Happy Christmas

We take this opportunity of wishing you all a happy Christmas and a bright and prosperous new year.

This month the total support is only $1,514.62. Just I am floating without a life jacket, to say nothing about drowning.

You know some 4 years back, one pastor from Australia who came to India for ministry was burnt to death with his two children, while he was sleeping in the Jeep with the kids. They poured gasoline and set fire to the vehicle. All three died. This was in Orissa, a central part of India. The main man behind it was one Dara Singh. Praise God, he took baptism on 14th November under one bishop there.

We had 4 baptisms, husband , wife and two teenage daughters, who joined in our church. They were non -Christians before.

Many asked for my present e–mail i.d. and this is it: royjacob1930@gmail.com.

Kindly pray for the sufficient support for Peace Mission.

We have bought new dresses for all the children and poor, and poor widows . We have nearly 30 poor in the churches and we give them dresses during Christmas.

Some churches gain in members. We need a sound system for Pattu Mullay church costing $400.00.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Email change; travel; tenth church

Greetings in Jesus name. Praise God and glory to the highest.

I hope you got my previous e-mail with my new address. Someone had stolen my password in Hotmail and sent e-mails to all demanding money. He had blocked my e-mail in Hotmail. Please e-mail me to the new address, royjacob1930@gmail.com. Do not send or respond to any mail on Hotmail (the previous i.d. that is, royjacob2001@hotmail.com).

This month I will be away from 16th Nov. to 19th Nov. to Chennai, to buy new clothes for our children, poor people and widows. In April / May I will travel abroad for U.S.A.

For the tenth church, we have to do some formalities with the government, to get a number for the building, and only after that we can apply for the service line from electric line. This will cost $200.00. In the meantime we need a borewell there. After some months people in that area will run out of water and we can help people by giving water and thereby I hope we can gain some members for the church. Praise God for helping them with water.

October Greetings

Greetings in Jesus name. Peace and grace be multiplied unto you.

We prayed for the special prayer requests received here through e-mail, and hope God answered our prayers.

We will be giving three Holy Bibles in the new field of ministry among non-Christians.

This week’s theme for preaching is Proverbs 9 : 10 — fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. What is and how is fearing God? Proverbs 8 : 113 — hating evil is fear of God. It is life giving — Proverbs 14 : 27, sanctifying, Proverbs 19 : 9, and so on.

This month we will have the annual general body meeting on 26^th October. Most probably I will go to Chennai for two days to buy new dresses for our home children and for the old age home ladies and for the poor and poor widows. These are our gifts during Christmas. The two nursing students in another state will be completing their studies within six months. The other two have three years more.

If God is willing I might visit you during March / April / May 2010. It is most encouraging to hear that Sunday class children classes 1 and 2 probably, from Texas Grace Christian Centre, have come forward to give their whole offerings to our children. Sunday class teachers write to me saying though it may be pennies or small their hearts towards our kids are great.

The monsoon here failed this year, but it started raining now for a few days and in the north flooding and many lost their homes and many died. A boat carrying 80 in Kumily capsized and 68 died. Only 47 bodies were recovered. This boat ride all enjoy when people visit us, and five of our churches are in that area. No one from our church was there in the boat. Thank you for your prayers and support.

Nursing students

Greetings in Jesus name. Peace and grace be multiplied unto you.

Ramani had her nursing course here supported by Garry E. Speers and Gerry and is now working as staff nurse in Malaysia and had sent $ 400.00 to meet expenses for children’s Christmas and New Year dress.

It is sad news here that in one state the chief minister died in a helicopter plane crash and he was the only Christian chief minister in our country. The state is Andhra Pradesh, just north of our state, Tamil Nadu, where two of our girls are studying their in nursing course. The state mourns like anything and more than 500 died by heart attack and suicide unable to stand the loss. Many died when they were viewing the funeral and burial on t.v.

The parsonage for the church worker and family in the 10th church was completed and dedicated on 10th August. This month the open air meeting in the Hindu area was postponed to next week due to heavy rainfall.

Happy Easter!

Greetings in Jesus' name. Peace and grace be multiplied unto you. Praise God for our time in visiting churches, home for the old age, and with children when brother Rick and Kim Vanskee visited us in India. You may get their reports when they return to U.S.A. on 12th February. We specially pray for Janet Bland's husband, who had a stroke, and for Kim's daughter Rebecca, who had a surgery on collapsed lungs, and for speedy recovery. During their visit we distributed the clothes and dresses for poor widows, poor people, and presentation to the Sunday class children. The total number of sarees to poor is 38, sudithar to teenage girls are 5, 3 sets for kids, and 30 gift articles for Sunday class children. Kindly pray for all Peace Mission ministries and for me. ~ Pastor Roy Jacob

January report

Greetings in Jesus' name. Peace and grace be multiplied unto you. Praise God for our time in visiting churches, home for the old age, and with children when brother Rick and Kim Vanskee visited us in India. You may get their reports when they return to U.S.A. on 12th February. We specially pray for Janet Bland's husband, who had a stroke, and for Kim's daughter Rebecca, who had a surgery on collapsed lungs, and for speedy recovery. During their visit we distributed the clothes and dresses for poor widows, poor people, and presentation to the Sunday class children. The total number of sarees to poor is 38, sudithar to teenage girls are 5, 3 sets for kids, and 30 gift articles for Sunday class children. Kindly pray for all Peace Mission ministries and for me. ~ Pastor Roy Jacob