Friday, April 18, 2008

"Everything is Fine in the Mission" (4/18/08 report)



Dear Brothers and Sisters in His vine yard,

Greetings to you in the precious name of Lord Jesus Christ. I am happy to circulate this news letter among Brothers, Sisters, Churches & other Organisations. These are the events happened in GSM in past 3 months.

Every thing is fine in the mission & everyone in the mission conveyed their greetings to you all.

In Feb. 08, a 16 member group had visited GSM from Pennsylvania. They are from Camp hill, Harrisburg & Mohnton, PA. They enjoyed the mission. Many a thing has been arranged for them. Medical camps have been arranged in different places to treat the poor & needy of the locality; a number of Doctors joined & treated many patients. Patients were attended by doctors in all the camps & medicines were given at the free of cost. The medical camps were conducted to treat the patients with Orthopaedic, Gynecological, and Pediatric. Dental, eye aliments, who can not afford to have this specialised services in the private setups. The camps were conducted at PUTTUR, S.B.R PURAM, KOLLADAM and NAGIRI. In Nagiri camp, the state minister of Andhra Pradesh for law, technical education, higher education was invited; he conveyed his Appreciation for the work GSM doing.

ORPANAGE:
The kids are getting ready for their class final examination. 10 standard students done with their exams & 7th standard students are still writing their exams. All the children are happy & healthy. Recently all the children & elder people got quilts (blankets) from CASA (a Christian organisation). Recently all the children had great time with the guests from USA. They are all got lots of gifts, toys, clothes, sweets, & cakes.

4 Children of our orphanage successfully completed nursing course & 3 of them have joined in GSM Hospital, Puttur.

New dormitory is build for the children & dedicated by Rev.Jack, which has been donated by Global NIM.

EVANGELISM:
All the evangelists are working hard & gaining souls .Recently we have dedicated 2 new churches, one at Pellakur & other at Iynambakam.' Paul,who is the member of our mission, appointed as evangelist at Pellakur. These 2 churches were donated by Bro.Michael, USA. Kakavedu church has been repaired & the church at Govindapalem is under progress & this church has been sponsored by VBS children of St, Joseph, Missouri.

Many revival meetings has been conducted. Bro John Wesley has reported that 10 souls were added to his church by giving baptism. Bro. Wilson reported that 7 souls has been added to his congregation at Adavikotturu. Bro. Sunder Rao reported 15 souls were added to his congregation at Jayaranipuram.

Food distribution to the poor was done on the eve of Easter and Christmas in different villages. One more church is going to be constructed after Easter which is donated by congregant of St. Joseph church. At the moment we are having 3 sponsorships for our evangelists & we are in need of 9 more sponsorship (100 USD). Thank GOD for evangelical work in our mission.

GOOD SHEPHERD MEDICAL SERVICES:
GSM is doing medical services at 2 places, one as GSM hospital at Puttur & another at Kolladam as GSM Clinic. Through this medical services GSM offering medical aid to the poor & needy of the locality & surrounding villages & conducting medical camps in surrounding villages .

GSM Hospital equipped with specialised medical fraternity to meet the needs of patients. We have Dr.Kishan kumar (ophthalmologist) Dr.manikarnika (Gynaecologist) DR.Narayanamurthy (Orthopedician) Dr.Prudvi (Dentist), Prasad's son, Dr.vidhya sagar (Physical therapist) are working on regular basis. Dr.Subramanyam (Anaesthesia) & Dr.Nagamunayya (General surgeon) are visiting doctors. Dr.Chakraverthy (neurosurgeon) rejoining us from May 5th onwards & he was associated with us before.

STATISTICS OF SURGERIES PERFORMED (JAN-MARCH)
1. Eye surgeries 46
2. Hernia repair 2
3. C- sections 4
4. Piles removal 1
5. Hysterectomies 13
6. Normal deliveries 3
7. Patients seen in medical camps 2231
8. Regular op at GSM, Puttur 890
9. Regular op at Kolladam 270

We are thankful to each & every individual for their concern & burden towards GOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRIES. We are all working together for HIS cause & we are carrying HIS yoke and we are all carrying HIS mission together, that is flocking HIS sheep. We are praying for each & every helping hand for GOD to bless the works of their hands & bless their families, bless their churches & congregations. Thanking you all once again, for being a part of GOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRIES.

SPECIAL APPEAL
GSM is coming up with a new project, Care & supporting centre for HIV/AIDS patients, who are terminally ill.

The vision for this project is winning the souls of people who are suffering with HIV& Bringing them into the saving grace of our saviour Jesus Christ &creating awareness among the people about this disease. These are the special people need care & love, as they are abandoned by the family & society. Many people are not aware of the facts of disease .Even the family members are not ready to live with them.

We are planning to build few cottages for the patients to stay & administration building with CLINIC, LAB, PHARMACY, and CHAPEL/COUNSELLING CENTRE. After getting total estimation from engineer for the construction .we want to divide the total amount in to parts, so that one can sponsor for single cottage/administration building/total construction and the structure will be dedicated in their name/family name/church or organisation name.

For on going operation of the project, we need sponsors who can donate 30-40 USD for patient’s food & medicines till the patient’s death. The sponsors have to enrol their names with our mission; once the patient is available the sponsor will be allotted one. This is on the basis of sponsors position in the enrol list. So be the part of this noble cause & extend your helping hands. God bless you all.

REV.HENRY BHASKER

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