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Dear Beloved Michael

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,



I am very much glad in the Lord Jesus to write you, thank you very much for your kind prayers and encouragement towards our poor ministry. By the grace of God and by your fervent prayers we are doing His work faithfully and sincerely.



I and my team brothers are regularly attending to the ministry and conducting cottage prayer meetings, street Gospel meetings, tracts distribution, Gospel Crusades, film Evangelism, personal Evangelism, street Evangelism and praying for the sick etc., our vision and burden is Gospel work and help the poor..



In many terrible conditions we had preached the Gospel in August month. Really we are faced great hardships in our journey and unable to visit the Vijayanagarm District, because that our financial circumstance did not allow us. We tried very much to go and preach the Gospel in Vijayanagarm district, but that our things are too hard unable to go there. It is expensive to spread the Gospel there 6 to 7 hours journey by train to that place and each one Rs 600, both train tickets. And the place where we want work it is very remote villages there are no any transportation services, only rented private vehicles available.



To those remote places private vehicles are much demand, and we need our maintain expenses etc., if we go other districts rural remote villages we need around Rs 13000 (276 dollars).



But it is our heart felt desire to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ every village and town in India . God has called us to do His work full time we are all obey His call and doing His work sincerely and faithfully since 11 years.



Other villages of Vemuru and surrounding 8 villages, Rajupalem and surrouding 9 villages and Amruthaluru and surrounding 7 villages we left some villages although covered almost all villages. All of these villages 30 to 108 kilometers away for us we travel by bicycles and buses and used motorcycles very less.



Through tracts distribution village to village, person to person, bus, railway stations, hospitals and places where the people gathered , personal Evangelism, street Evangelism we meet number of people. Especially when we are show the Jesus films people have good interest and many were draw about it. In 4 villages we are show the Jesus films really we saw the very good result in each villages 60 to 92 people attended, with children above 100 people draw about it.



In 3 villages 11 people accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior and their Baptized remission of their sins, some security reasons we are unable to take those baptized photos I am sorry unable to send those photos.



In fact it is great need to show the Jesus films in many villages, I have got some video films from InterComm USA . They have very good films with our local Telugu Jesus films we are showing those films. Many people were asking Jesus films and many Hindus and Muslims were also good interest about it. The 11 people who are saved came from Hindus.



But it is very expensive and hard for us to show the Jesus films, because we need to carry sound system to those villages where we are showing the Jesus films and at mid night after 1 am we came back to home. At that time there is no any vehicles and not to safe to stay villages. When we are planning to show the Jesus films we are take 3 wheeler vehicle for rent and at any time we reached home. But all the time it is not possible to take 3 wheeler vehicle for rent and not safe to reach homes at mid nights by rented vehicles.





MINISTRY NEWS OF AUGUST 2009



1 – Aug – 09 Saturday to 7 – Aug – 09 Friday.



We ministered among the rich and poor Hindus in Vemuru and its surrounding 8 villages. All of these villages are like 42 to 51 kilometers away from us. We are reached all of these villages by bicycles only around 242 kilometers we travel by bicycles and walked 19 kilometers.



1100 tracts are distributed and through personal Evangelism to 61 people preached the word of God to them. 40 above were having good interest about Gospel and some other people completely rejected it. And they were strongly rejected to take tracts and some are taken it and destroyed.



Two streets Gospel meetings were conducted in two villages it is called Kumarapalem and Kammavaripalem villages. To every meeting 20 to 32 people were attended one and half hours it’s gone and every thing went well there.



We did not stay any villages here at any time mid night by bicycles we reached homes, some time rain is some trouble for us. But next day we want need to visit other villages. Really there is great need to do His work more.





10 – Aug – 09 Monday to 14 – Aug – 09 Friday.



The second week of this month that we went out, we preach the Gospel in Rajupalem and surrounding 9 villages among the Hindus and Muslim communities. All of these villages are like 62 to 75 kilometers away from us.



We are reached all of these villages by bicycles only, around 220 kilometers we travel by bicycles and walked 24 kilometers.



Here villages mostly we do the Lord’s work among the old people. Here villages evening time and lunch time old people gathered under a big tree playing some games to spend their time. We wish them and wisely teach them about Jesus Christ, they were all illiterates. 80% of people are very much willing to hear the Gospel really they hear with much interest. We did like this in 8 villages and meet the 20 group of people, in every group 10 to 13 people have.



And we conducted two street Gospel meetings in these two places and we show the Jesus films. After saw it here villages 4 young men were saved, their witness is they were going to die because of their troubles, but after saw it they have find much peace and happy in their hearts and after they confess their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior. These people are students they were studying degree. Really these films very much helpful to them for to save their lives and come to Jesus.



There is very sad news is, here in our state many young men and women recently suicide because of their burdens. Really when we hear like this terrible stories we became very unhappy and we always trying to reach the youths. Please kindly pray for us that God will provide wisdom and strength to reach youths.



17 – Aug – 09 Monday to 21 – Aug – 09 Friday.



Because of terrible troubles we are unable to visit Vijayanagram district in this week. Instead it of we conducted 3 days fasting prayer in our church. Our church members and team brothers and some other Pastors are involved. We are all praying for many things, hoping that God will provide it to do His work more.



24 – Aug – 09 Monday to 31 – Aug – 09 Monday.



The last week of this month of August we visited Amruthaluru and surrounding 7 villages among the poor people who are living beside the road. All of these villages are 28 to 42 kilometers away from us. We are reached all of these villages by bicycles and motor cycles, around 390 kilometers and walked 29 kilometers.



In 8 villages we visited the poor people of who are living beside the roads under trees, in small huts which is covered some kind stuff and clothes, this roof is only useful in the summer time not useful at the rain time. In terrible conditions these people are living and their cast is S.T (Scheduled Tribal) These people are one of the most neglected community and they were mostly living away from the villages and towns and beside the roads and under trees. 99% of people in these communities have no education, health care, shelter and no identify, in all the ways they were backward.



When you are sending help for poor people at the Christmas time we are providing food and clothes to them.



99% of people are illiterates in these villages, we meet 60 families and gathered them in a place and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Really these people accepted Gospel and in two villages we conducted street Gospel meetings and show the Jesus films. There is big result came from these people 7 people saved, when they seeing Jesus film of Karunamedu they filled with great sorry and cried very much. 68 to 92 people were gathered and saw the Jesus films.





And here many people were suffering with different kind of diseases; really they were in great miserable conditions. We are prayed for them and help them very little bit. We are praying to them to provide education to their children, and better houses, health care and food. If God will open doors we will do it.



Prayer Requests: -



0.Please pray for the tribal people to education, health care and houses
2.To buy sound system




Please kindly pray for us, we are praying for you and your kind services time to time. Awaiting for your kind reply very soon.



Yours in His Services

Katta.Edukondalu

Pastor