Wonderful Opportunity -- HELP                   Urgently Needed  Now                

   Mission To The Blind, with 65 full-time workers and growing, reaches thousands of blind people in India every year.  They offer practical help and God's message of HOPE through Jesus.  Having no building of their own, MTB for 13 years has shifted from place to place at the whim of a landlord.

   You and your church, if you will, can help establish them in their own building and equip them to reach into the darkness of many more lives.  And many joining together can make "small work" of accomplishing something wonderful!    

    Together we can do it!  God has surely opened a door for whosoever will.   Here's how: [more]

  GOOD NEWS BEARERS

  Srikumar came to Jesus from a strong religious family who worship Hindu gods. His life was empty. Upon receiving Christ he was filled with such new-found peace and joy that he began telling other people of his wonderful experience.  It was then that God began calling him to give his life as a full-time minister to his native people.  Leaving his job as a tailor, he is now one of the Evangelical Bible College missionary trainees.  He and many others are learning God's truths and how to reach their nation with the 'glad tidings of great joy'.  [meet them]

  Excitement abounds as laborers begin unloading materials.  The dream for a Bible College that will equip young missionaries is becoming reality. That wasn't too long ago. And now, a few years later, expansion is necessary.  Already there are new churches being planted in distant places, even as more God-called students arrive.  Dedicated hearts are eager.  Alas, funds to expand and equip them are delaying the plans.  Come see it happening, then help with this great work if you can.  [more]

  Summer vacation time at the Bible College began with preparations all made.  In a rented van, 15 students and 5 teachers began their mission outreach that lasted 19 days, till the money was exhausted. In that time, for $1050, they visited 45 different villages to witness about Jesus.  Most witnessing was door to door. About 32,000 gospel portions along with personal testimony were given to the people. Six small meetings were held for over 4000 villagers. During the campaign, 415 people came to Christ publicly, and nearly 325 women did so secretly, for fear of either their male family member or the anti-Christian village elders.  Everyone who has given can rejoice for making this possible.  [pictures]

  Most tribal people live away from villages but visit there for supplies.  Some find work in the fields and paddies. Others still live deep in the jungles in nomadic fashion, often eating roots and other forest plants.  

   A large number live across this lake and one by one they are being reached.  As usual, much effort is required to get acceptance with them and to gain their trust.  The result is worth it all, though.  Only the indigenous missionaries could reach them for Christ.  Our part is to provide the funds and support them in prayer.  [come see]

SPECIAL NEEDS --- Bicycles for 3 missionaries @  $75 each --- Plot of land for new church  $957 --- 12 churches or individuals who will give $150 a month to underwrite the basic operating expenses for a Bible College, children's home, and church-planting ministry.  URGENT!

  CHILDREN OF THE CITY SLUMS

  Like from the 'Old Woman's Shoe tale' these children seem to overrun the tiny hut behind them.  They are sitting on the dirt, but that is what they are accustomed to.  The broiling sun is no match for Stephen who is there to teach them songs and games and Bible stories.  Every weekday the missionaries of COME go into the foul and dangerous slum areas with love and hope for otherwise hopeless people.  [more]

  India has around 15 million blind people, many of whom are destitute.  Blindness has a social stigma because it was caused by misconduct in a person's former life, the predominant religion would say.  Here a blind girl who has found hope in Jesus tells a blind village lady how she, too, can know Him.  Mission To The Blind holds special retreats that encourage the participants to help their blind friends and neighbors know the truth.  Will you share so others can hear?  [more] 

      Unique and effective in a heathen land 

  Joyful singing, happy faces and waving banners fill the roadways and paths leading through the village.  This is a Sunday School parade, held annually in villages all around the increasing number of local churches.  As people find peace and hope in their own lives, they begin to sense an inner stirring to help their friends and neighbors.  First they heard. Now they share.  God sent His Son to be the Savior of all people who will hear.  Imagine how it must please Him when his children follow his example of witnessing, loving and giving in Jesus' Name?  Let us join them!  [give] 

  Leprosy isn't feared today as it once was but it still affects many people in India.  As they are identified and placed in colonies, most must live with scarred faces or nubs for feet and hands that readily identify them to outsiders.  Living can become depressing.  But in some colonies, the message of hope in Christ resounds!  It is thrilling to go into Indera Nagar with Rajan, the local WFW missionary who himself was once a world-loving evil person.  Whatever time of day, the word goes quickly of his arrival.  The little church house soon is teeming with people, hungry for his loving smile and another message of hope from the Word of God.  Pictured is our friend Paul with his new friend, a leper!   [more]

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