India visit to our friends in Guntur and Salem. Oct 2009. Report by Neil Broomhead
Ruth and I went with our C.T.F. friends as part of their team to Guntur and arrived at a time of a great flood disaster. 428 villages were under water and as a team we were thrown into the work of helping these people. The old people’s home at Tippalakatta was in great need. We helped in setting up food camps in the villages, giving out cloths and blankets and getting the engineers to drill new water wells and repair damaged pumps.
Our other work was for Ruth and I to preach the gospel in none flooded villages in other areas and many responded. As part of the team we took a three day ladies conference. We started off with 350 women but by the last day we had 650. We only planned for three hundred but the Lord had other ideas!
Ruth and I left our friends in Gutur as we travelled to Salem in the state of Tamil Nadu. Here we stayed and ministered in two large schools run by our friends Rev David and Esther Kirupakaran. Their welcome and hospitality was greatly appreciated. Here we had the privilege of ministering in both schools and the local village Church. We were also greatly blessed in being the guest speakers at a revival Pastor’s day conference for approximately 100 Pastor’s.
In all Ruth and I saw 163 people respond to the gospel appeal on this trip.
India visit to our friends. Jan 2010. Report by Neil Broomhead
Our team was Susan Taylor, David Smith, Ruth and yours truly. We all ministered in many ways in the Churches and villages. Over the years we have seen our praise festivals in the so-called stadiums grow from twelve hundred to more than twenty thousand as believers come from miles around to praise the Lord and unite as different Churches become one in Christ in praise and worship. W also have many Politician’s including at one meeting the minister of social welfare for the whole A.P. state.
The stadium meetings saw approximately 4000 people in the first night, more than 7000 the second night and our final night saw approximately 18,500. all these people received a clear message of the Gospel in addition to the stadium work we also reached out to Church works in remote places with the good news of Jesus.
Besides the evangelistic work we also took a two day Pastor’s and wives conference for approximately one hundred people. On Sunday 24th we took seven services which are always demanding upon us physically.
In all we saw over a thousand people make decisions for Christ which we praise the Lord For.