"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15)

NEWSLETTER March/April 2005 VOLUME ELEVEN
INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN INDIA PO BOX 238 FREDERICKSBURG, PA 17026
website: www.indchurch.org email:info@indchurch.org

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The Lord Reveals Himself at a Remote Village...

Almost every day, Independent Church In India is reaching the remote villages to share the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. One morning, at a village where they had not been before, the Gospel team began to do personal evangelism. Distributing Gospel tracts, they asked the people if they would like to hear about Jesus. At this particular village the people seemed very hard and did not want to take any time to hear. After the team prayed together for the Lord to open the doors to share the Gospel with more people, they finally came across a group of women who said to missionary Kathy Smith, "Unless you speak some Tamil (their native language) to us we will not listen to you". Kathy began to speak the Tamil that she knew to them and then they also kept their word and agreed to listen to the Gospel. As Pastor Britto and Kathy began to share about Jesus to them, one woman in the crowd asked, "Do we need to join with your religion?" At that precise moment, the Lord gave Pastor Britto a word of knowledge revealing to him that the woman's name was Mookayi (which is not a common name in India). Pastor Britto shared to her, "If your name is Mookayi, you do not have to change your name to Elizabeth. Jesus just wants to change your heart".

Many of the children and adults
are praying to receive Christ.

After Mookayi heard him say her name and realizing that he had no way of knowing it, she and all those listening were truly amazed! Mookayi and the other women told Pastor Britto, "Now we know that Jesus is in you. We now believe your message is true, Jesus is confirming this to us!" The women became even more willing and eager to listen to the rest of the Gospel. After Pastor Britto and Kathy asked the people if they wanted to commit their lives to Jesus, many of the children and adults responded to the Gospel and accepted the Lord!

The next day, the team returned to this same village to reach the rest of it and some of the children came to meet them with joy. They shared the Gospel with others and more of the people accepted the Lord and many also came and asked the team for prayer. Many of the people in this village had similar health problems such as a burning sensation inside their bodies. Many of them suffered from bad dreams at night.

Pastor Britto and Kathy praying for the sick.

One girl came for prayer, saying evil spirits were threatening her the night before and now she was fearful and had a fever. The team prayed for her, and afterwards she said the fever had gone from her! The Lord is doing the miraculous to reveal Himself to the people who have never heard His glorious name.