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

Jeya and I were in Klang, Malaysia over the weekend at the invitation of Bro Stephen Chandra Mohan, an alumni from HI. It was a five hour bus ride from Spore. It was wonderful meeting Stephen, his wife Flora and their two children. A wonderful family involved actively in church and who showed generous hospitality to us. We were able to reminiscent the times in Maui and I was encouraged to hear how God is using our brother to fulfill the Great Commission. He has such a contagious passion and heart for God. On Sunday morning I had the privilege of speaking at Bethany Church in Klang. More than a hundred attended the morning service. I spoke on the topic "Why Go". The key points: It's the mandate given by our Lord We don't have much time Man is lost without Christ Its my personal obligation. Many were blessed. I was blessed and encouraged as well. All Glory to God

Praise be to God. Our church planter Joseph Tapa started a work in Rangpoo, Sikkim and the Lord has blessed the work. About 20 people are gathering for worship in his house. Pst Samuel Sharma visited them about two weeks back but because of rains the baptism program was cancelled. He will be there again end of the month. Currently we have 30 church planters working in the North Eastern States of India, thanks to the support from a Chinese brother from Singapore who believes in our vision to reach the lost for Jesus. We thank God for such committed people who have a heart for missions. We are praying many more house churches will be established by our church planters. ALL GLORY TO GOD

This is the new work that we started for the under-privileged children in the slums at Mudford, Secunderabad. About fifty children are being bless through this program. As the kids are going back to school, we provided stationary for them. In addition to giving them tuition, they are also introduced to the love of Jesus. Most of the people who live in this slum work as rag pickers and just make enough to get by the day. The parents are indeed glad that some one is taking an interest in the education of these kids.. We thank God for our sponsor, a Chinese brother from Singapore, who has invested into the lives of these young ones. JEEVEN - LIFE JYOTHI - LIGHT THE LIGHT OF LIFE - JESUS

By God's grace I completed this trip to Orissa last week. It was a wonderful experience. Although I was down with food poisoning, a severe one, I recovered when I returned home this morning. Pst Nehemiah, Pst John Signey and Pst Gopi joined me on this trip. Our coordinator Pst Anjan received us at the airport and planned our itinerary. We visited the two districts where our church planters are working, Rayagada and Kandamal. These are the districts where persecution was the fieriest during the hostilities against Christians a few years back. We have 20 young church planters working in the remote parts of these districts. While life has returned to normal for the Christians, the marks of persecution was still present in the air. Broken down churches, the bad memories of the persecuted believers and the fear that the persecution may erupt again is still visibly present. I heard heart breaking stories of how Christians were persecuted and killed because of their faith in Jesus Christ

The following report was submitted by Pst Samuel Sharma after his visit to our church planters' work in Assam. "Dear Sir Rama Greetings from Samuel. Thank you sir for all the prayers and support for the ministries over here.We thank you so much for giving this precious help to our people by which we are able to reach the People in Assam, Bhutan, Sikkim and west Bengal. Sir, On Friday, I was on my way to Assam to baptised some people where one of our CPs is working very hard. There were nine people to baptise. Now in these days we are getting heavy rainfall in Northeast India and in Himalayan region. But as I reach Gossaigoan, Pastor Thomas Lama was waiting to show me to his village which is 40 Km away from The highway But on way to his house while crossing the Wooden Bridge, the motorcycle slipped and both of us fall down from The Bridge. By Gods Grace, The bike remained on the top of bridge. Pastor Thomas was unconscious for fifteen minutes. The Bridge is 15 feet hig

The second batch started the five months program this week. in a village in Rampachodavarum. 11 leaders have embarked on the program that trains them to become effective church planters in the tribal villages of AP. We thank God for Pst Prabudas for his vision and passion. Jesus said in Luke 10:2 - “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. If you want to know how to bless this work, please let me know.

I am pleased to report that we have started the fourth training centre in Andhra Pradesh. 12 young men have began a five month stay-in church planters' training and evangelism program in a village in the outskirts of Hyderabad. The purpose is to equip leaders with the skills of evangelism and church planting so that we can fulfil the God given vision of reaching every village with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We praise God for every faculty and those who have contributed to the running of this training program. All glory to God.

Life is full of distressful challenges. "Distressful" may be a mild description and used only when no choice of a better word. We face many difficult situations, painful moments and disappointments but sometimes there comes a time when one such incident hits us, which is the breaking point. You feel betrayed, rejected and empty. Its time like this when the self is brought to ground zero and the existence of God questioned. It is in times like this we can fully appreciate why David cried in Psalms 42:3 - "My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me continually, "Where is your God?" Jesus had his own breaking point when His creation mocked him, " "He saved others," they scoffed, "but he can't save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!" Mat27:42 . No wonder He cried , “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Mat 27:46 . His break