By the mercy of God we are all doing fine and the work of the Lord is going on. The Tamil Baptist Witness is continuing to be a blessing and fruitful to the Tamil Christians. Many people have told me over the phone and in person how much they are being blessed by the articles. We praise and thank God for reaching many people with the message of the sovereignty of God. We have now printed 2,000 copies of the booklet, The Doctrines of Grace by Lasserre Bradley, Jr. in the Tamil language. One of our preachers, Sake Prasad, has volunteer to translate the same booklet into the Telugu language so that people though out this whole state can read it.
The Lord has blessed our work in Andhra Pradesh. It is the fifth largest state in India, both in area and population. The total population is 7.61 million and the literacy rate is 61%. During the past eighteen months we have made four visits in the Gooty area of Anantapur District. In each visit the doctrines of grace have been systematically taught to all who were interested to study the truth. As the Lord has worked in the hearts of the people, remarkable progress is obviously seen in them. We praise and thank God for what He has been doing according to His own pleasure.
We have been able to constitute churches in the area and in Gooty Anantapuram village two acres of land have been purchased for a church building. It is amazing that we acquired this land in such a suitable place. In Budedu village, someone has donated a piece of land.
The Apostle Paul writes, “not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new Testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life” (2 Corinthians 3:5). We thank God for his mercy and grace bestowed upon us to fulfill this ministry in Andhra Pradesh. We also thank you for your prayers for all of the work of the Lord in India.
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