Thampi Joseph
c/o 26/10 Prabhu St
Vetri Nagar Chennai-600082, T.N. India
indiantj@hotmail.com or tj4nimba1@yahoo.comMission field: India
Sponsoring Church: 30th Ave MBC / Pastor Robert Aligood / 3241 30th Ave N / PO Box 60066 / St Petersburg FL 33784 / 727-525-5860 / PapaAligood@tampabay.rr.com
Send offerings to: Sponsoring church
Report Posted: May 23, 2008
~ April, 2008 ~
Greetings to you from Chennai, India!
Another month also has gone by with abundant blessings from ABOVE, here in India and we trust that the Lord has showered upon you also manifold blessings of all sorts in your life, ministry and service for HIM.
NIMBA - North India Missionary Baptist Association – is an extended missionary outreach missionary activity endorsed & sponsored by the Grace MBC, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Total / Average for the month of April, 2008 Our Missionary Report Summary is as follows.
Worship service on Sunday morning: 99; Sunday evenings: 85; Sunday school: 40; First time visitors: 63;
Houses visited: 98; Hospital visits: 9; Mid-week prayer meetings: 12; Souls witnessed to: 130; Souls saved: 45; Came for baptism: 13; Baptized: 9; Prospects for baptism: 22; Villages visited: 7; Kilo meters traveled: 1232; New families contacted: 165; Fasting Prayer meetings: 10; Open air-street meetings: 1; Special Bible Study: 14; New members added: 9; All night prayer meeting: 2; Special meeting (Birthday Special): 1
Free Bibles distributed: 7; VBS conducted: 5; LA meetings: 7. Workers Fellowship: 1.
Since The Summer Season has about a month more to go, many people and children are on vacations and our attendance has been affected by it. But we thank the Lord for our faithful Lord and loyal missionaries who are laboring to be busy in their missionary activities.
Chennai. During the month of April, I had the privilege to witness to one catholic lady about the Lord and win her to the Lord and she was given a new Tamil Bible as a gift upon her request. Other new contacts are not made. I did have the opportunity to visit with few of the old contacts and conduct 2 home prayer meetings. Distributed 3 ‘BEAMS’ Bibles in English.
My health is in good shape, by the Grace of God. The summer is having its toll now in most part of the country, and here in Chennai, we have reached a high of 41 degree Celsius / 107 degree F. I have my Cardiologist appointment during the first week of June, 2008, and then only, I will know how actively I can get involved in the missionary activities here in Chennai. Till then, the Lord willing, I plan to visit our other missions and missionaries in the Northern states of our country, frequently as I can. I request you keep me in your prayer list that all the test results will come out for the betterment and improvement.
The Economic Situation Here In India is worsening as the cost of commodities and prices of things are climbing high. The value of the US Dollar has decreased and now the exchange rate is between 39-40 Indian Rupees against US$1.00. It has really affects many of our missionaries and their budgets, including myself.
As The Transition And Transfer of my sponsorship has been moved to the Landmark MBC in Edwards, IL. from the former sponsoring church in FL., the usual input toward the India Missions have been reduced to almost half during the past couple of months. At this crucial time your partnership is much needed and requested. Kindly continue to help us the reach the ones who have never been reached before.
Kindly Send Your Support, offerings and others to my new sponsoring church: Landmark MBC, 6604 N. Koerner Rd, Edwards, IL. 61604. OR to the Sec. Treas. of Missions, at the ABA’s office in Texarkana. Your mission giving is very much coveted and appreciated.
Thank You So Very Much for your faithfulness and kind gestures of love and care for India missions and I thank you for your cooperation in our joint venture in the work of the Lord here.
ABA Meeting – we trust and pray that all who travel and attend the ABA meeting in Spokane, WA will have safe journeys and a blessed time of fellowship and deliberations by the Grace of the Lord.
May the Good Lord Continue to bless and use you mightily, is our prayer.
Your co-worker here in India,
Thampi Joseph, Missionary.