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PROGRESS OF THE LORD'S WORK IN INDIA IN THE YEAR 2006

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ

Greetigns to you in the precious name of the Lord. Please find
the progress of the work which is the results of your kind prayers
and encouragement.

PROGRESS IN THE YEAR OF 2006(January to November)

1. Baptisms: 47
2. Extended the work to the 3 new villages. In 3 districts,
Prakasam,Guntur, and Krishana districts.
3. Distributed Truth for Today books, Songs books16, and 99 Holy
Bibles
4. Started a small new congregation in Machilipatnam
5. Built a Prayer shed for church of Christ in Degarlamudi.
6. Built the roof other remodeling work for Subbaiahpalem church
of Christ building.
7. Built the Ramanjaneyapuram church of Christ building roof.
8. Got land of 5 cents(100 cents is equal to one acre) for
Rythunagar church of Christ. We are working on filling the land
with gravel.
9. Started to take care of 9 orphans.
10. Conducted and preached in several Gospel meetings and also
touched new souls with the Gospel
11.Conducted preachers get together and strengthen the area
preachers..
12. Gave counseling for the disturbed couples and able set right
them.

All of this I am able to did with your kind help and prayerful
encouragement. I need your prayers to do more for the Lord and to
continue the work.

Yours brother in Christ
B.Esudas.

PROGRESS OF THE LORD’S WORK IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

B.EsudasTallurinagarNarasaraopet-522601Guntur-Dist, A.P. India
Dear Brothers and Sisters
Greetings to you in the precious name of the Lord. By the grace of the Lord and by your fervent prayers we are doing well and I hope and pray that you and all of your families are doing well. Thank you much for your kind prayers and encouragement and help for my family and for the Lord’s work. Please find the work report of September and October, 2006.
WORK REPORT OF SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2006Statistics:
1. Baptisms 62.Worship conducted in 3 congregations.3. worked in 4 districts, Prakasam, Guntur & Krishna.4. House visiting 1565. Family prayers meetings 86. Family counseling for 1 couple in Ramanjaneyapuram.7. Visited sic, 14 people8. Working for a new village in Krishna district.9. Meeting with the Rythunagar church of Christ leaders.10.Distributed Telugu Holy Bibles.11.Preached 5 funerals 3 burial programs.(one is non Christian burial)12.Constructed a church of Christ building roof.13.Helping the Orphans.14. Preached for a denominational and family in Hyderabad state capital.15.A response from a family which I gave counseling and set right the family.16.A response from a Hindu lady.
I am able to conduct the worship services in 3 congregations. church of Christ in Makkenavaripalem, Church of Christ in Ramanjaneyapuram and church of Christ in Subbaiahpalem Church of Christ. We have good growth in the congregations spiritually.
Due to lack of roof , I hurriedly conducted the worship services for Subbaiahpalem church of Christ in two places . I mean in two houses. Its happened two times. As you know some people disturbed the church in Subbaiahpalem and we are blessed and able to rebuild its roof and other repairs.
I have seen it is works good to visit families individually and also the sic. I used to visit all of the church members houses and also some other families in the village. I love the people to teach them about Love. It is what Lord Christ teach us. On one of the Sunday I remember it is 15th October, I find one brother has became sic and terrible facing high fever. Usually i am conducting worship at 8.00 in Ramanjaneyapuram church of Christ. When i go to the congregation in Ramanjaneyapuram I find a brother suffering with sever fever and also shivering with fever. So that I arranged my motor cycle to bring him to the registered medical practitioner, Usually all of the doctors in India are preferred to do their practice in Cities only. So there will be no only doctors in the villages. But there are some people who worked in the cities as compounder are working as private medicinal practitioners in the villages. This compounder( male nurse) treated him and he is better now. But at that time unfortunately my motor cycle light failed But He protected on my way and safely reached to my home.
In these days I met the Rythunagar congregation several times. It is a very remote congregation. There is no government busses are any private busses. A Jeep will run to this village once in a day. I started congregation there. One brother conducting(who is auto driver) the worship there and I often visiting to them and strengthen them. Most of them are higher cast people and have their own land to raise rise. I am trying to encourage them to build a prayer shed or building on their own. Now they have already the land for it.
And I was invited to preach for a family in Hyderabad on the occasion of their son’s birthday.(it is state capital) .He is a joint director in educational department in Hyderabad. His name is P.Prabhakar Rao. They are not Christians. I preached on Psalms 1:1. And ask them to come to truth and obey Him and honor His church. They are thinking about it.
On 1st of October, I rushed to Chennupalli village to preach for a thanks giving family prayer in the house of Bro.Tangiral Yohanu. In the past my father B.Paul worked there, I baptized there. Now my brother working there. It is Sunday and I just visited the family pray for their family and went to Ramnajaneyapuram church of the worship. But I preached in a funeral of Sis.Chilaka Mangamma. On 14 of the October.And 3 months back .
I worked for a sister’s family to set right them. Her name is Eeswaramm from the congregation Subbaiahpalem. Now her mother attending for the church services and trying to live honest to his wife. And he is very neared to the baptism. I hope it will be done very soon. And I am visiting to a Hindu old lady in Subbaiahpalem village. Her name is Rathamma. I am able to teach her the truth. But she need some more teaching.
I attended and preached for two burial in Makkenavaripalem church of Christ. One brother name is Dara Brhmaiah and other sister’s name is Dondapati Adimma. I want to tell few lines of about this sister. She and her husband ( name is Dondapati Balakotaiah) This Bro.Balakotaiah and Sis.Adimma were baptized (as the first people) by me in that village. At the time of starting the work in Makkenavaripalem many people object me not to start the congregation there. There are 3 other denomination in this big village. When we tried to purchase land for the church of Christ building they strongly object the people not to give the land for church of Christ. At that time this Bro.Blakotaiah and Sis.Adimma stand on my side and sold their site of the church building. And in that land building was started and able to build the foundations and also 12 pillars(columns) up to 4 feet. We need your prayers to complete that building which was started on 9th May 1997.
I distributed 50 small print Holy Bibles and 15 large print Holy Bibles in our congregations. I have some more 25 small print Holy Bibles and 9large print Holy Bible for the distribution for the needy. And also I distributed 10 songs books and Telugu Truth for Today books. They are happy to have a bible for their own and thank God for it.
And it is good to inform you that some 9 orphans are in my care. They are living with me in house. They are lovely kids.
I am praying for you and your families. I am able to do all of this work with your kind prayers, encouragement and help. I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me. Philippians 4:13Please continue to pray for me, my health, my family and for our Lords work in India and its needs.In the Love of the Lord.Yours brother in ChristB.Esudas.

good news

It is good to inform you that Ramanjaneyapuram church of Christ building roof was fixed on 20th of this month. So we have roof too for the serivces and hope walls too will be constsruct very soon. I will post a picture very soon. Need your prayers. I am praying for you.
Brother in Christ
B.Esudas

Work Report of May ,June & July

Bontha Esudas

Tallurinagar

Narasaraopet-522601

Guntur-Dist. A.P. India.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Greetings to you in the precious name of the Lord. By your fervent prayers I am doing well and able to attend the Lords work. Thank you all for your gracious prayers for me while I was in intensive care unit due to sever ill health. I hope and trust that He will use me more for His cause and to win the souls . I am daily remembering you in our prayers. Thank you much for your kind prayers and encouragement. Please kindly pray for the work report of the previous months.

WORK REPORT OF THE MONTHS OF MAY, JUNE & JULY:

It is really a glad thing to tell you that the Gospel work is going on well.

Statistics
1.Gospel Meetings…. 3
2.Family Prayer Meetings … 9
3.Baptism……. 5
4.Visiting the needy and the sick.
5.Funeral & memorial meetings.. 2
6.Marriages 2
7.Atteded village leaders meetings 4.
7.House visits…119
8.Working on Ramanjaneyapuram Church building.
9.Opened a Prayer shed.
10.Distributed Truth for Today books of 200 copies.

In the month of May ,24, 25 ,26 I preached in Gospel meetings in Kamepalli Church of Christ. I preached on miracles. It is well and good to inform you about the Lords work in India . I am really so proud of the High God.

I will be so glad to tell u that conducted the Gospel meetings in the villages Alavala . 5 were accepted the Christ as their savior . You know we constructed a prayer shed for Degarlamdu Church of Christ. It is located on the boarder of Prakasam and Guntur districts. On 24 of May this we opened it with prayers and prize. But unfortunately I became sick, seriously joined the Hospital, Intensive Care Unit. The Doctors treated me with care . My family worried . But God Helped me to serve Him again .

I solemnized a marriage on 21 of June. Their names are Manda Chinna Anjaneayulu .He is from Ramanjaneyapuram village from Prakasam district. The name of the bride groom is Rekha. She is from Paidimarri village, Guntur district. From 23 rd of June I have became sick and asked your prayers. Thanks for your prayers. I have been so thankful for the Preachers over here , that they have visited me and helped my family. The Church members also visited and prayed and helped my family .

I have to so grateful to God and His mercy upon me. I have been asked the Preachers to pray for me . They have been conducted the Meetings in their villages and the Churches for the speedy recovery of my Health . They have done so I am now doing well with the Treatment of the Doctors.

On July 26 one of Bro.N.Yesu was died .He is from Ramanjaneyapuram congregation. We buried him on the same day. I attended and also have taught the Christ in the 4 of the village leaders dinner. Two in Rmanjaneyapuram one in Pydimarri village and one is Makkenavaripaelm village.You know it is formal dinner for the leaders before the marriages. As usual the preachers made visits to the Villages and the Congregations and conducted the Meetings on behalf of me while I was sick .

In some places the Churches they themselves serving the Lord with their hearts. I continue to distribute the Truth for Today (In Telugu language books), several preachers and leaders benefited with these books.

We are glad to inform you that we are able to get the steel ,cement and sand and granite chips for Ramanjaneyapuram Church of Christ building. Centering already fixed. rod bending( I mean steel mess work for roof) work too completed. We planned to fix the roof with RCC on 20th of this month.. We need to complete other building which was started by me few years back for Makkenavaripalem Church of Christ.

One sister build a thatched house. We conduct prayers at the time opening day. Her husband not yet baptized in to Christ.

I need your prayers and encouragement in the work of the Lord. We are praying for you and your families. In the Love of the Lord.
Yours brother in Christ

B.Esudas

B.Esudas, Evangelist

Family

Greetings to you in the precious name of the Lord. Please permit me to introduce myself. I am B.Esudas, age of 44 , from the city of Narasraopet, Guntur district ,Andhra Pradesh, South India. I am a Christian for 23 years , I have been serving the Lord for 18 years. My father was a faithful gospel preacher Bontha Paul from Church of Christ in Chennupalli helped to ground me in God's Word.I married, my wife Lakkepogu Vijaya kumari 17 years back . We have 3 children their ages are 16, 15, 13 We adopted a child. My wife is an invaluable aid and apt Bible class teacher for the ladies and children, in the work. Her knowledge of God's word enables her to assist them with the problems of everyday life in relation to the diseases and nutrition responsibilities that they encounter. My children are obedient and becoming proficient in the use of scripture, sometimes assisting with biblical studies.

I presently preach at three locations each Sunday.
1. Church of Christ in Subbaiahpalem
2. Church of Christ in Makkenavaripalem,
3. Church of Christ in Ramanjneyapuram

This is possible because their times are set ; 9.00AM: Church of Christ in Subbaiahpalem. Rompicherla mandal,Guntur district, A.P. India.,12.00 PM: Church of Christ in Makkenavaripaelm Church of Christ Santhamagulur mandal ,Prakasam district, a.p. India, 8.00PM: Church of Christ in Ramanjaneyapuram ,Ballikurva mandal ,Prakasam district, a.p. India,.It takes (40 minuts nearly to travel between ongregations.

I am submitting these things for your kind consideration with much prayers.

Church of Christ in Subbaiahpalem: It is the congregation recentlystarted. Strength of the congregation is 20. They converted from Newapostolic Church. Now we are conducting the worship services and other services in New Apostle’s building. Because all of them are now member of Lord’s Church. I am attending the worship and house visits and family prayers in this village.

Ramnajaneyapuram Church of Christ: Here we have 25 regular attendance, conducting the Bible Class on Friday evenings , my wife conducting Sunday school at 6.pm on every Sunday. Here we are conducting worship at 8.00 PM. Here children called me as PRARDANA PEDANANA. It means Prayer uncle. And I am solemnizing the marriages and conducting funerals and memorial meetings, family prayers, house visits, family counseling classes when some couples had disputes between them. My wife Vijaykumari spend some time to talk with young ladies and women and occasionally conducting small gatherings to teach them with the word of Lord and also give instructions for awareness on HIV and other health talks and Home cleanness. In this village there are HIV patients and two are our church members one was died. You have their picture. They have two children. We are conducting the services on the street road.It is a small village. Most of the people are working in crushers mills, there are 4 crushers mills in this village. But many people migrating to this village making the huts near by crushers mills , and they are denominational people. Some of them occasionally attending to some of our services. But our people acting as main role in all village works. All of them are poor. The higher cast people use our people to fire the dead bodies and burry the dead bodies and they pay some for it for our people. It is one of other work for our people.At times when church member to other villager suffering with severe sickness I stayed with them nights and help them with money I have, strengthen them with the word and use my vehicle to bring them to nearest city like Narasaraopet or Ongole for the treatment. Some timesthey lost their lives due to lack proper medical care. We started the Church building for this congregation on 9th September 2002.

Church of Christ in Makkenavaripalem: Here we have the 40 regularattendance for the services. It is up down time to time. We worshiped Him on Every Sunday at 12. A,M in one brother’s varanda (Porch) My wife speaks the word of Lord and give instructions to ladies for awareness like HIV and health talks and home cleanness’ and child care. And I do house visiting, conducting family prayers, funerals and memorial meetings weddings, naming celebrations, thanks giving prayer meetings and visiting the sick.And conducted Livings Stone Preachers Training School in this village Makkenavaripalem from July to 1st part of December 2004. At end of November school attendance was increased to 29.Here we teach only basics of the Church doctrine, over view of the Bible, preaching techniques and sermon building. And we started to build the Church building for this congregation on 9th May 1997.Here there are 3 denominations working in this village. 1.Baptist. 2.Living Evangelical Fellowship 3.Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship.There are first of all two church buildings (Makkenavaripalem Churchbuilding and Ramanjaneyapuram Church building) having started, it has been delayed for so long due to the lack of funds.

PRAYER REQUEST FOR THE WORK:1. Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he shall cry himself, but shall not be heard." Proverbs 19:17,“ Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows and refuse to let the world corrupt us." James 1:27 ,I have long term thought to strengthen the congregations, I wish to start a Christian School and Orphanage.

Most of our congregations people are poor and still illiterates and bonded labors. If we give the education to the poor and orphans in the Christian atmosphere, they will grow in the right way and will become the pillows of the future church. If they grow with the good education in good Christian school, they will receive good strength spiritually and also financially, If the members are in that position the church will be strengthened spiritually and physically. It reflects on the church treasure and will become self-supporting. And will able to send the missionaries to the foreign lands for Him.

And I started several congregations in my in this districts.Plenty of the children are in need of this with the families of ourcongregations and orphans from the area congregations. It will be mainly for them and open for all others who are in need of assistance. Many of these orphans are being victims of family fights, due to HIV and other contagious diseases. The purpose of school is to benefit children, as we all know will help for future life- for the wayto live life. That is main purpose of having a school also a home for better training for the future Christian leadership.

2. I feel it is good to start new work at some new villages but Beforewe are going to do it, we have to strengthen the congregations we already established.3. I have a desire to have a Preachers Training School. You know I started it and quite it due to lack of funds. It name is Living Stone Preachers Training School. I wish to teach only Basics of the Church doctrine, over view of the Bible, Preaching techniques and sermon building. I am able to teach trainees from around the villages, I have also two full trained helpers for give assistance for teaching.If we can do this way of services the mission of Churches of Christ will flourish more, We will see good results through this works.

My present situation is: The work here requires Family needs...housing, food, utilities education, child care,. Work needs transportation, orphans, widows, medical needs, for Church building and preachers Training School,Please pray for the mission in India and for the extension Lord’s kingdom to strengthen it. We are praying for you all.

In the love of the Lord.

Yours brother in Christ
B.Esudas

Work report of March2006

B.Esudas
Tallurinagar
Narasraopet-522601
Guntur-Dist. A.P. India.
Phone: 91 08647 231147


Dear Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ

Greetings to you in the precious name of the Lord. By the grace of the Lord and by your fervent prayers I and my family is doing well. I hope you all doing well. Thank you much for your kind prayers, encouragement and financial help for the Mission in India by me. Please find the work report of March 2006.

WORK REPORT OF MARCH 2006
Statistics:
Baptisms.7
Worship Services conducted by me in 3 congregations.
Worship Services by the fellow preachers in 13
Preachers get-to-gather conducted on 31 March.
Family counseling for two couple..
Gospel campaigns 3.
Visited the sic 5.
Distributed truth for Today Telugu books.
House visits 40
Visiting of non Christian families 11.
Family payer meetings 2
Burial services 2.
Distributed Songs books 3

It is good to inform you that congregations in my area are growing spiritually and also in attendance. I lead worship services in 3 congregations. Details are

Name of the Congregation : Attendance : Baptisms. Contribution.
1. Makkenavaripalem Church of Christ 42 3 Rs.131.50 ($3.13)
2.Ramanjaneaypuram Church of Christ 21 1 Rs.60.50 ($1.04)
3.Subbaiahpalem Church of Christ 18 3 Rs.43.50 ($1.00)

I am glad to inform you that in other 14 congregations worship services lead by our 8 preachers who are assisting me in the work. Theses congregations were stared by me. All of them are working hard in their congregations located in Guntur and Prakasam Districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

In this month I gave the counseling to the two couple .One couple is from Subbaiahpalem congregation. His name is Isaac. His wife is not Christian. They got some quarrel relating to their faiths. She went to her parent’s village and not like to be with the Bro.Issac. I went to the village and talked to her and teach the word of Lord and able to convenience her to accept her to come to her husband. Now they are ok. And now she is attending the services in Subbaiahpalem, I hope she will be baptized very soon. Please pray for her.

And one Sis.Chinna Galimma’s from Makkenavaripalem attempted suicide. She swallow some poison (here we use that poison to kill rabbits) By the grace of God we were able to protect her. She is relative of the boy who was killed his husband. Now that boys family is living in the house of this Sis.Chinna Galimma’s house. Now all is well.

Preacher’s get to gather: On 31st I conducted preachers get to gather in my house in Narasaraopet.I am wishing and praying to conduct the preacher get to gather at the end of every month. I invited the preachers who are working with me in my Team. There are 8 preachers and 2 of the church leaders attended the meeting. Please find the picture of the attended group.

Distribution of Bible Literature: I distributed 40 copies of Life of Christ.6 (Truth for Today ) to the area preachers and leaders. I distributed 3 songs books for the needy brothers and sisters in the congregations.

Visiting the sick: I visited and prayed for a sister who is suffering with cancer. She is from the village of Rythunagar Church of Christ. Her name is Kamala. She needs our prayers very much. Please pray for her. There we have a brother name is Nageswarao. He had a by pass (heart) surgery few years back he has some heart problems again. I visited these people and also some other Sis.Manohari from Makkenavaripalem Church of Christ. She has some allergies problems. Her palms and finger has some swelling like leprosy. But is it not leprosy. The area always some type of swelling and it gives much problem to her. And I visited a preacher who is suffering with chuken gunia .Due to this dieses the people suffering severe joint pains . In some area of the state some people died due to this decease. And I am with a family(Bro.koteswarao) from Ramnajneyapuram when their son was troubled with Asthma. Now that boy is doing well.

Funeral:I attended and preached in a funeral program in Makkenavaripalem Church of Christ. One Sis. Manda Nagamma was died due to on 26 of March. She was trained nurse but she married another cast person. Due to some ill health she was died. We buried her on 27. She had son. Now that boy was with his father. And had a chance to preach in a non Christians funeral in the village Velur in Guntur district. He is my relative. His name is Bontha Thimothi.

Visiting the non Christian Families; I visited some 11 Hindu families in this month. I find that one women from Ramanjaneyapuram village interested in the word of Lord and I invited her to the services. I visited 3 times her house. She is a widow.

Regarding Prayer sheds and Church buildings: It is good to inform you that we have land for Church services in 7 congregations. We have shed for Subbaiahpalem Church of Christ for the Church gathering. Now we constructed prayer shed for Degarlamudi Church of Christ. You can find the picture below. And we started Church buildings for Makkenavaripalem Church of Christ and for Ramanjaneyapuram Church of Christ. We need to complete the buildings and need find land for other congregations and need to build prayer shed for the other 10 congregations.

Constructed A prayer Shed for a congregation: I visited the village Degarlamudi and had a meeting. I started the congregation here two years back. One of our brother Hari Babu preaches here. We constructed a prayer shed for this congregation. I talked to the leader of the congregation planning to conduct opening meeting soon. We wish to conduct this program on 2nd or 9th of Next month. We wish to conduct a Gospel Meeting on that day. Please find the picture of the shed. I am planning to invited the area preacher to the meeting. We need your prayers for the success of the meeting.

My family: We are doing well. And my older daughter write her 10 Class examinations. She is looking for the results. And my younger daughter now writing her 7th Class common examinations. My son write her 9th Class examinations. I have some sinus problems . I need to send my older daughter to a college. She need much money to go for her college.

Please pray for my family and the work needs. We need your prayers very much to continue this Lords’ work in India. We are praying for you and all of your families every day . May God Bless you.

In the love of the Lord.

Yours brother in Christ
B.Esudas