Last day in Patna

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.  The next batch is starting in Apr.

But because these church planters are young, we need our coordinator to visit them regular to help them to establish the churches. Transportation is a real need.  Most of the church planters walk about 30 km to reach the villages. Equipping them with bicycles will be a great help.  A 2ndhand motorbike for the church planter is needed to weekly travel to these areas. Buses take about 8-10 hrs of travel time.

The following is needed urgently:

·     $600 for a second hand motor bike
·     $400 for 4 new bicycles
·     $5000 for six months of training for the next batch (average $800 a month)
·     $1000 for one new bore well.

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