MAY 2016

The Indian state of Chhattisgarh has more tribal population than any other Indian states. And half of them still remain unreached. Hope India Mission (E.C.F.C) as part of its Vision 2020 outreach program,

carried out two conferences in Chhattisgarh to share the Good News. Places where the Gospel of our Lord Jesus had never been heard now listening the Gospel of Salvation through us. The new believers will receive Gospel literature and Bibles to help them grow in faith. Also, our team of evangelists in Chhattisgarh shall perform regular follw-ups.

From Murtha village conference

Gospel reaches new tribal villages in Chhattisgarh

This family (on the left) donated this land for the church in Kuberpur. Now we along with the belivers of this village are praying for a church building that can further help expand the kingdom of heaven in this part of the world. IIf the Lord leads you to sponsor a village church for this poor tribes, please reach us on eaabraham@gmail.com or contact us on the address given at the end of this this newsletter.

These tribal people are praying for a church here..

One of our missionary's wife named Sunita, was very encouraged to see Evg. Titus Mathai and his wife ministering alongside each other. She shared that she now wants to do whatever she can to join along her husbandhusband in the ministry as a helping hand and serve the Lord together.

Yamuna Devi hails from the village of Pattaguda in Chhattisgarh. She is the only believer from her family. Once when her child was unwell, she tried dierent medicines through dierent doctors. But nothing worked. One night as they were sitting worried about their child at home, she heard some worship songs in the neighborhood. She said that she was curious and it drove her to that place. Hesitantly she went there and got her child prayed over. Miraculously her child was back to good health the vevery next day. Since then she's been a believer but her family doesn't believe still. She came for the family conference held in Ambikapur by making some excuse to her husband and her family.

During one of the sessions we talked about the importance of Sunday school and VBS to reach out to the families with the Gospel. We were amazed to learn from her that she wants to commence a Sunday School in her village too ! She seems committed to her decision. We praise God for the new commitment through our seminar.

Yamuna Devi

A Santhali new believer worships the Lord with her baby

The lady who worshiped secretly now wants to open a sunday school in her village!

On the ffirst day of the conference in Sitapur (Chhattisgarh) after the praise and worship session, soon after the introductory part of the sermon, there was a sudden wind and heavy rain for probably about ffive minutes. But it was so strong that it shook the tent we were seated under. In fact, some of it even began to fall on us. Immediately everyone ran in to the nearby house and most of the brothers remained in the rain trying to hold the stands on which the tent was tied up. We were a little worried, mainly thinking that the people might go back home expecting no meeting because of the incident. But soon after the rain stopped, we all gathered in an open space andand worshipped the Lord by singing few songs and by praying. We had such a wonderful time! And, surprisingly we had gathering of more people the next day. PRAISE GOD!!

The Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of the locality was seen attending the conferece and seeking prayers during the Murtha conferece.

Hope India Mission (E.C.F.C) director Rev. EA Abraham shares the word of God during the Sitapur conferece.

DDuring the Ambikapur (chhattisgarh) conference, for the young teenagers, Mrs. Princy took a separate session. Although, initially they were very shy and hesitant, soon they began to share their views and opinions on the topics discussed. The session was basically on Christian lifestyle as a young teenager or/and young adult. They talked about various challenges from the family, pressures from the peers, & society. Then discussed on various Bible passages and biblical lives that help and guide us to lead a godly life in the midst of the challenges and temptations. This session also included discussion about being holy as Christ our Lord is. Almost all of them respondedresponded very armatively and shared that there were a lot of things that they'd never talked about to anyone else but now they understand what and how to do.

Initially, these tribal teens were too shy to express their thoughs openly

From May month’s VBS programs-Ambikarpur & Jantha Bazar respectively

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Would you sponsor one of the VBS programs like the above one with $ 500?