India Team USA

Dear Praying Friends,

Many of you have responded to my last email and I want to thank you very much. It is always so encouraging to hear from friends who are praying. I would ask you to continue to pray for the Lord to do a deep work in Marjorie Hannah’s heart. Only God can change her because I have tried my uttermost for many years. We now have peace in our family, which is something very special to us. Those who have met Marjorie only saw the best side of her. Marjorie is always very nice to some people, but very rude to some people, but extremely rude and uncouth to those she wants to hurt.

Marjorie was expelled from her school and some of our staff arranged for her to go to the South of India where she is staying in a Mission where they have an Orphanage, Bible School, a Sewing Course and a School. They will persuade her to complete her studies somehow. However, this place is a contrast to CMCT, which is what Marjorie needs. We are deeply grieved because we tried our best, but we will never give up praying for her and would ask you to always keep her in your prayers.

Miriam Grace is very sad because she had been saving Rs.10 notes that people used to give her as pocket money and Marjorie had stolen all of these from Miriam’s purse. When Miriam discovered this, she was very sad.

Ching Biak who was one of the girls has now realized her folly and I have sent her back to school today. She needs a lot of prayer because she has threatened to commit suicide. Sherril’s father has taken her back to Bangalore and he is bringing her back today and giving us a letter that if anything happens again, that CMCT would not be held responsible.

We are conducting a meeting with the parents and relatives of 50% of our Hostel children on the 24th of October and 50% on the 30th of October. We would value much prayer for these meetings and individual talks with parents and children. We need much wisdom and strength. Please pray for the wardens (house-mothers) because they are very sad because the children do not respect them.

The Scottish team have done an excellent job. They returned home the night before. They worked on top speed and used 47,000 bricks, building the Tsunami houses. Mr Bhaskar was in my office today and as God sends us money we will be passing it on to him. We have asked him to continue with the building work and not to stop it.

Last Sunday at our Bridge Gospel Church, we had a wonderful service, very bright, and it was a joy to have overseas visitors with us also. At present we are very privileged to have Campbell and Florence Fountain with us from New Zealand. We have been friends since teenage days!!

It is very, very hot and extremely humid in Chennai, which is quite unusual at this time of the year.

A very sad thing has happened. Our very expensive generator has broken down and we have had to hire a generator. The generator has to be taken to pieces because a mother cat and her 5 kittens have got grounded up in the machinery. Can you imagine such a tragedy? It is awful. Pray for Anburaj as he sees to all of this work.

John Speirs has been with us for a week and it has been a very blessed time. John needs prayer as he has a lot on his plate, but he is a real gift to CMCT and I commend him to you for prayer.

We are having a very sad problem with one of our Nurses, A Esther, who was disqualified from Narsapur College of Nursing during her bond period. She was found with a man inside one of the hospital wards during her night duty. She had to finish that bond period with us and also our bond period. Sadly she has continued her friendship with the same man during the last 1 ½ years behind our back and two weeks ago was caught with the same man, locked up together in our Operation Theatre. Praise God she was caught and I have called her parents today. She has to complete her bond period with us. Sadly she is using the patient’s mobile phones, to speak to this man, and also writing to him. This deceitful behaviour on her part has made all of us very sad. Therefore, please pray for Esther very specially.

Things are not good in Pakistan and much prayer is needed for a cordial relationship between India and Pakistan.

I send my warmest greetings to you all, and those of you whose emails I have not answered, please accept this as a reply to yours, and please be in touch. It always encourages us to know that people have read our emails and are praying.

With warmest greetings, in His Service,

Colleen