Finally home and debrief


We departed Jaigaon for Singapore on 14 Apr. It took us four hours to reach Siliguri and after a couple of flights and transits, we arrived home on 15 Apr morning.

Observations and needs

It is a joy to see the growth of the churches in NE India. What is now needed to push for more church planting efforts. The current batch of trainees and young and passionate. We need to instill in them, the need for church planting and to see the importance of fulfilling the great commission. 

There are many children in PEC Pathordubi, Bodoland. We need to start a tuition program in this village. We have seen the success of such program and I believe it will draw many parents to Christ. This program will cost $100 a month.

The PEC School of Ministry training center in Jaigaon needs a dining hall urgently. Currently the students are eating their food out in the open. It costs Sing $3000 to build a dining hall. $2000 has already been pledged. With 24 students, there is a need to increase the monthly support to run the program from Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000 a month. From next batch onwards the students will be required to pay a monthly fess to study in the school.

We need a church building in a village in Nepal. Pst Danish who has been working there for the last four years said that his congregation is growing and they need a place of worship. You will have to track the mountains for about 2 to 3 hrs by foot to reach this village. It will cost Sing $7000 to build a church there. 

There is also a need to support more church planters. Many graduates from the PEC School of ministry are working in difficult areas without any support. It cost $50 a month to support one church planter. We are looking for sponsors to support at least another 10 church planters for a period of 3 years.

It was sheer joy to see the progress of the PEC Ministry in NE India. We praise God for dedicated men like Bishop Samuel Sharma and his team for their passion and commitment to the Great Commission.  But the harvest is indeed plentiful and the needs many. There are so many newly identified needs and we are praying for new sponsors who are willing to partner PEC in going out to the nations to fulfill the Great Commission. 

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