News from GSM

Greetings to you in the precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD." Psalm 27:14

While waiting, there are times when we lose our heart and feel that things are not taking the desired shape which we want them to take. Waiting is a difficult experience for anyone. It calls for patience and perseverance. God instructs us to wait on HIM and to be of good courage. We should not lose our courage or feel low because we have to wait. The best way to utilize our time while waiting is by reading the word of God and also by hiding God’s word in our heart. This is the best weapon to fight every kind of negative thought or feeling.

We praise the Lord for the way in which he has lead us during past month. The Lord helped us to have a wonderful time to start constructing two churches and an orphanage building. Praise the Lord! The replacement of the roof at Kakavedu Church is finished. The work of Govindapalem Church and orphanage construction are progressing. This week, the roof on the new orphanage building will be poured.

Hospital work: The hospital at Puttur and Rural Medical Centre at Kolladam are working well in reaching with medical help to the rural poor. The following are the results in the hospital.
Total patients (Puttur) = 1,018
Total surgeries:
Eye - 25
C-section – 5
VH – 1
TAH – 6
Hernia – 1
Total patients (Kolladam) = 900

Evangelical work: The Lord has given us a very fruitful time of ministry during the past month in our mission fields. The spiritual work is progressing well. All the evangelists are working hard to reach the unreached villages with the gospel. New mission fields are going to be added into the mission. Govindapalem and Pellakur are the new mission fields. We are praying to start one more mission field soon.

Brother Chiranjeevi reports that he has 30 souls in his church at Badur. He conducts Sunday service at Badur from 9-30 A.M to 12 Noon. Every Wednesday he pays family visitation. Recently 2 souls added he said. Brother Prakash reports he also did the same. He visits families on every Saturday. The Sunday school class has nearly 20 children attending. Four people were baptized.

Bro. John Wesley from Vadamalapet reports that four people were baptized on the 4th of August in a village called O.B.R. Kandriga. Among these four, one couple without children for long time received the blessing of a child after believing in Jesus Christ, so they got baptized!

Brother Daniel Raj from Kamarajnagar reports that he conducts regular Sunday Service from 10-00 A.M to 12-30 P.M. Wednesday family prayer evening – Fridays ladies meet, evening fasting prayer at G.S.M. Saturday family visitation, monthly once All night prayer being conducting.

Child Care: Almost all the children are adjusted in their new grades and classes, and some are in new schools. For example, some children are now studying out side of Puttur to become nurses or vocational workers while others are attending junior college. GSM will take care of their tuition, room and board as well as provide a clothing allowance. They return to Puttur once a month to report their progress. A supervisor from G.S.M takes care of their welfare and paying bills, etc.

We thank you very much for your letters and e-mails of encouragement and for standing with us in ministry. Please continue to pray for us. We greatly appreciate your prayers for the ministry.

With warm Christian greetings and prayers. yours in Christ,

BRO. HENRY.