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Twenty-two years ago, our summer outreach team was working in the mountains. On our way back from a village, we passed through a valley and saw a group of around 20 young men, breaking stones. On seeing the group, we approached them, wanting to share the gospel with them. When we reached them, we realized they were from Nepal. They had come to India to find work, and except for one or two of them, no one understood Indian languages. We told them we wanted to share the gospel with them if they were willing, and I asked one young man who understood our language to translate it into their language.

They had never heard the gospel, or the name of Jesus, in their lives, so it was hard for them to understand and hard for us to share. After spending 45 minutes with them, sharing the story of the prodigal son, we prayed for them and went back to our camp.

We repeated this day after day. We would go to the mountain villages, share the gospel and distribute literature, and every day on our way home, we stopped and met with the men. It was a convenient place for us to rest on our long walk, so every day we shared the gospel with them through the translator and prayed with them for their families and parents back in Nepal.

After this had gone on for a few days, they asked us to share the story of prodigal son with them one more time. We shared and explained to them what that story meant to us, and as we shared, we felt the move of the Holy Spirit in the shade of that banyan tree. We gave them an invitation to respond to the gospel, and on that day sixteen of them responded and received Jesus as their personal savior. That was the beginning of our Nepali church in that area. These brothers were thirsty and hungry after God’s word.

Through them we came to know that there were thousands of Nepalis in the mountains, working in different fields. It was eye-opening for us. These new Nepali brothers in Christ led our outreach teams to other Nepali laborer’s camps in the surrounding areas. They mostly lived in tents in groups. Not being able to speak to them in their language was the biggest obstacle, but our brothers managed to share the gospel through a translator. After 9 months of people accepting the Lord, we had our first baptism service, where 32 Nepali brothers and sisters received baptism. Out of those 32, six brothers were sent to Nepal to attend a six-month Discipleship Training program. When they came back, we sent them to different locations where Nepali people were working. This was the beginning of our Nepali fellowship of churches.

Over the past 22 years, thousands of Nepali brothers and sisters have crossed the border into India to find better jobs and earn some money to support their families. They work as farm laborers, on construction sites, and other odd jobs. Many of them have gone through great struggles. But for thousands it has been an opportunity to come out of the darkness, and into the marvelous light of the gospel.

Today there are hundreds of small house churches and prayer groups among the interior villages in different states, where they meet and worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth. They come together and meet in plastic tents or under a tree, but they carry the glorious Gospel with them to every remote area.

Last month three of our Nepali church leaders went into some of the remote areas in our country. They visited some of the believers who move into the mountains every summer, to farm green peas and potatoes. The roads to this area are open only for 5 months. The rest of the time they are closed, due to snowfall. After visiting over 32 prayer groups and spending time with them and conducting several baptism services, they reported that “it was amazing to see what our Lord is doing, among the Nepali churches in those remote areas. They are seeing wonders and miracles every day. We ourselves have seen with our own eyes that in those small prayer groups and house churches, God moves in a mighty way, delivering people from addictions and evil spirits and people are being healed. They have very little in the way of ‘facilities’ in that area, but they are not bothered about it; their trust is in the Lord.”

We met local people who testified they were healed from tumors by the prayers of house church. We baptized a 32-year-old woman who was diagnosed by a doctor with ovarian cancer. She was healed by the prayers of ordinary believers, and now, after 9 years of marriage, she has given birth to a baby girl and, along with 7 members of her family, received baptism. There are many other testimonies of people who were delivered from demonic oppression.

Today our Lord is not only moving in a mighty way in the Nepali house churches in the remote villages, but He’s using these simple Nepali believers to carry the gospel to some of the darkest and most remote places in our nation.

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What began as a very small thing, God has blessed and has become a great work. Under the leadership of these 6 men, the Nepali fellowship is now spreading the Light of the Gospel in the darkest places. It is growing and reaching to the unreached areas and spreading the light of this glorious gospel!

To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                     …until He comes,

Sarala is the sister of one of our Tribal missionaries, Balwinder, who is reaching his tribal community with the Gospel. They are gypsies, living a nomadic life in tents. They travel together as a tribe, stopping to set up camp in their own slums. Balwinder came to the Lord from this same community. When I (Regi) met him for the first time, his family of eight lived in a tent in very poor condition. From there, God chose Balwinder and saved him. He went through our house church leaders’ training program, and God used Balwinder to establish the first church among his community. Through his ministry thousands of people came to know the Lord from his community.

Three years ago, his sister Sarala was married to Vijay who is also from the same tribe, and they moved to a new place which was 100 miles away from her home. Sarala was a wonderful worshiper and Sunday school teacher and actively involved with her brother’s ministry. But in the new place she did not know any other Christians. It was a large slum, with over 800 families in it, but not a single Christian except her husband. She felt lonely and depressed. The spiritual atmosphere in the slum was very low. Drug and alcohol addiction was very common, with 70% of the men and women being habitual drinkers. Along with her husband, she visited a few other slums nearby, areas where their relatives lived, but there, too, she could not find any Christians to fellowship with. She became increasingly lonely and more depressed spiritually. Several times, she asked Vijay to move from that slum to some other place where she could have some Christian friends, but Vijay could not leave his aging parents alone. Her spiritual depression got so bad that it began to affect her physical body. She was desperate, not knowing what to do. She wanted to help people, and share the Gospel with them, but how?

The following Sunday, her neighbor fell sick, and they took her to the hospital. Since they have three children, ages 7 to 12, they asked Sarala to keep them at her house and watch them until they returned. She agreed. It happened to be on a Sunday, and Sarala and her husband were just preparing to have a time of prayer. They spread a mat on the floor and asked the children to sit on the floor with them. Sarala and Vijay started singing a worship song, and as they were singing, the neighbors’ children tried to follow along. Sarala stopped, and taught them the song, and the children learned fast. Meanwhile, a few other neighbor children heard the singing and came to Sarala and Vijay’s tent. She shared the story of the lost sheep with them. Then she asked the children to pray for their parents. She led them in prayer, and the children repeated the prayer after Sarala.

This was the humble beginning of the house church that Sarala and Vijay started. First, it was a Sunday school for the children, and very soon after, the Sunday school turned into a Sunday church service. Sarala now realized that God had a plan for bringing her to these slums, her spiritual loneliness was the catalyst that opened her eyes to see the needs of the people around her. Sarala and Vijay started to pray fervently for God’s wisdom and His favor.

Shortly after this, Sarala and Vijay came to one of our regional pastors’ meetings and shared about the open door before them, and the need to reach those people in the slum. By this time, they had visited around 13 such slums in the 40 miles surrounding their home and had met with numerous people. They were literally begging us to send some missionaries into those slums. After they shared, we called them to come forward. We laid hands on them and prayed for them and sent them as missionaries to those slums. It was almost a year ago today that me (Regi) and Sherly were in one of the slums to baptize 29 people. Last month Balwinder came and gave baptism to 32 people in another slum. Sarala and Vijay both work hard to reach all the 9 slums where they started house churches in the past year. More than 123 people took baptism from these communities. God is using Sarala and Vijay to deliver so many people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. When we visit the slums, non-believers greet us and share testimonies of their good works.

Today we visited four slums in different areas with Sarala and Vijay and met and talked with newly baptized believers. Upon seeing and hearing the transformation that took place in their lives, we rejoiced with them.

Afterward, we attended the house church leaders training center that we started last month. Many people can’t write and read but they listen carefully, and 24 men and women from that community from different slums come every week, leaving their work to learn God’s word. As I was sitting with them and watching them, I asked the Lord to give me such a hunger and thirst for His word. During the class I asked them what they wanted God to do in their community. Most of them said there are 21 different camps or slums in that area, and they wanted to see a house church in every camp. I gave them a homework assignment, due by next April or May. The assignment? “Your training will finish soon, but before that happens, we want to see a house church started in all these 21 slums. Once that happens, you all will have passed our training successfully.” Everyone agreed, and we prayed together for God’s divine wisdom and strength for each one of them. We will stand with them in prayer for these slums and for their community.

As I write this testimony, I know the Indian government is coming against all Christian churches. Each state parliament is passing new bills and introducing new laws, mercilessly attacking the Christian churches, missionaries, and even ordinary believers. In spite of all this, our Lord is building His Church, drawing people from all tribes, castes, and religions.

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This is just the beginning of the story. We know that through these children our Lord will do a mighty work in each of their families and in the villages. Our primary focus was to teach prayer: How to pray, to whom to pray, and what to pray. And we know that prayer can change every situation in our life!

To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,

Sometimes we complicate the Gospel. We think that people must read the Bible before they can come to faith. But Jesus said in Luke 18:16 “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” All these children knew was that this was a nice man who healed the sick. This was all they needed to know to embrace the kingdom of God.

In fact, He goes on to say in verse 17 “Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.” In other words, we should follow the example of children, set aside our skepticism and unbelief, and open our hearts to the One who loves us.

Do you have a need in your life that only a miracle can resolve? Do you want to see God’s promises manifested in your life? Are you praying for something that only God can do?

Come to Him as a child and you will not be disappointed. He tells us that “whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” But He also says, “the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” Set aside your intellect and just receive the answer to your prayers.

And along with seeking God for your needs, pray with us for the families that are being impacted, as their children come to faith in Jesus Christ. Remember, the US ministry team is completely staffed by volunteers who receive no compensation other than the simple joy of serving. Apart from office expenses, more than 90% of our funds go directly to the ministry in India.

Thank you to those who support us sacrificially every month. Please tell your believing friends to visit our website (on the letterhead above) where they can read the same stories that you enjoy!

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas

The past six weeks have been a very busy time for all our brothers and sisters working in our children’s ministry. We held a 4-day training seminar where more than 900 young men and women were trained as Children’s Bible School teachers. Through these 900+ young people, and with the help of hundreds of believers who volunteered as assistants, we started a 4–6-week Children’s Bible School in over 342 villages. For 75% of these villages, it was the first time anything like this had been done. Over 14,600 children between the ages of 6 and 16 attended the Children’s Bible School. Most of these Children’s Bible Schools were in villages and slums in remote tribal areas. During the school, we gave them books with different parables, that also included moral lessons suitable for the older children.

It was really hard work for the teachers because most of them were first timers, but the Lord gave them grace. In some villages, we only had 10-15 children, but in others we had 150-200 children attending the Children’s Bible School. The schools were in session 3 hours a day for 4 days a week. Often the daily highs were above 110° F. There were other difficulties too, such as finding a suitable location, dealing with opposition from Hindu radicals, and so on.

Through the Children’s Bible School hundreds of children’s lives were touched by God. In one school, many of the children were filled with Holy Spirit. Many others experienced healing and deliverance in their bodies during the Children’s Bible School sessions. And as a result, we have started regular weekly worship services in 63 villages, where these children along with their parents are now attending.

After the Children’s Bible School, our leadership team reported that over 1,200 children between the ages of 12 to 16 had received Jesus into their lives and indicated a desire to live for Christ. Many more made the decision to live a better life by being obedient to their parents, to focus on their studies and to change their attitude toward one another.

The most amazing experience was hearing the responses of the parents. We have reports of hundreds of parents coming and thanking our brothers and sisters for the Children’s Bible School because they have noticed the change in their child’s life. According to Manoj, a farmer and father of four, “My children were very arrogant and disobedient. I tried everything to get them on the right path, but it always failed. My wife and I were worried, but yesterday when I came home my children came and touched my feet (a sign of respect to parents and elders). I hugged them for the first time in years, and with joy we cried together. I realized my children had been longing for an affectionate hug from me, while I had been looking for some respect from them. I don’t know what changed them, but I love it! Please continue to come and teach our children!”

Manju’s Story

Manju is a brilliant 15-year-old young girl. She grew up in an idol-worshipping family where girls were viewed as less valuable than boys. Manju’s father was addicted to alcohol and used to beat up his wife and daughter and curse her for all the hardship he was going through in his life.

As a result, Manju struggled with many emotional issues. She was stubborn and disobedient, and in the beginning, she was hard to control. Her stubborn nature caused issues with other children, but slowly her attitude changed, and she began to be friendly with others. As the days passed, she became much happier and more confident!

Manju encouraged herself by singing songs and listening to stories about Jesus. She didn’t know much about Jesus before, but she believed everything she heard. Before long, she had a few Scripture passages memorized!

Manju began to trust in Jesus and started to pray for God to change her father, too. Manju brought her mother to the Children’s Bible School. Shortly afterward, she received Jesus into her life because of the change she saw in Manju. Manju and her mother are afraid of Manju’s father’s response to this turn of events. Please join them in prayer for him to give up his addiction and surrender his life to Christ.

Sanu’s Story

Sanu grew up in a traditional Hindu high-caste home. His parents were very religious, and they taught him all the Hindu religious practices. He attended the Children’s Bible School in his village along with his friends without the knowledge of the parents.

The first day, the lesson was entitled “How to Pray.” This simple lesson on how to pray (and to whom to pray), and the meaning of prayer touched Sanu. He had never understood the Hindu prayers he was taught by his parents. He would simply recite prayers in Sanskrit. But in the Children’s Bible School he understood every word, and it was easy. During a prayer session as he was praying tears began rolling down his cheeks. He kept praying with great passion, and suddenly, the Holy Spirit came upon him, and he began to speak in tongues. Once he started, many other young boys and girls were also filled with the Holy Spirit. After that session, the atmosphere changed! Sanu’s distress turned to hope, and an unexplainable joy came into his life.

Sanu’s newfound faith and experience in Christ impacted his parents. Sanu’s mother had issues with headaches for several years. Sometimes she was in bed for days. After the experience in the Children’s Bible School, Sanu went back home. Finding his mother in bed, Sanu felt the Lord leading him to pray for her. He prayed, and the Lord instantly healed her from 20 years of headaches! The following day Sanu’s parents came to the Children’s Bible School, and they too received Jesus into their life. At the end of the 4-week Children’s Bible School 72 children from 12 to 15 years of age received Jesus into their lives. Since then, regular Sunday worship has been going on in the village, with over 120 people attending! Recently, Regi was in that village fellowshipping with the new believers.

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This is just the beginning of the story. We know that through these children our Lord will do a mighty work in each of their families and in the villages. Our primary focus was to teach prayer: How to pray, to whom to pray, and what to pray. And we know that prayer can change every situation in our life!

To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,

How many times have we been hampered in relationships with others, waiting for them to respond in some way, only to later discover they were waiting for us? That’s what one father came to realize when his children attended our Children’s Bible School during their summer vacation. He had been waiting for them to show him respect, and they had been longing for him to show them affection. When the children’s lives were impacted with the Love of Christ, the emotional logjam was broken, and relationships began to be healed.

Sometimes we may experience this in our own relationships. Instead of waiting for the other person, why don’t you reach out and take the first step toward reconciliation? Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, “love covers a multitude of sins.” (1 Peter 4:8) Peter, the hot-tempered, headstrong apostle knew this very well. He thought he was never going to deny Jesus, yet in the heat of the moment, he did, not just once, but three times. The love of Jesus covered Peter’s sin of denial.

In this day when much of society is polarized, those of us who believe the Bible is the Word of God may tend to use it as a hammer against society around us. While the Bible is clear about God’s position on many things that trouble our society, there are many people who don’t hold that view. Without relaxing our personal convictions, let’s purpose in our hearts to reach out
to them with the Love of Christ, because “the kindness of God leads [them] to repentance.” (Romans 2:4)

Sometimes this same situation occurs in our relationship with God. He has given us “everything pertaining to life and godliness” (2 Peter 1:3) and yet there we sit, waiting for Him to give us something He has already given us. Our life becomes a stalemate. He has already taken the first step. Let’s respond by thanking Him and expecting to see His provision in our lives. That’s what our Bible School teachers did, and the results were amazing – over 14,000 children impacted with the Gospel!

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas

Our Lord uses the most difficult circumstances for His Glory. Over the past two years we have experienced the pandemic, financial hardship, and emotional hardship, along with intense persecution and threats all around. The church in India is going through a storm. 

Through the earnest prayer and support of people like you who love the Lord and His work in India, our brothers and sisters are proclaiming the Gospel with great energy and enthusiasm, reaching out to the unreached people groups. Our Lord who commanded us to “Go” also promised that “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” 

The recent Christmas outreach and Easter outreach have both proven that, although many people groups in India have never heard the name of Jesus, now their hearts are open to the Good News like never before. During the Christmas 20-day outreach our brothers and sisters visited 58,000 homes in 298 unreached villages in five different states. Our brothers and sisters conducted 112 public meetings in different villages, and more than 2,328 people responded to the Gospel message and openly received Jesus as their personal Savior during the meetings. Many thousands came forward seeking prayer for their spiritual and physical needs. Many people were healed and delivered from addiction and demonic depression. 

During the Easter outreach, more than 1,100 people openly came forward to receive Jesus into their lives through 42 public meetings we arranged. Over 16,000 people attended the 42 public meetings. Thousands of people came forward to receive prayer during the meetings. Jesus confirmed His word with signs, wonders and miracles during these meetings. As the Bible says “The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he sends forth laborers into his harvest.”

Training Native House Church Leaders

Passionate Indian believers are eager to share their testimony and faith in Jesus with their friends and relatives. They are the front line workers in the task of spreading the Gospel, and opening the doors for church planting. Every year we train up hundreds of young men and women to share the Gospel and lead house churches. During the academic year (that started last May and ended in March) we trained 422 men and women, in 16 training centers in various states. 

When we train and equip them to serve their local communities and share the Gospel to the native people, God uses them to reach families and villages. This year we are planning to open 18 training centers. We have started 7 of them; the rest will be started this month. This year we are expecting over 500 people for the training. 

“Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent.”

Children’s Ministries

During the pandemic, many families fell into poverty due to lockdowns and other financial issues. Now that the restrictions are slowly being lifted, many families in the tribal villages, especially ones with children, are facing a hard time physically and emotionally. Many people are taking advantage of the situation, pressuring parents to send their sons and daughters to become child laborers. In some cases, these children are being targeted and trafficked. 

Since the pandemic started, our children’s ministries have slowed down due to government restrictions. But for the last six months our children’s ministries have become very active. Now, instead of us reaching into an area, the people from the slums and villages are coming to us, asking us to start Sunday schools in their areas. Last week we held Sunday school teacher training, and 72 young men and women attended the training from six different states. We were planning for only ten each from each state, but some other mission organizations sent their people to be trained. These trainees will go and conduct training for other young people in their native languages. 

We are praying and planning to train up at least 300 to 350 young people locally to conduct Sunday schools for the next 6 weeks during the summer vacations in their villages. Due to covid fear we will not be able to invite children from one village to another village. So, we must conduct each Sunday school in its own village. We are focusing on 7,500 to 10,000 children to attend the Sunday school sessions this year. Our Sunday school introduces these underprivileged children to Jesus through different activities, through prayer, and by showing God’s love to them and allowing them to experience it, and by building relationships with them. 

Please pray for the Lord to move in each of these Sunday schools.

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Look at what God is doing! And He’s using your prayers and financial support! The message of the Gospel is reaching unreached villages of India through native believers, transforming thousands of lives.

To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,

Look for the open door. As the world seems to press in from every side, God has given you an open door. You may not see it, but it’s there. You may have experienced financial hardship. Maybe it has been difficulty in your health. Or perhaps there has been hardship in your family or personal relationships. Regardless of what kind of hardship you have been experiencing, God has put before you an open door. If you are feeling the temptation to give up, resist it.

God has a plan for you. Regarding any kind of temptation, His Word says, “No temptation has overtaken you except something common to mankind; and God is faithful, so He will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13, NASB)

This includes the temptation to stop believing that God is faithful. Maybe you have been praying for relief in some area, and for some reason, the breakthrough has not yet come. Maybe it is in your health, or maybe your finances have taken a turn for the worse. Whatever the issue, now is not the time to give up. The signs are clear. We are in the end times. The adversary knows that his time is short, and he is trying to knock us out and cause us to lose faith. Don’t give in. “Let’s not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary.” (Galatians 6:9, NASB)

Our teams were weary, but they didn’t give up. And now we are reaping the harvest. We will be reaching out to more than 10,000 children in our Sunday school programs. We saw more than 3,000 people give their lives to Christ in our public meetings.

You may be weary, but don’t give up. Look around you. There are people in your community who need to hear about the love of Christ. Reach out to them. You may be surprised at the harvest you will reap.

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas

Aman, one of our missionaries, works in a village in the state of Punjab, with his family. Before Aman came to the Lord, he struggled with addiction. After being delivered by Jesus, he received a clear vision from God to go to this village and share Jesus because it is known for addiction to both drugs and alcohol. More than 70% of the men are addicted to one or the other. When Aman was called, he lived approximately 186 miles from the village.

Aman began to share the Gospel with the young men dealing with addiction in the village after he arrived. The village was so corrupted by addiction that the landlords were accustomed to taking advantage of addicts, who would do anything to get a fix. The landlords would loan them money on high interest rates, knowing they would not be able to pay them back. When the time came for the young men to pay back the loan, the landlords would put them to work on their farms for very low wages. They would work as indentured servants, living with 12-16 people in a house and working in the fields.

As God used Aman in the village, many of these young people began giving their lives to Jesus. As a result many were being delivered from addictions, causing the prosperity of the landlords to be affected. The landlords, in turn, became furious with Aman and his family and began to persecute them. His wife, who worked part time in the schools lost her job as they influenced the school management. His children were forced out of the schools they attended as well. Also, they threatened to burn up his motorbike.

Even in the midst of persecution Brother Aman and his family were faithful with the calling God gave him. They continued sharing the Gospel in the face of trials and began to see a great harvest. Many people gave their lives to Jesus and were delivered from the spirit of addiction. Recently, in March, Regi joined Aman, and together they baptized 49 people in two different services. When people are baptized in India, it is a public confession of faith and a full denial of Hindu gods. They are now committed believers.

These are some of their testimonies

38 year old Ranveer Singh, is an unmarried man from a high caste family. He was physically challenged from birth. He had severe breathing problems that prevented him from walking long distances or being able to work. Our outreach team visited his village during the last Christmas Outreach and shared the Gospel with him. He was also given a New Testament. Ranveer read the Gospels and was greatly encouraged by every miracle. He was so excited that he told his parents, who are very devout Sikhs, about what he read and that he wanted to go to Brother Aman’s public ministry meetings. However, his parents refused because most of the people attending the meetings were low caste and the high caste does not associate with them.

Even so, on December 23rd, he found a way to attend one of the public meetings with Aman. He heard the Gospel again and came forward to receive Jesus as his savior. Ranveer shared that at this time one of the young ministers came and touched him on the shoulder and prayed for him, specifically for his breathing problem to be healed. He was astonished because he hadn’t told anyone at the meeting of his struggles. As the young man was praying he began to breath heavily and began to shout and speak something he had never spoken before. He did not understand what he was saying nor did he understand what was happening with his body. Later someone told him that he was on the floor for half an hour. Afterward, he walked back to his home, which was 6 miles away, through fields, and had no breathing problems at all. When he arrived home, he told his family what had happened and they marveled that he had walked 6 miles without any struggle! That day, Jesus completely healed him. Later his family believed in Jesus as well. During this most recent baptism, 14 members of Ranveer’s family were baptized. That same day Ranveer dedicated his life to be a full time missionary in front of the church.

42 year old Amar Singh, was a drug addict. His wife and two children left him and were living with his parents, because he was continuing to give in to the addiction. He used cheap pills from the drug store to fuel his addiction but these were taxing on his health, both physically and mentally. He became homeless and slept in the fields and the forest. During our Christmas Outreach, one of our ministers found him laying sick in the field. This minister brought him to the hospital. The prognosis was poor as he had a very bad case of pneumonia. The doctors did not expect him to recover. However, the believers continued in prayer for him. He remained in the hospital a long time, but steadily began recovering. On the 24th day he was released from the hospital, after God healed his lungs. However, having been an addict and homeless, he had nowhere to go. Brother Aman brought him to his home and the believers cared for him. They prayed with him and he gave his life to Jesus. During this recent baptism, he got baptized. He has been delivered from drugs and healed of pneumonia and now has fully given his life to Jesus. We continue to pray, however, for a full miracle of reconciliation with his wife and children. They are watching and waiting to see that he is truly delivered and will not go back to a life of addiction. We believe God that he will walk fully in his deliverance and will be restored to his family and be able to lead them in Christ.

31 year old Sister Thirtha and her husband Vinod were both addicts. Vinod was an addict when she married him and soon she also became one, and together they’ve been addicts for 9 years. Thirtha’s parents recently brought her to the Christmas Outreach meeting. There she was touched by the power of God. At one point she went up for prayer and an older woman prayed for her. While praying together, she felt electricity passing through her body for a few seconds and fell down in the Spirit. The older lady helped to lift her back up and blessed her. After the meeting she came home to her husband. He offered to share his drugs that he was using with her, but she didn’t feel like it so she told him maybe later. She had no interest in it though, so kept deciding not to have any. That night she slept without any. The next day she still didn’t have any desire for it. Thirtha took her husband to the church and they also prayed with him. He was fully delivered in just a few weeks. They had tried and tried in times past to break the addiction, going for several months to rehabilitation centers and working with many doctors but could not get free. They even thought of committing suicide in an attempt to be free. But in these services that Brother Aman led, they found freedom for the first time. They were fully delivered from addiction through the prayers of common people, who believe in Jesus. They felt theirs was the story of the prodigal son and now have returned home to their Father, fully enjoying His blessings. They both were baptized at the recent service with Regi and Aman. Knowing Jesus answers prayer, they are now petitioning for children as they have not had any in the 9 years they’ve been married. They would like to have children they can raise in the Lord.

The others who were baptized also had wonderful testimonies to the power of God in their lives. God is using Brother Aman and other brothers and sisters in the Lord. Beginning April 1st and onto Easter, our outreach team is focusing on his village and the 49 surrounding villages. By the grace of God they plan to do a two-week outreach and conduct 6 public meetings in that area. Please keep Brother Aman, his family, and our outreach teams in your prayers as God continues to use them for His glory. Amen.

Help Us Share the Gospel

Today the message of the Gospel is speeding into the unreached villages of India through native believers, transforming thousands of lives.

Will you help us continue sharing the Gospel in India? Ask Father God what He would have you do. To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,

Dear Partner,

Lately it seems that the world is in a constant state of upheaval. Wars, rumors of wars, pestilence, famine, extreme weather, and the economic impact of all these things. But Jesus prepared us for this time. In John 16:33, He said “These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Whatever challenges, whatever struggles we are experiencing, He says he has overcome them. If we aren’t experiencing the “overcoming” life, let’s “press in” to Him in prayer, trusting that He will bring us through. If you are reading this, you have made it through two years of a pandemic lockdown that has impacted the entire world. Is there anything too difficult for God?

This month we read testimonies of people who were set free from addiction by the power of the blood of Jesus and the name of Jesus. Are you trapped by any kind of bondage or addiction? Jesus can set you free, too! Call out to him and ask him to deliver you. We are here to agree with you in prayer if that will help.

Do you know someone around you that needs freedom? Reach out and share the love of Christ with them, and watch God set them free. Sometimes just a phone call will help to lift their spirit and renew their hope. You may not feel powerful, but because you are born again, you have the power of Christ within you. Share the hope you have with others who need it.

“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 15:13)

Blessings in the Wonderful Name of Jesus,

Thomas

The year 2021 started with feelings of fear and helplessness.  By March, the fear of death was playing in the minds of the people.  The Corona virus numbers continued going up and hospitals and health centers became full.  The government of India was doing everything they could to help, and yet helplessness continued to grow. 

However, the people of God trusted in the Lord and continued in prayer and sharing the love and affection of God through good works.  God opened new opportunities for service, using small opportunities to glorify His name and reveal His glory among the people.  Thousands of lives were touched, healed and delivered by the Lord’s grace and favor.  2021 became a harvesting year!  Our brothers and sisters in the mission field and our outreach teams accomplished a lot by the grace of God this past year.

Here are some of those accomplishments:

• Reached over 980 unreached villages.
• Reached more than 62,000 unreached homes with the Gospel.
• Started 768 new prayer groups, which meet weekly with people from all religious backgrounds

• More than 16,300 people received Jesus as their personal savior and publicly confessed Him as Lord.
• 6,382 people were baptized in different states.
• Fully trained over 382 men and women in our 40-day training centers.
• 421 more people are currently going through the training in the training centers.
• 8 Sewing Centers trained 178 poor women and widows to stitch cloths and make dresses in order to sell as a way to support their families.
• We have also distributed 29 sewing machines to poor women and widows.
• We were able to give out 8,700 Bibles in seven Indian languages to the people.
• Over 69,000 New Testaments were distributed in different languages.
• Over 300,000 Gospels of John were distributed to people who can read and write.

• 7 motor bikes were given to our missionaries, 
• 16 bicycles given to our house church leaders. 
• 11 church buildings were built and dedicated to the glory of God.
• 14 church buildings are under construction right now.
• Several hundred healings and divine deliverances, as reported by House Church Leaders and Missionaries, this past year.

• 21 of our Missionaries and House Church Leaders faced physical persecution during 2021 from Hindu radicals, some of them requiring hospitalization.
• Many Churches were vandalized, and men, women, and children were beaten up.
• 12 were arrested by the police while sharing the gospel or conducting a prayer meeting in the village.
• 3 of our temporary house church buildings were burned down or pulled down in the village by Hindu radicals.
• 11 of our new believer’s families were forced out of their village for believing in Jesus.

As we look back at 2021, we see the faithfulness of God.  He has sustained us, kept us safe, led, guided, and faithfully provided for us.  He has used your prayers and support, and joined you with us in these marvelous accomplishments of God through this ministry.

Help Us Share the Gospel

Today the message of the Gospel is speeding into the unreached villages of India through native believers, transforming thousands of lives.

Will you help us continue sharing the Gospel in India? Ask Father God what He would have you do. To find out how to contact us, and to read more inspiring and exciting testimonies of what God is doing among the unreached people groups of India, click the links on the right, and keep reading!

Proclaiming the Gospel…

                      …until He comes,