Greetings from all of us here in South India !

So many things have happened since the last time that we were able to send any mail. Sending an e-mail seems so simple. But not here, the power comes and goes like the wind.

As of today we have been able to visit all seven zones. Each Pastor welcomed us into their homes. We were able to pray with them and for them. Each Pastor sent couriers into the villages communicating the special outreaches to the people. After a brief time with the Pastor we started walking in to the villages targeting the 175 heads of households that were affected by the flood. Each family shared their stories of terror as they described the time of the Flood.

As we were walking many staunch Hindu idol worshipers invited us into their homes for prayer. A few of them offered a free will offering to the Lord !!! These are homes that simply told our Pastors to stay away before the flood. I asked the Pastors why this was happening. The said the fear of God had struck the people during the flood. They were forced to fight for their lives. They seen the love and compassion of Christ through the relief efforts provided by all of you through the Lord !!!

Pastor Spurgeon who oversees the youth in the city of Pamarru told us with tears how he and his wife prayed for food and water during the Flood. They also had the 10 orphans who are living with them pray with them. When our relief truck arrived Pastor Solomon Raju, who is Pastor Spurgeons father sent a messenger to his son, sharing the good news that food had arrived !!! Praise the Lord !!!

During our time inside of the believer’s homes we were able to evaluate what was missing and unacceptable. This process was performed very quietly for the sake of stewardship. All of the information gathered is being compiled so that each need is carefully recorded.

Because of the magnitude of the work we have formed a team of trusted believers that I have personally trained in conduct and criteria. The team leader who is a software engineer just came and submitted a report to us concerning two of the seven zones. The Goal is to have all 175 personal interviews completed by 2/2/2007 4:29 PM. After this information is gathered, God willing we will have hard and trust worthy numbers concerning the quantities of supplies that need to be procured. i.e.... beds, linens, stoves, fans, clothing etc.

As of 1/26/2007 by the grace of God we have been able to call 399 new and some old believers out by name and present to them brand new bibles with high quality protective covers. These people did not have bibles !!!!!!! Praise the Lord.

In Pastor Abraham’s zone we had 182 college students attend the outreach !! I offered our bible training course to them. About 90 percent raised their hands and expressed their desired to enroll in our course!

As of 1/26/2007 60 students have personally written letters expressing their desire to study and explained why Soul Winners should invest in them. We are facing operational challenges in this zone. The church does not have electricity. We begged and borrowed electric from a neighbor for the sake of the outreach. But this neighbor is not willing to stand with us for 25 consecutive days. Also we are trying to fit into the already very busy academic schedules of these students. This is a very delicate issue. These are Hindu students who are living on campus away from their parents. This is a huge risk for them. Please pray that God will give us wisdom concerning all these matters and for our safety. We hope to finalize these matters by 1/30/2007 4:29 PM.

Yesterday, the Lord joined two very precious Hindu converts together in marriage. I was able to help officiate the Marriage ceremony Praise The Lord !!!

We were able to spend considerable time with our trusted partner Gospel Graphics. Brother Prasad and his wife have promised to have all the printing and bindery work completed by 1/30/2007 4:59 PM

Just in time for our college students Praise the Lord !!!

If The Lord is willing, we hope to implement a leadership development strategy that will allow new and trustworthy candidates to be used by the Lord. With the encouragement of our overseer Pastor Sudahkar.

Also we have several precious souls who are preparing for baptism !!! if the Lord is willing we hope to have a baptismal ceremony the third week in February. Please pray for the believers. This is a very big deal here because of the public display of their faith. Especially for the ladies.

Our Translation team is presently printing the new material in English and setting the stage for the 2007 work. If the Lord is willing we will be traveling to a town called Vijayawada to look for a good laser printer and some required software for the typesetting process.

We are all doing well. Recently I became ill. Nothing to serious just some vomiting and fever. But after one full day of rest and the grace of God. I am doing just fine now.

How is the weather ???

We love and miss you all very much !!!

Sincerely,

Rev. Scott, Suchi and the SWFJC South India Team

Please forward this to anyone that will pray.

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Greetings from South India !!!!!

Below you will find a picture of Sister Suchi encouraging the women @ the Soul Winners Church in Medara Colony i.e.... zone 7 Pastor Daniel Anand.

Let us introduce The Matthew 28:18-20 Class of February 2007 !!!!

Please pray that God will protect them and keep them and use them. We have asked them if they would like to be baptized on 2/18/2007 in the ocean !!!!! 61 said Yes, they want to be baptized. The issue is they must ask permission. 61 declared with their whole heart that Jesus is Lord in unity with Loud voices and declared with their mouths the there is only one God who is God the Father, God the Son ,and God the Holy Spirit; right in the middle of a Idol worshiping town !!!!!!!!!

Thank you for all of your prayers and support !!!!!!!!!

With much joy !!!!!!!

Sincerely,
Pastor Scott and Family

Dear Family of God,

Sorry for the delay in responding.

The past several days have been extremely hard physically on our team.

We have contracted a manufacturer to build some premium quality 16 gauge folding beds that are 3.5 feet x 6 feet. We placed an order for 300 beds. He has been working his people diligently. The difficulty with this work is transportation. The city does not permit large trucks into the city. So we have to hand load them on to small carts and pay local people to carry them outside of the city limits to a truck depot.

In a city as large as Vijaywada this a very time consuming task, Because of mass traffic. We have rented a large diesel truck with driver outside the city. Then loaded the truck according to each zones respective requirements. For example Pastor Prabhu Kumar had sixty two households. So we only picked up 62 beds, 62 stoves, 62 lights, 62 bags of Rice.

Does not sound like a big deal in Dayton. But here each item needs to be loaded by hand on to very small rickshaws with small weight limits then transported a considerable distance then unloaded into our bigger truck.

As hard as it sounds, these delays have worked for our good. It has forced us to travel in the middle of the night into the remote villages. We have communicated with our Pastors concerning the time of arrival. As a result they send couriers into the villages to gather the families, who recruit physical help to come along with them to the church.

But God knows what is best, as a result of this delay we have been able to go unnoticed !! We have told our people to come extremely quite and go extremely quite.

We did not plan this at all, but after the first delivery; the Lord opened our eyes. I was frustrated about the delays; but delays taught us that God was overruling us for our safety !

So far, 122 households in three of our seven zones have received the Ogni Flood Relief Camp # 2. With out any one being hurt !!!!

Because of a Hindu festival our bed manufacturer has stopped the work. This has delayed the work until 2/20/2007. But this to has worked for our good too. It has given me a door to focus more closely on the baptismal service.

Some news to pray for: Until late last night our baptismal service was scheduled at the beach.

Late last night we received a warning the an anti-missionary groups were searching for foreign missionaries. They brought a mob to a Christian organization in Vishakapatum who had foreign Pastor as "Visitor" who was baptizing Hindus in the name of Jesus. They detained him: terminated his visa on the grounds that he was using his visa exclusively as a missionary not a tourist.

As a result of this insight, we have shifted our baptismal site to an interior location.

If the Lord is willing, we will still have the service @ 1:00 pm ON 2/18/2007.

So far we are planning on baptizing 38 new souls. Praise the Lord !!!

If the Lord is willing, will have Holy communion immediately following with about 150 in attendance. Thank God !!

The Leadership of the Krishna District are coming together with joy !!!

If the Lord is willing, The Concert of Prayer will be held on 1/19/2007 @ 5:00 PM.

The Relief Distribution will resume on 2/20/2007 we hope to touch the remaining 188 households in the 4 districts that are left.

One special request.

I have been bitten around 100 times by mosquitoes on the tops of my feet. The districts that we have been going to are filled with hundreds and hundreds of mosquitoes. On the top of my feet there is one bite every centimeter. My feet are bleeding and have blisters and are red like an apple. Please pray for me.

WE LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH !!!!!

WE ARE MISSING YOU ALL !!!!!

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING !!!!!!

SINCERELY,

SCOTT & SUCHI