Dear Sponsors,

I hope that you never tire of us telling you how very much we appreciate each and every one of you for your faithful support to help make a difference in the lives of those we serve in India. You are helping to make a huge impact in these precious lives for now and all eternity.

Dear Friend of India,

I just returned from a trip to India with a team of 23 other brothers and sisters who medically served and ministered to well over 3000 people during two medical camps and visits to nearby villages and slums. It was my first trip of this kind and I was deeply impacted. During a camp that served about 1000 aids infected people I wrote the following, and I want to share it with you.

Heaven’s Gate social worker, Sam Thangaiah, introduced us to little 6-year-old Harikrishna. “He is HIV positive,” Sam explained. “His father abandoned the family after infecting is wife and child. His mother brought this boy to us in June. She said she’d come back but she’s been gone for months. Every time an Indian woman comes this boy asks, ‘Is this my mother?’” As we looked down into the sad eyes of this little boy our hearts simply broke.

The next day Nisha, one of the medical team members, eagerly agreed to sponsor Harikrishna. Miraculously, when we went to look for him we found him smiling from ear to ear, sitting on the lap of a man who was next to a woman who looked very much like Harikrishna! After some investigation we were told that this father returned to his wife and together they traveled over 400 km to Nazareth to see their son and attend the free HIV/AIDS medical camp. Nisha was blessed to meet the entire family.

God heard the anguished cry of this little boy, reunited this family,...

Dear Brothers and Sisters,   A dear brother at our fellowship alerted me to this article on the Berean Call Website (Dave Hunt). Please read and then please pray for the Christian pastors in Orissa.   Published on thebereancall.org

Going Rate to Kill Pastors By TBC Staff - EN Created 2008-11-25 Going rate to kill pastor: $250 [Excerpts]

Hindu extremist groups are offering money, food and alcohol to anyone who murders Christians and destroys their homes.

The violence is nothing new in Orissa, India, where India's Communist Party estimates that more than 500 Christians have been killed by Hindu mobs in Orissa since late August, 12 times more than official government claims of only 40 homicides.

But now the stakes are even higher – and pastors have a bounty on their heads.

Faiz Rahman, chairman of Good News India, said Hindu militants are targeting Christian leaders, the Christian Post reported.

"The going price to kill a pastor is $250," he said.

Rahman,...

On Nov 7, 2008, Brother Henry wrote:

Greetings in the holy name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Lalu (513/07) and Anitha Mercy (372/05) are admitted in the hospital. Both are special children.

Lalu is having a infection in his ears which has made him very ill. Whereas Anitha Mercy is having a tumor in her cheeks. The doctors doubt it to be a cancer and having taken Biopsy test.

Please pray for the health of these two children. I have attached some photos also.

Please join us in prayer for the following requests...

Pray for the Body of Christ in Orissa. Radical Hindus retaliate against Christians after VHP leader is killed. Thousands have lost homes, churches are demolished, hundreds are beaten, and lives have been lost in the violence.