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NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY 2007
Volume 27
In this Issue of:
FINDING LOST SOULS
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NEWSLETTER Special Edition February 2007- VOLUME 27
INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN INDIA PO BOX 238 FREDERICKSBURG, PA 17026
website: www.indchurch.org email:info@indchurch.org
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Noah: From Idol Worshipper to Servant of God
Before Noah became a Christian, he was a Hindu, and his name was Nagupillai (which means "child of the snake god"). In the past, his family went to many Hindu temples to worship their deities, and he also did this practice. After he got leprosy, his family rejected him. As his disease got worse, he went to live at the government hospital because of the rejection by his family. While he lived at the hospital no one came to see him and he felt forsaken by his whole family because of his leprosy. Nagupillai suffered terribly with his disease.
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Noah enjoying a piece of watermelon
for the first time in his life!
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Noah feels very blessed sitting on his new bed
after the garland was put on him.
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One day Independent Church in India came to visit him and the other lepers at the hospital. They shared the Gospel with him and this is where he gave his life to Jesus. After his conversion, Nagupillai received the new name Noah. He began coming to church and feeling new peace and hope in his life. Later, he also began coming to the equipping the saints classes so he could go out with the Gospel team to do ministry in the villages.
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Noah shares: "Because of this ministry I now have the heart to love Jesus. Before this, I didn't even know who Jesus was. I am willing and ready to receive the Lord's blessings in my life. I am ready to go anywhere to preach about Jesus. I am so happy I can stay here surrounded by love. Here I can pray and I am willing to read the Bible to those who come here. I am so blessed to eat the good food here."
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Noah and ICII missionary Isaiah (also a leper) started this children's ministry in Isaiah's village.
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Muthu and Noah enjoying their stay at their new home.
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Noah has a great desire to share the Gospel with others because Jesus has given him the peace and hope in his life. While living here, Noah will still be going out to do ministry among other lepers.
ICII felt that Noah, who is one of their native missionaries, should be provided for because he had no home to call his own. The Lord has been using him to lead many other lepers and many children to the Lord.
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