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

NEWSLETTER September/October VOLUME FIFTEEN
INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN INDIA PO BOX 238 FREDERICKSBURG, PA 17026
website: www.indchurch.org email:info@indchurch.org

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Reaching the Lost in India

The Second Day - Off to village ministry we went again and the schedule was much like the day before. One village after another we preached the gospel message of hope and prayed for the sick, weary, and suffering. The heat was unbearable and if it weren't for the fact that I was constantly drinking from a water bottle I surely would have become dehydrated.

Children at a remote village.

In the first village we came to, about 30 children came out to greet us.We met with the children right next to the Hindu temple. The Lord anointed me that morning and I was able to present the gospel with much passion and excitement. Almost all of the children received the Lord that morning.

We spent some extra time in that village and I found myself not wanting to leave there. But we had many other villages to reach that day and we couldn't spend too much time in one place. The villages that have already been reached expect to see the ministry van coming every week on the same day and at the same time.

Kristi sitting with the children at a village.

If the van is late the children become worried and wonder what has happened to Pastor Britto and Pastor Richard. By the time we had visited our fifth village that day I felt like I could not go on. My throat was hoarse and I was dripping with sweat.

Next we headed into the town of Dindigul. I have no idea how many inhabitants there are in Dindigul, but it is a fairly large town with at least several hundred thousand people. Of course, all Indian towns are large by American standards. There are over 1 billion people in India and the entire country is about one-third the size of the USA. In Dindigul we went to a very dreary slum area. The stench there was overwhelming. I later learned that all the waste from the entire city was drained into a field immediately behind this slum. The conditions there are indescribable. But inside the slum there is garbage everywhere, children and mothers sitting in the dirt, men with glazed over eyes, eyes with so much darkness, and desperation to know the unconditional love of a heavenly Father. We were out doing ministry late into the evening. At the end of that day we went to one village to pray for a family in the Vadipatti church.
"The work that Independent Church in India does day after day is a supernatural work. But the two Pastors are quick to say that it is only by the strength of Jesus. It is He who accomplishes all things. I will never forget their sacrifice for the sake of the gospel. It will be an inspiration to me for the rest of my life".

...Kristi Hackman

The father in the family was a butcher and a man of good standing in the community. He was a relatively new believer and the villagers were beginning to harass him because he removed all the idols from his home and shop. We prayed for a young woman whose family was forbidding her to come to church. Out of respect for her family she obeyed, but she did come for prayer whenever the pastors visited the village. She also read her New Testament in secret.

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