India Team USA

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