This month’s theme is: GROWTH. Growing (maturing) together in faith; Growing church leaders; Growing leaders in homes; Growing in dependence on God for daily needs.
Please pray for our growth!
1. We give thanks to God for adding 116 new believers in our mission field. Please continue to pray for these “babes” in Christ. May they grow in love of Christ and mature in faith.
[New believers need to belong to a new community. That’s not always possible. When they are the first in a village to believe in Jesus, there is no congregation or fellowship group formed. Slowly God opens more hearts to respond to the Gospel and a prayer cell can be formed. Then by God’s grace more come to faith. Here they grow in knowledge, enjoy fellowship and deepen their faith. Here they learn to share the message of salvation with their community.]
2. As fellowships/congregations grow, leaders are given training so that they can know how to give wise oversight in the churches. This continues to be given.
[25 elders from different congregations participated in this round of training. and were blessed. Our leaders, shared the word of God on the biblical role of elders in the church.]
3. Spiritual Headship in the home has often never been considered. Parents may be illiterate; they also may have little concept of the Christian home because there has never been any modelling in their lives.
[There will be a “Family Seminar” planned in one of our districts this month. This is a key matter for growth for our tribal people.]
4. Most of the people in our GOSPEL mission field are subsistence farmers and farm labourers. They depend on rainfall for good cultivation. We are now waiting for the rain to start so we can plant rice in our paddy fields and maize on higher ground. These are our staple crops. If they fail, there will be a lot of hunger for us.
[Please pray for good monsoon rains. They call on God’s name all the time for “our daily bread”. Unlike developed nations, there are no social welfare provisions to fall back on. There are no pensions. They expect sons to care for their parents in old age.]