India Team Update

Dear Friends of Christian Missions Charitable Trust,

It has been several months since we have posted an update about the ministry, but supporters of CMCT from our area have been involved in several ways.

Teri Gundlach, Anne Storm and Mary Hendricks led a team of 12 local women from 4 local churches to CMCT in late January to early February.

It was a great trip for each woman who expressed the impact seeing this ministry had on them. They were so impressed to see the far reaching work CMCT does for approximately 3,000 poor on a daily basis with the love of Jesus.

Everyone was exhausted at the end of the trip just because of the time it took to see so many of CMCT’s 24 ministries! Team members had the opportunity to speak/teach at a soup kitchen, to the HIV/AIDS affected ministry, in the morning chapel sessions and at a huge 71st birthday party for the founder, Dr. Colleen Redit.

The team asked friends and relatives if they would like to donate for a gift to the medical ministry – an instrument that can be used to instantly test for such things as HIV/AIDS and typhoid. People were so generous that, not only was the instrument purchased, but enough was left over to pay for the completion of a home destroyed by the tsunami, as well as provide crutches and wheelchairs in the leprosy village. The group of women are continuing to pursue ways to help support the ministry.

If you are interested in possibly going on a trip to visit CMCT, please reply to indiainvolveteam@gmail.com and we will contact you about the next trip to India.

In late April, Don and Mary Hendricks attended the CMCT International Board meeting in Chennai. Don serves as one of two representatives from the U.S.  The Board is comprised of individuals from England, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, India and the U.S.

Don was very impressed by the quality of these Board members and how well they work together in giving counsel to the Executives of the ministry.  It was a joy to hear the Lord had provided for their financial needs in the past fiscal year.  He has also been faithful to give direction during challenging times, comfort during sad times, and joy in Him at all times.  There were reports from each ministry and it is truly amazing all that is accomplished through the staff of more than 250. Please pray for them.

Sadly, we report Katie Parsons died on May 17, 2010.  In 1999 she visited CMCT with a team of ladies and had been a faithful supporter and advocate ever since.  She asked in lieu of flowers those remembering her life would please consider supporting CMCT. 

Please make checks payable to Luis Palau Association

and mark "In Katie Parson's Memory"

Mail to:
Christian Missions Charitable Trust
c/o Luis Palau Association

P.O. Box 50, Portland, OR 97207

Or go online to: www.palau.org/giving and comment "In Katie Parson's Memory

Katie's Memorial Service:
Monday, June 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
600 St. Andrews Road
Newport Beach, California

Roy, her husband, blogged her journey at: Katie's Blog .  You may email him at roypar@cox.net with any messages you may want to convey.

We rejoice in the gains made by the Ladies' trip and the wonderful Board meeting report from Don and Mary, yet mourn the loss of our dear friend Katie.

Thank you for your prayers and support as we seek to help CMCT accomplish the work they have been given to do by God.

Best,

The India Team

Dear Praying Friends,

I am forwarding to you an update about baby Jayden that I received from his mother, Juliet, for prayer. When you read her prayer, you will realize how difficult it is for the parents and how much they need our love, encouragement and prayers. Let us continue to pray for the Lord to touch this child.

With warmest greetings in the Saviour’s Name,

Yours in His glad service,

Colleen

Dear Colleen,

Well by God's grace and din't want to disturb you in your busy schedule and I know you are praying for the baby united in spirit of our Lord.

Little Jayden is fine. He is taking physiotherapy daily and copper injections once is 2 days. Last week this time he had sever breathing trouble due to cold and we took him to the paediatrician and now his cold has come to control. The cold is due to seizures. He is taking medicines and injections along with food. His food intake is less due to cold and seizures.

Sometimes the seizures pulls hims off and he begins to cry thinking that we are pushing him down. It takes a long time to convince him. Injections makes him irritable and he will be crying for a long time.

I only look upon the Lord whenceforth my help cometh. He will be turning 11 months old this 13th but still he does not have head control and nothing which is required for his age.

I understand your concern and thanks for remembering my son since he is your grandson before he became my son. I thank God for this child and everything God has provided me.

I pray god to give me the serenity to accept the things which I cannot change. Today I went to church in the morning and had Holy Communion.

I am continuing my job to make my son comfortable so that I can take care of his needs whatever it may be.

We also took him to the neurologist for checkup and he has asked to continue the medicines for another 3 months and come after that. Since Menkey's discease is an uncommon one, doctors are studying the development of the child and they themselves are confused what should be done next. The creator should
shower his mercy on this child and make him a witness and this is my small request to the Lord.

Please pray that my son should be free from all sickness this month and should attain neck control.

Convey my regards to akka and other liitle children.

Regards,
B.Naomi Juliet

Dear Prayer Partners,

I want to thank you for praying for J Selvi. I am sending these few lines to inform you that she passed away at 2.00 a.m. this morning. The body was released at 6.00 a.m. and taken to her step sister’s house and kept in an ice box on the street. My family and I, with a few others spent quite a long time there this morning.

Pray urgently for Selvi’s family, that they would change and come to know the Lord. Selvi was 27 years old, and it is all very grieving.

At present Vimala, my daughter Tanya, and Aaron are suffering with a viral fever (103 degrees) with terrible sore throat. This is going around here after the cyclonic storm we had last week.

The temperature yesterday and today is 40 degrees and the heat is unbearable.

We would value your prayers in this hour of need.

With warmest greetings,

Yours in His Glad Service,

Colleen

Dear Prayer Partners,


Thank you very much for praying for the Boys’ Camp. Praise God we had a very good camp with approximately 200 boys. We praise God for bringing Dexter from Malaysia as the speaker. The messages that Dexter brought to the boys were excellent also for the leaders. It was a real breath of fresh air to have Dexter with us and many boys were blessed much and came to know the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour.

We had a very good testimony meeting on Friday night. 78 boys gave their testimony and it was very encouraging for us to know that every testimony was different. Dexter also took the leader’s meeting every morning and brought out very challenging points for our leaders. Our prayer is that God will continue to bless Dexter and use him mightily in His service as he serves the Lord in Malaysia, and wherever the Lord calls him.

On the second day of camp we had a cyclonic storm, which was due a depression in the Bay of Bengal, but the effects of this storm were very bad in Chennai. There was terrible thunder, lightening and very heavy torrential rain. I have not seen such heavy rain in Chennai for a long time. Roads were flooded everywhere and there were electricity shortages. Many trees were blown down because of the strong gale and the temperature dropped from 38 degrees to 26 degrees. Many of our staff could not attend work, but since then it has become terribly hot and humid. The temperature has reverted to 38 degrees again. But we praise God we had cooler days during camp.

I want you to specially pray for many teenage boys who were at camp, who are passing through a very crucial stage in their lives. Many are seeking to do God’s Will for their futures and many that we need to mould and train as they can be trained to be future leaders in the ministry. So, pray that our men staff will catch a vision as to how they can reach out to these boys.

This week we are admitting new children into the Orphanage and we need to choose schools for them. All the other children will be returning to the Orphanage on the 28th. In this connection we have a lot of work ahead of us, to see to the school uniforms, new shoes, socks, etc.. Pray much for our wardens.

In closing I want to ask special prayer for one of our wardens, Aruna, who has been admitted into our hospital to undergo a hysterectomy operation tomorrow, the 25th.

Please also pray for God’s provision for the financial needs of the ministry, especially for general funds and for all the school admissions.

Special prayer is asked for J Selvi, who is in a very critical condition.

We praise God day by day for His wonderful faithfulness. Please pray for the staff of CMCT and for all to work with sincerity and a deep commitment, for His glory.

Looking forward to hearing from you, and be assured that we are also praying for you.

With warmest greetings

Colleen

Dear Praying Friends,

Warm Greetings to you in His Precious Name.

This comes to you from a very hot Chennai. The temperature is 38 degrees here at present.

We praise God for the encouragement we are having with our four Vacation Bible Schools. Large numbers of children are attending in each place, and our staff are very encouraged by the response that they are seeing from the children. We have two more days to go before the closing day.

We are very busy with preparations for our Girls’ Camp which starts next week from the 4th to the 8th of May. I am asking for special prayer for myself as I will be giving 8 messages during the Camp. Pray that there will be a real breakthrough and that we will see many girls coming to know the Lord Jesus as their personal Saviour. Pray for us to keep well in the heat, for the cooks and for unity among the leaders. Pray for Fabiola as she leads the leaders’ devotions each morning

I am sharing a very important need with you for prayer. We are very low in funds in our general account. The last two weeks have been very difficult for us and we are much cast upon the Lord. We are not able to make some payment for many of the expenses for our VBS ministry and Camps.

This is the time of the year when we are starting to pay all the fees for the new school year for all the sponsorship children. School fees have gone up very much and we feel very sorry for staff and parents who have nothing that they can contribute towards their children’s education. In the Sponsorship department we have worked out different categories to make it fair for each one.

We are in the midst of getting the children measured for new school uniforms for the new school year, and new school shoes. This is a very big burden on my heart , and I am sharing this with you so that you will stand with us in prayer.

We praise God for Dave Clark and 8 others who are helping him in the building of houses in our Tsunami village, Chinnakuppam. They arrived yesterday and they are working hard in the heat. They are determined to complete maximum houses before they leave on the 2nd of May. A few of us are going to see them tomorrow and have lunch with them just to encourage them.

Today I have seen many people in my office as this is our open day - some very tragic cases of people wanting to put their children into our Orphanage. I have agreed to take a 13 year old girl next Monday and there are other pitiful cases whom we will help, after conducting surveys.

I have a daughter called J Selvi, who left home about 4 years ago and we got the tragic news that she has been diagnosed as having a very aggressive stomach cancer, which has spread to the small intestines. The doctors are conducting a laproscopy today or tomorrow to see whether they can operate or not, but she is so weak physically and she is on a blood transfer this afternoon. If she has to have chemotherapy we do not know whether she will be able to stand it. As a family we have all been to see her. We are constantly in touch with her and would ask you to pray urgently for her. Only a miracle can save her.

I would be grateful if you could please send a few lines in reply, saying that you have received this email. May God bless you.

With warmest greetings,

Colleen

Dear Praying Friends,


Warm Greetings to you in His Precious Name.

Recently we sent an email to all for prayer but as we have had very little response, we are wondering whether anybody received it? Can you please confirm whether you have received this email. We have told you that we have a new email id – colleenredit@gmail.com – it would be good to send a copy to this email id also to make sure that we receive it.

It is very hot here in Chennai and in many parts of India. There are many deaths because of the heat in the Northern part of India and many people here in Chennai are falling very ill because of food contamination because of extreme heat.

I want to thank you for praying for our Board meetings last week. We praise God for good meetings and that everybody was able to attend. The Lord’s hand was with us, but something happened that we have never experienced before. On Friday one of our Board members took ill with very bad diarrhea and then on Saturday, another 4 of our Board members took ill. On Saturday evening we admitted 5 of our Board members into our Bethany hospital. One or two of them were very ill, but praise God they are improving, but they will need prayer.

Because of the chaos world-wide and so many flights being cancelled, those with us from the UK may not be able to leave until the end of this week or early next week. The others have been able to leave. Please pray that the Lord will help us to overcome this difficulty and that they will be able to return to their homes soon. I know it is affecting so many millions of people and it is an international calamity, so we must all stand together in much prayer.

We had a good Staff Retreat on Saturday, the 17th. VBS starts this week, and our staff need much prayer in these hot days.

We have taken a decision to expel some of the boys from the Bethany Higher Secondary School and we implemented this decision this morning. Some of the boys were very rude to us. We need to remember that we are working amongst the poorest of the poor, and it is not easy. Please pray urgently for families affected because of the unruly behaviour of their children and pray for our covering, and for our School.
Baby Jayden is very ill and is admitted in the hospital. Juliet, his mother, has asked for much prayer. Please pray for the Lord to have mercy on this little child.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Sincerely, in His Service,

Colleen

Dear Praying Friends,


The following is the latest report on baby Jayden that I have received from his mother, Juliet. It is quite sad because this couple were waiting 18 years for a child and then they decided to accept baby Jayden as their own. This baby was born in our hospital and we had no idea of the health problem of this baby. We feel very sad at the distress they are going through. But we must admit that if any baby found a wonderful home with wonderful parents, this baby did. So, this is all the more reason to pray for Juliet, her husband and baby Jayden.

The following is the email I received from Juliet:

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Dear Colleen,

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Glad to know that you are keeping good health by His Grace. Here all of us are well.

With regard to the development issues of my son, Y'day we took him to the neurologist for a regular check up after a month.

He is now taking the following medicines in the morning, noon and night:

Morning Noon Night
Omnocortin 5.00 ml 2.5 ml nil
Valparin 3.00 ml nil 3.00 ml
Tab.Lonazep tab 0.25 mg 1/2 nil 1 tab
Syp.Teffra 1.5 ml nil 1.5 ml
Tab.Benadone 40 mg 1 tab nil

The above medicines to control seizures.

To control cold which develops due to seizures

nil Ambrodil S - 2.5 ml nil
Multivitamin and calcium syrup:
Zincovit - 1 ml nil nil
Calcium syrup 2.5 ml nil 2.5 ml

Apart from the above, Copper Chloride injections of 1 ml will be injected thrice a week at night. Both his thighs are swollen due to injections. We have arranged Hestidinate inj also which will be less painful.

The doctor says to wait and see since lot of damages were seen in the brain when doing MRI and it will take some time to control since the disease is like that. When he said the above, I could not control my emotions and I cried a lot. I just wanted to see the daily/monthly development of a child but for the last 8 months only his physical growth I could see but his head control and other developments I could not enjoy.

I have so many questions and I ask Lord why did you do this to me? Anyway, I have no other go but to hold the feet of the Lord strongly to make my dear sonwhole and healthy. I want to proclaim to the doctors/to the world that how wonderfully he has spared my Son's life. I want to give thanks offering taking my son to the alter before the congregation.

When we took him as 1.8 kg, all the people who came to see him where surprised and had a thought why we took this baby? and believe me I did not have the thought that he was less weight etc., but took him whole heartedly with joy in my heart but now when the same people see him, they are surprised and say it is an incredible change. Before these people my Lord should raise my head again as he did already.

We propose to go over to Chennai on 25th the Sunday and wish to meet the neurologist on the 26th. Please let us know your availability and your plan.

Colleen, I want your team to pray for my child continously since prayers can do wonderful things. We all love him so much and it means so much for us. My Sister in law from Australia calls everyday to know about his development. My uncle who is in Canada calls once in 15 days to know about his health.He is so special to all of us.

God loves the destitutes and the widows. He is the father of the fatherless. When he has chosen and given a wonderful home to grow up, he will give him good health too. I am strong but sometimes I feel empty when I see him suffer.
I was not in a position to take the photos on the otherday after doctor said so. Anyway I shall take another snap and send it to you for your prayers.

Please uphold us in prayers. Take care of your health too. Regards to Vimala akka and love to Mariam and Tabitha and other little children.

Regards,

B.Naomi Juliet,
Materials Dept., LGB-Coimbatore

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With warmest greetings,

Colleen M Redit