Personal Letter

Beloved Friend,

It is a great joy to be connecting with you in this manner. You have been receiving this newsletter and have been joining us through prayer and financial contributions.  May the Lord bless you and reward you generously for standing with us. The Bible is very clear and direct when it says in Hebrews 6:10 reminds us that … God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for him and how you have shown your love to him by caring for other believers, as you still do. (NLT)

With every passing day we look back we are  grateful to God for leading us and the ministry in such marvellous ways. We have enjoyed your friendship and sincere prayer and partnership. It is not our efforts or strategies and plans but the faithfulness of the Lord. Thank you so much for the part that you have played.

Supporting Church Planters

Because of your  faithful partnership we have been able to support missionaries in much needy places especially Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Would love to mention one story from Kutch in Gujarat.

Situated in the west of the country, Kutch is known to be a dry place both physically and spiritually. But it has seen a breakthrough in the past year. Brother Mahendra and his family and Brother Blessen and family have joined the ministry in that region and they are reaching out to  local people through prayer, counselling and community work. They have started outreach in three new villages and the first baptism took place a few months ago.  This was one of the biggest miracle of the year!   The Lord is really blessing and new people from the neighbouring villages have started coming in for Sunday worship too.   Would you like to help families go out and serve Jesus?  If so, please write to us.

Community Initiatives

A new work has started in four locations among the Kalbelias and the Lohars. Traditionally the Kalbelias are snake charmers and the Lohars are blacksmiths.  Our workers are teaching and reaching out  to these communities through health education, informal education and adult literacy programs. Medical camps were held and medicines distributed reaching out to more than 500 people. In one community where the women and  children earn their living by picking up rags, efforts are being taken to encourage children to enroll into a regular  school and for women to learn healthy practices. Through health education many Lohar youth have quit multiple addictions to tobacco and other locally available addictive substances. We are trusting God for transformed lives in these communities. Would you pray for them please?

Church Buildings

Over two years, out of a total of ten churches that needed a building, God enabled us to complete five.  We are excited and thank God for His miraculous provision. A church that is right now in the final stages of construction is the church at Sagwa in Rajasthan. The believers at Sagwa church underwent much persecution seven years ago.Today God enabled us to build a church building in the same village and it is a source of great relief and blessing for the people in the region.  We need your continued financial assistance to finish these buildings.

We request you to continue to help us with your prayers and your giving. Your giving, big or small, goes to the most needy individuals and meets their dire needs.  God bless as you consider to give. Also let us know how we can pray for you in the days to come.

In closing we want to bless you with Ephesians 3:20 — Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. (NLT)

Joining you in this end time ministry,

Paul and Christy Mathews
Udaipur, Rajasthan