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

On 18 Feb we departed Chennai again for Bagdogra. We arrived in the early afternoon and Pst Samuel Sharma greeted us at the airport. From there it as a grueling 6 hr drive to Sikkim for our first church dedication. Although the view was scenic, the drive up the mountains was nerve wrecking. The roads were winding and narrow with steep gradients and diving cliffs. At about 6,000 ft above seas level, we had the first church dedication at a village called Pakhyung in Sikkim. It was cold and we reached the church in darkness at 7.45PM. The work was pioneered by our church planter Pst Rinchen Lepcha . It was simply awesome to see people  worshipping  God in their native language. Jeya shared the word. This building was sponsored by Bro James and Sis Marilyn. The next church dedication was on 19 Feb in West Bengal, up in the mountains in a place called Todey. This was also another 6 hr drive from Sikkim. We could see the snow capped mountains in the distance.

Praise God for a wonderful trip. It was a long and tiring journey but one that’s worth the while. We thank God for the many saints who kept us in prayer. Except for some minor disturbances, we had no major problems. The weather was good. God’s protection was felt throughout the trip. We experienced the mighty out-pouring of the Holy Spirit during our visit.  This is the second mission trip for the year 2014. Jeya, Jonathan, and I went on this trip. Pst John Malcolm and Akshay Abraham from Hong Kong joined us.    The main objectives of the trip were as follows:    2 day Orissa/Charttisgarh Church planters seminar in Orissa CP training centre graduation in Orissa 2 gospel meetings in Orissa 2 Day NE Church planters seminar in Jaigon 3 church dedications in NE India We visited a village, where PEC conducts a children’s program. Pst Anjan, PEC Coordinator for Orissa runs a tuition centre “PEC Jeeven Jhothy” in this village. About 30 kids benefit from this pro