Dear Friends and Family,
For the past five years God has given me the incredible blessing of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Andhra Pradesh, India. I’ve been blessed to pray in mud huts with persecuted Christians, to give bibles to people who have never heard the Name of Jesus, to minister to the orphans, to wash pastor’s feet, to see people repent and trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, and to baptize new believers. What joy! All of this “was not I, but the grace of God that was with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10).
This year is especially exciting for me. Three years ago Pastor Vijay Sastry, our ministry partner in India, asked us to pray for the construction of a building. This building will be used to house orphans and to teach pastors how to plant churches in areas where Jesus is not known or worshiped. God has burdened hearts to joyfully give over $40,000 to this cause. In a few days, God willing, we will break ground and begin the building process. God is doing a new work in India! My dream and prayer is that many, many more orphans would experience Christ’s love and that thousands of pastors would be sent out to proclaim Christ in a nation where less than 2% of the people have the hope of eternal life.
I will spend five days preaching and teaching with a ministry team (Aaron, Kris, Justin , David , Gergely and Mike). On Monday and Tuesday we will be conducting a pastor’s conference with 150-200 pastors. God always gives me so much love for these pastors who are physically poor and often persecuted, but who are faithfully and joyfully preaching the Gospel. On Wedensday, Thursday, and Friday we will be conducting Gospel outreaches in areas where there are few, if any, churches and Christians. Last year the Holy Spirit worked in a powerful way to bring many people forward with broken hearts to find hope, healing, and to surrender their life to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. May God draw thousands to Christ during these outreaches.
Will you commit to pray for our team next week? We desperately need your prayers. Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). We desperately need Christ’s presence and power more than anything else. My plea with God for this trip is that heart’s would be born again to a Living Hope, that Christ’s love on the cross would be known and received, and that many souls would escape the wrath of God in an eternity of Hell.
For the past five years God has given me the incredible blessing of spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Andhra Pradesh, India. I’ve been blessed to pray in mud huts with persecuted Christians, to give bibles to people who have never heard the Name of Jesus, to minister to the orphans, to wash pastor’s feet, to see people repent and trust in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, and to baptize new believers. What joy! All of this “was not I, but the grace of God that was with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10).
This year is especially exciting for me. Three years ago Pastor Vijay Sastry, our ministry partner in India, asked us to pray for the construction of a building. This building will be used to house orphans and to teach pastors how to plant churches in areas where Jesus is not known or worshiped. God has burdened hearts to joyfully give over $40,000 to this cause. In a few days, God willing, we will break ground and begin the building process. God is doing a new work in India! My dream and prayer is that many, many more orphans would experience Christ’s love and that thousands of pastors would be sent out to proclaim Christ in a nation where less than 2% of the people have the hope of eternal life.
I will spend five days preaching and teaching with a ministry team (Aaron, Kris, Justin , David , Gergely and Mike). On Monday and Tuesday we will be conducting a pastor’s conference with 150-200 pastors. God always gives me so much love for these pastors who are physically poor and often persecuted, but who are faithfully and joyfully preaching the Gospel. On Wedensday, Thursday, and Friday we will be conducting Gospel outreaches in areas where there are few, if any, churches and Christians. Last year the Holy Spirit worked in a powerful way to bring many people forward with broken hearts to find hope, healing, and to surrender their life to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. May God draw thousands to Christ during these outreaches.
Prayer Points
1. THEOLOGICAL TRAINING FOR PASTORS (Monday-Tuesday)
2. EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH EVENTS (Wednesday-Friday)
3. ORPHAN MINISTRY
4. TEAM UNITY AND JOY IN
SERVING
5. SAFETY AND SUSTAINED
HEALTH
6. PROTECTION & POWER
Justin and Team, know that my heart is with you as you link arms with Vijay and pour out Christ's love for these pastors, villagers and orphans. I remember our washing of these pastors feet together several years ago with such joy. Please pass my greetings on to Vijay, Nani, their family and all the saints. Together with you in the Greatest Cause, Tom Steller
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