayers for the following: a. Facilitating at HI Singapore 8-13 Oct 09 b. Facilitating at HI Maui 19-24 Nov 09 Pray that I will be able to touch the lives of the men who will be attending the sessions. The subject in Mandate. For journey mercies The participants will be challenged and committed to fulfill the Great Commission

Bishop Younis reported that another incident of attack occurred last week in the village Jhathe Kay, about 20km from Sialkt City. A Muslim mob turned violent while burning christian homes and setting a church on fire. They also tortured a number of innocent Christians in the village. In another incident, on 15 Sep, a Pakistani Christian by the name of Robert Danish was mysteriously found dead in a special security zone of Sialkt Central Jail. It is believed he was murdered. Please uphold our brothers and sisters in Pakistan in prayer. I am trying to send some funds to Pst Younis to help the families affected by the atrocities. Do join me in this support.

Pst Anantha Kumar, is affiliate d with our work in Tamil Nadu. Currently he has established a work in a remote village called Sriperumbudhur, Its a pioneering work in "hard" ground but good results are seen. He has also started a free tuition service for the kids in the village. We need to pray for such dedicated people and if possible support them. Presently he does not have any regular support and I am trying to raise support for hi m for an amount of USD$100 a month. If you feel led to make a commitment for a year to support him please get in touch with me. New Church Structure

CLASS IN SESSION "A VISION COMES TRUE, THROUGH THE SACRIFICIAL SUPPORT OF OUR DEAR SIR RAMA" .... in the words of Pst John Signey, Principal of the Training Center in Kanniyakumari. All glory be to God Pst John Signey reported that the students are progressing well. They have gone out to the villages to do practical training. They have also started to use the projecor for evangelism, The projector was sponsored by friends in Singapore. Lets continue to pray that these student will finish well and wil become effective servants for our Master.

Praise God for the tiring yet wonderful trip we had in AP from 3-10 Sep. Special thanks to all who remembered us in your prayers, especially the members of the Healing Room for their continuous intercession for the team. The team of eleven departed on 3rd Sep at 8.00PM. The send off at Changi was simply grand with so many friends and family from PEC . We were indeed blessed with the presence of Prof Dr Lim , his wife Doreen and Chandra from the HI fraternity who prayed for the team before departure. God's awesome presence was felt throughout the trip. All the team members were blessed to see the work of God expanding in AP, India. We achieved all out objectives in spite of the rainy weather. The Pastors' seminar was well attended with about 70 of our workers and affiliated pastors coming together. Of course there are some challenges ahead of us but we remain focused on our vision and press on trusting the Lord. The teachers' seminar was a blessing to the 40 participants.