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