News Category: Blogging (26 posts)

Janis Homewood | 03rd August 2020 | General Articles

During the Pandemic Streams of Mercy are still being allowed to operate in the community.  They have been using an integrated approach offering various clinics dealing with family hygiene, nutrition, domestic violence  and the Gospel  as well as visual problems, which are very common and often go untreated.  People were given an eye test The optician can then find the right spectacles for the person from the many that were donated.                                                   Today was a special day for these children who have been suffering from bad eyesight  from childhood, this young boy was very excited he told me that now that we have given him specs he is to study get his degree get employed and his money will be used for helping those with eye problems.  Other children have problems needing other treatments which Pastor Jimmy hopes to be able to arrange. The need is very great.   Pastor Jimmy writes;    thank you for the spectacles they are giving us an opportunity to preach the gospel.  So far we have reached 2000 people who have got the spectacles, 40 eye operations, 1200 eye treatments, it is great to see how many people with eye problems are flocking to the office. We already have partnership with Masafu hospital eye department .As long us we have allowance for them we are free to move with them wherever. The challenge we now have out of all this people we have over 1000 people with cataracts and they need operation where our opticians here cant do. The government is also appealing to us for help in this. I am trying to apply to other international organisation who can send volunteer opticians to come and do operations.      ...

Janis Homewood | 01st May 2020 | General Articles

Message from Pastor James Wandera We are in crisis, just received report from our center leaders that our orphans living with HIV/aids are starving as the care givers cannot raise anything to feed, Now that the lockdown has been extended to more 21days.we are less in funds as the church does not gather for fellowship, please let us share what we have for the sake of this little children 10kg of corn and beans will help a lot. True religion should be demonstrated now. note - 10 kg of corn and beans costs 50000UGX  which is about £11 sterling.   ...

Janis Homewood | 06th August 2019 | General Articles

We  have collected a lot of very  useful and needed items for Uganda but need help with funding the purchase  and shipping of the container. We also need help at this time with school fees for a number of children, in Uganda, DR Congo and Zambia. Pastor Israel in DR Congo has severed connection with his church to concentrate on Streams of Mercy ministry, which now includes churches as well as prisons and village ministry.  They do need more support now.  They would like some funding to help set up a poultry project which would give them a steady source of income. Pastor Samuel in Zambia  is now  an ordained minister and leads a church which meets  in a large tent on land which Streams of Mercy have  purchased.  This work could also benefit from  more support  as whenever they do ministry in a prison they try to take  in much needed aid - usually  food or toiletries. If you can help us in any  way with these needs please email us at  streamsofmercy.lcc@gmail.co.uk and we  will give you details of how to donate.   Many thanks Janis Homewood International director....

Janis Homewood | 08th March 2019 | General Articles

Retired Colonel and Mrs William Rwolekya   have started an agricultural project growing greens and also fruit trees. These are irrigated by hand daily using different teams of women each day. The water is drawn from a well on the colonel’s land.  An irrigation system using a solar pump and preferably fitted to a well in the actual field would be a great help. This is a very good project which has also experimented with organic and inorganic fertilizers and proved that the results from organic fertilizing far exceed those from the inorganic fertilizers. The Colonel also started to teach carpentry and animal husbandry. A lot of problems with vision were reported. Some of these may simply need spectacles, others may need medical or surgical treatment. But there was also a report of problems with disabled, blind and deaf children.  Other needs were more to do with church buildings needing completion and keyboards and PA systems requested to help with the evangelistic outreach of these churches. In one centre 15 pastors were present from the local churches - there does seem to be a united effort for outreach in the churches. There was a need for pastors to have bicycles to enable them to cover the distances they have to travel to visit people in their areas. One Officer requested a motorcycle as he needs to go to meetings and other visits which are too far away to go by cycle. Some pastors requested laptops – we were able to supply the officer at the resettlement centre with one we had taken out with us. Sponsorship for orphan children was also requested –six orphans were singled out in one centre as being in particular need. One Pastor’s widow has five children in need of support for school fees, and  two SA Officers need help with school fees....

Janis Homewood | 08th March 2019 | General Articles

Health facilities are difficult to access, being about 7km away with no transport. This results in childhood deaths and maternal and baby deaths when women develop problems during labour – simply because they cannot reach the facilities in time. A medical team visit monthly but only for children under 5.   Schooling can be a problem.  At first a nursery school was begun but there was a lack of finances to keep it going.  Some children now go to schools on the nearby refugee camp. Secondary schools in particular are some distance away which, together with many family’s having problems with school fees results in young people receiving an inadequate education. There is no work for school leavers especially those with inadequate schooling.  Therefore, there is a real need for vocational training to be offered - e.g. tailoring, carpentry, hairdressing etc. There are a lot of orphans -   due to fatalities caused by the landslides.  The community find it difficult to take care of these unfortunate children. They are placed with relatives or fostered but of course this adds extra strain on the family’s income which is already very low. A request was made for Bibles in Swahili to be provided.   (In other centres English and Luganda Bibles were also requested)   In the seven other areas the problems were very similar in each area – the main problems being   the need for boreholes as the water sources were a long way away. Also, the lack of access to health centres with no transport facilities, schooling was also a problem due to distance and lack of money for school fees and scholastic materials.  Hence the need for some vocational training facilities to be set up.  People able to teach skills seemed to be available but they need the tools and machines etc to use. Streams of Mercy Uganda are considering ways of addressing some of these needs.  ...

Janis Homewood | 08th March 2019 | General Articles

We had been invited by the Salvation Army to do a mission in Western Uganda and we spent 2 weeks of a four-week mission with them , the final  2 weeks were with Pastor Jimmy, our Streams of Mercy director in the Busia area.  We visited eight communities where there was some Salvation Army work. In each one we met with members of the community including representatives of other churches. We were able to give some encouraging ministry and then discussed the various needs and problems that the people were experiencing.      The first of these was the Bududa Resettlement centre – Kiryandongo These people seem to be suffering the greatest hardship of all the communities we visited. They have been moved away 370km from their homelands after catastrophic landslides 8 years ago. From a cool wet climate and fertile soils to drought conditions, poor soil and hence   a very different agriculture. They are hardworking people but have a lot to learn due to these difference in climate and soil properties.  They are experiencing a complete change of lifestyle.   At present there is no market for the maize – hence   the people lack the income they used to receive from the sale of their produce such as onions in their old home areas.  The government have only built a fraction of the promised houses needed so most people are living in temporary buildings.   The people as yet have no cows or goats – therefore there is a shortage of milk for the children resulting in malnutrition and poor development, and a lack of manure for soil improvement.  But the area is good for rearing animals and chicken if the capital was available to buy stock. Water is a problem – there is a lack of water sources. The only borehole is a long distance away and very much overused – it can take someone a whole day just to collect their water.  It is so overused that it frequently dries up and then people have to wait for the water to come in again.    ...

Janis Homewood | 08th March 2019 | General Articles

Elizabeth loves school so much that she was prepared to crawl 2 Km each day to attend. Pastor Jimmy posted a request on Facebook for a wheelchair.  Streams of Mercy had already been given one which was on the container that recently arrived.  Then Darren Canning of Darren Canning ministry decided to pay all her education fees, boarding her in school. Thanks to all who were concerned ...

Janis Homewood | 15th March 2018 | General Articles

 1. Our Container of aid is still help up in customs. They are taking a long time to consider reassessment of the charges. This will cost money in storage. Please pray that this is soon resolved and preferably allowed tax free. 2. Pastor Jimmy has had a successful mission in TANZANIA  with  Pastor  Omar from America who does prison ministry and pastoral training.  They started in Mbeya which is a long journey and near to Alawi.place is very far towards Malawi, They had a  friend  - a partner from Soroti who  gave them transport. In all they travelled 5000Km, and led conferenceS for pastors in three area as well as prison ministry.   Pastor Omar is  based in Philadelphia, PA, USA.  He has a prison ministry called Making Others Righteous Prison Ministry.  They do ministry all over the U.S. and the world and have been doing so since 2003. He is  led by the Lord to connect with other prison ministries to minister with them as well as to do conferences to strengthen the ministers and former inmates.  When he works with  other ministries he enters  prisons with them and  shares the Word of God and blesses the inmates in anyway that they can.  During a Prison Ministry conference they bring together prison ministers and ex-inmates and come together in the name of Jesus and  spend 2 or 3 days together teaching the Word of God, sharing stories, and everyone leaves stronger and more encouraged in the Lord and more prepared for ministry and for life.    This was a good co-operation between Pastor Omar's ministry and Streams of Mercy with Pastor Jimmy.  Many opportunities have been opened up in Tanzania, and there is a prospect of Pastor Jimmy joining with Pastor Omar for a similar mission in MALAWI.  Please pray for guidance and provision for this opportunity. Pastor Jimmy has a vision for Streams of Mercy to flow right through Africa,  It is beginning to flow!  3. Pastor Israel in DR CONGO  has been invited to lead seminars in Kinshasa during 25 M...

Janis Homewood | 26th January 2018 | General Articles

Pastor Jimmy writes: Our container arrived today from UK for serving the vulnerable people. Now in custody, that we must first pay taxes 7000 dollars. We need your prayers and financial support for this to be released. Every day in the yard dollars increase, Lord you own the finance This is about £4950 . SoM UK hasn't got anywhere near this . If any of our supporters and members can help please use the donation facilities on the website. Thanks.    ...

Janis Homewood | 27th December 2017 | General Articles

THE CONTAINER On 10th November we loaded a 40 foot container of aid for Uganda. There were medical supplies and equipment, tools and machines for vocational training, educational books and equipment, Bibles, Clothing, Office furniture, Kitchen ware and bicycles. It is due to arrive in Mombasa on Dec 28th.  We still need to pay for transportation to our centre in Uganda ($2568)  and the customs tax is still being negotiated but maybe several thousand dollars.  We are praying that this tax may be greatly reduced. Any help towards these costs  would be welcomed. There is a donation  facility on this site to help with this. PASTOR ISRAEL in DR Congo  has undertaken a 10 day mission to churches and prisons in Kamina  over the Christmas period.   We  are hoping to receive a report  of that mission soon.We admire the sacrifice of Pastor Israel and his family in  their willingness to be apart during the festive season for the sake of the Gospel.  Pastor Israel has  completed this mission and is now home with his family. 45 prisoners  accepted Christ as Saviour. We praise God for this ministry....

Janis Homewood | 28th August 2017 | General Articles

17th to 21st August Team off to refugees camp Pagirinya for  two day mission .  Just excited for serving the Lord with what we have. Matthew 25: 34 - 40   “Then the King will say .... ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.   For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’   “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’  “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’  Day 1:   Very powerful day today the team ministering to the children refugees. Tomorrow will better Day 2:  Today was the climax, ministry was done,  hands went up for Christ, children got blankets, clothes, books, pens, dolls, shoes, pads etc am grateful to children's hope chest, Iganga Ebenezer School, Destiny, CFCI MASAFU, CFCI KAMPALA, CFCI KAYOLE,  and Streams of Mercy Uganda for all the support to these vulnerable children. Books and pens/pencils           Clothes                                           Blankets   Drinks                                               Toys                                               Actvities                                                      Happy youngsters     Thank God for serving the vulnerable It...

Janis Homewood | 10th August 2017 | General Articles

  Jimmy is now back from the refugees camp. He had good day interacting with lovely Sudanese children it was great meeting them  again. He will next  meet them on 17th ...

Janis Homewood | 10th August 2017 | General Articles

 Pastor Jimmy spent the night In Soroti on his  way to the refugees camp to look at the vegetables gardens to  see how they are fairing,. The vegetables are harvested, dehydrated and kept in baskets for future use #Joseptechnology# ...

Janis Homewood | 09th August 2017 | General Articles

Pastor Jimmy - Just finished equipping pastors on Joseph technology, distributed maize seeds for planting this season in Namayingo district #nolackofoodinpastorshouse# on my way to SOROTI .  Kasadha John - It  was a good moment sharing and learning MAIZE agronomy. Thanks Streams of Mercy for the empowerment.  ...

Janis Homewood | 02nd August 2017 | General Articles

Time for sorting clothes offered for the refugees, thank you CFCI KAYOLE NAIROBI  - Pastor  Benson Oundo for the heart to serve, We are now sorting and packing looking to rejoicing with the poor children and caregivers on 17th August.    ...

Janis Homewood | 19th July 2017 | General Articles

  We saw this child in one  of our centres  in Uganda during our mission in 2016.                                Child's condition before treatment -  February 2016   Pastor Jimmy sent a photo and  details to a doctor  friend of his requesting  intervention . The  child's  father gave  us land for church planting instead of selling it  to  pay for  the treatment.   Above  - The family ( before treatment)  Below - the boy  after treatment  July 2017     - Pastor Jimmy  recently  visited him to celebrate with him for the healing. We are grateful to Busia Township child development centre for the support. Celebrate with me as I glorify the Lord        ...

Janis Homewood | 12th July 2017 | General Articles

NEWS FROM PASTOR PAULVEERU, ANDRHA PRADESH, INDIA During the month of  June and July , we have ministered among the tribal villages, and visited the homes of  our pastors and brought encouragement to church believers, old age home, orphanage children, Rag pickers  and praying for sick people,  reaching out  to unreached places preaching the  Word of God .   Village ministry :   in our village   where  my mother lives,  Banjara people are coming to worship God every Sunday  in my mother’s home   and  I visited and encouraged  church believers on 2nd Sunday.. I have see one young girl came to church, I came to know that she is a Hindu and her parents don’t like her to come to the church  but she  came  secretly without  them knowing and  prayed God and cried for her sickness,  she has been suffering from a  skin infection.  Please pray for her sickness and may God give good health . Old age home God gave a good opportunity to ministry among the last stage of old age people. Once a week we go and pray for sick people and spend  time with them ,  giving some fruits, breads and distributing tracts and by sharing the Word of God.   I had seen that some  of  the old age men and women are having faith in Christ.  Last week myself and my wife  went to the old age home distributing tracts and fruits, Spent time with them and  preached  to them  God’s word, after that 3 people came to us  asking for bibles and asking us to  pray for them. Please pray for them. some people  are   believing  in   Christ as their personal Saviour. Please pray for good health.  Here I am sending June and July ministry photos .       In Christ B.V.Paul                                             ...

Janis Homewood | 08th July 2017 | General Articles

  Encouraging news of  good result from the latest Uganda mission from Captain Alfred Wafula I would like to let you know that the prison mission that you carried out in Bubulo Prison, Manafwa has born good fruits. One of the inmates that we ministered to looked for us after his term in prison and invited us to open a Salvation Army church on his farm. We have 48 members in that Church. Glory be to God.  We are currently looking for materials to construct a shelter for the worshippers. God bless   Yours in Christ, Captain Alfred Wafula   If you would like to donate towards the materials needed to provide a building for the worshippers, or if you would like to donate to any other needs reported on the website please use the donate button on the home  page.   Thank you. News from Pastor Jimmy Greetings from Uganda.  We are fine  and busy serving the lord just came back from Nairobi, to check on the progress of ministry,  Charles and team are organizing to visit Kakamega and Kisumu prisons. We did fund drive to support them and we thank God that we raised some money for soap and other necessities.   Streams of Mercy has been given two acres of land in northern Uganda  to use it in any way it likes I was there last week to be handed the papers.   Below - pictures from the refugee camp.    ...

Janis Homewood | 05th June 2017 | General Articles

In DR CONGO we need  £1100 to complete the roof on the Streams of Mercy Centre.  Pastor Israel is living in it with his family and  as the weather is getting colder the whole roof needs to be finished. In UGANDA we need £650 to pay the first year's rent on the new building for the Streams of Mercy Clinic. and  £350 to compete  a poultry project. Any donations towards these needs will be very gratefully received.  Please use the Donation button on the home page.  Many thanks in anticipation.  ...

Janis Homewood | 01st June 2017 | General Articles

From 20th April to 15th May Pastor Israel was in Angola on a mission  with a Pastor there. They  ministered in 4 prisons. Responses were as follows. Lwena Prison               25 Saurimu  Prison           18 Bengela  Prison            20 Luanda   Prison            30 In addition they ministered in 6 churches nd a total of  70 people came to the Lord. In ministry to the elderly 25 old people came to the Lord including 1 couple both 75 years of age.  We praise God for these results and thank Pastor Israel for being willing to go to Angola without us as we had been unable to undertake a mission there this year.  ...

Janis Homewood | 19th May 2017 | General Articles

Jesus said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the labourers are few  (Matthew 9:37) Laurie and Janis are just two retired people who were led by the Lord to this ministry over 10 years ago. All that time they have largely financed our missions personally and have now used up most of their resources. Also Laurie celebrates his 90th  birthday in July so his ability to undertake foreign missions is becoming much reduced. However, the needs and the opportunities are on the increase.   Having undertaken 4 missions  between September 2016 and March 2017  we had to cancel our participation in a proposed mission to Angola this year - that is on hold possibly for 2018.  Meanwhile Pastor Israel from DR Congo went instead and we await his report. Today ( 19th May) we received the following invitation for another mission in India. 'We request to host you to be in Telangana State, South India 2017 Your trip will Include * A One -day pastor's conference . * A Two-Night open area gospel meetings . * Baptism service . * Multiple church services throughout the week. * Home to home evangelism in tribal villages. * Ministry among the orphanage children and Rag Pickers children . You can become a partaker of the vision and work with us:- To reach to unreached areas with Good News of Jesus Christ in City out of city and villages To trained to the untrained pastors and laymen and plant 50 Churches before 2020) To construct the Churches where there are no Church buildings. To help to the poor and orphans children. (Cloth, food, shelter, toys, Book) To conduct gospel meetings in City or out of city and win the souls . To conduct pastors seminars, women seminars and youth retreat and VBS programmers . Yours and His service Pastor B.Veeranna   Serve to save ministries Hyderabad .A.P South India Please see our website: www.wix.com/christ4allbukya/servetosaveministries ' We are not able to undertake this personally .   In Mattew 9...

Janis Homewood | 09th May 2017 | General Articles

Congo Mission 2016   We Left UK on Sept 13th arriving in Entebbe, Uganda on the morning of 14th September and transferred to an MAF flight in an 8 seater Cessna to Bunia in DR Congo. We were met there by Pastor Israel Lenge who directs Streams of Mercy ministries in Congo and translates for us. The ministry commenced on 15th September in the’ Jesus Christ to all Languages’ church (JTL) in Bunia with 2 days of seminars, during which about 12 people asked to be prayed for to be filled with the Holy Spirit.   We also visited a primary school and spoke to 200 children, telling the story of the lost sheep using our sheep puppet (called Baa-sil!)  On Saturday 17th September we preached the Gospel in Bunia prison and 120 inmates gave their lives to Jesus Christ.  The work finished in Bunia on Sunday 18th when we preached at the Sunday service. On Monday 19th September we flew to Beni and then took a taxi to Butembo (about an hour’s ride on a rough road). We conducted 4 seminars in the Butembo JTL church from 20th to 23rd September. On 24th September we preached the Gospel in Butembo prison and 100 inmates gave their lives to Jesus Christ. We concluded the ministry on Sunday 25th September at the Sunday Service. During one of the seminars Pastor Israel challenged the people about being filled with the Holy Spirit and as there were too many to be prayed with individually he asked them to lay hands on themselves while prayer was made.    We wondered why the people were praying with their hands on their heads until he explained what was happening!   Most mornings the church hold an early prayer meeting (Morning Glory) at 7.30 am. Pastor Israel spoke at those. At one of the seminars we had been introduced to the oldest member of the congregation (a lady of 68). The next day she turned up at the prayer meeting, saying ‘if Janis and Laurie can come all that way from the UK to minister to us at their ages, the least I can do from now on is to attend t...

Janis Homewood | 09th May 2017 | General Articles

1  Care of Abandoned children. During the 2017 mission  Pastor Jimmy had been made aware of a child who had been kept locked in a small round house for about a year. He had nothing to sleep on and  although he was being given some food was very underl nourished and didn’t seem to be speaking. .  The police were involved and plans made  with people from the community to help the boy. The father was traced and Pastor Jimmy will be meeting with him to discuss the  situation  Meanwhile   bedding and other needs were provided.        Initial provisions made This incident was posted on Facebook and supporters in South Africa offered to sponsor the child.  Following this incident Pastor Jimmy has a vision to provide accommodation for abandoned children. A supporter – Nora who lives in Nairobi but has a house in UK which she is about to sell offered to fund such a building, Architects plans are already drawn up and it will be built  next to  Pastor Jimmy’s home compound. THE PLANS                The building work begun.     2.  Rehousing a poor widow. A widow was found living in this small round house.  She has now been rehoused.  Pastor Jimmy is good at getting  funding for from other charities.     £. Ministry to refugees – camp near the South Sudan border. Several shelters have been build  for children and disabled people    Sewing machines and Sunday school materials donated.         Growing of greens encouraged to provide needed vitamins.  4.  Distribution   of food aid - to refugees and others in time of famine    5. The Joseph project.  Pastor Jimmy received a  large donation of Maize seed -  100’s of families have  been  given enough seeds for half an acre of maize. They are asked to give back 10% of the harvest to be stored for future needs when food is again in short supply.   As you can see much work is going on in Uganda and   Kenya .Thank you fo...

Janis Homewood | 08th May 2017 | General Articles

 Mission to Uganda Feb 13th to March 11th The team consisted of Laurie, Janis and our friend Hazel Crossley who came to teach in one of the primary schools for the month. We arrived in Uganda on the morning of March 14th and were met by Pastor Jimmy and John our driver.  We arrived in Masafu later that day and settled into our accommodation. Hazel stayed in a rented house and was self-catering, assisted by Justine who proved a great help both in the house and at school.  Hazel had a full timetable of classes in the school and had some sessions for training teachers and giving help to members of the community who were seeking to make some nursery school provision in their areas. Hazel’s work was much appreciated. She had taken out a good supply of resources., and some beautiful picture dictionaries donated by Revive&Thrive who help us with a considerable amount of aiid.                                            Hazel                                                                                        Justine             Teachers and Pupils were delighted with the books. In fact, this was the FIRST TIME that children in 3rd year primary had handled a book!. Janis and Laurie had a programme of prison ministry, church seminars and Sunday services.  There had been a plan to go into Tanzania but various reasons made it evident that it wasn’t possible  at this time. We ministered in two prisons in the area, Masafu and Namayingo where there was a good response  by the inmates to the Gospel message  (16 in Masafu and 44 in Namayingo).  In Masafu we provided sleeping mats for the inmates. We then travelled north to Mbale and the Mt Elgon region where we stayed with Captain Alfred Wafula and family for a week and ministered in the 5  Salvation Army Corps that he is in charge of as District Officer. Many people were both chal...

Janis Homewood | 05th May 2017 | General Articles

Janis and Laurie flew to Entebbe on November 2nd, were met by Pastors John and Jimmy and arrived in Masafu, Busia on November 3rd.  We then travelled across the border into Western Kenya on November 4th.  Over 19 days we ministered in 12 prisons, led seminars and services in various churches, taught at a Sunday School Teachers’ workshop and spoke at a women’s conference. We visited a site on a mountainside which has been given to Streams of Mercy. The pastors have a vision to use the site as a prayer centre, putting a building on the flatter area at the bottom of the hill and building prayer caves   higher up as well as making some sites level enough for visitors to pitch tents   The team outside Busia Men’s Prison.    Pastor Charles speaking to the women and introducing us. After the ministry 10 women accepted Christ as Saviour.    Children stay with their mothers in the prison up to the age of 4.   There are very few facilities for them, which worries the governor of the prison.  One idea is to have a nursery school running just outside the prison where children from the community can attend and those children in the prison can go out to the school., since they are innocents, not convicted prisoners.  But until that can be put in place all they have is a few dolls.   We gave gifts of soap and toiletries and provided milk for the children. Kakamega women’s prison has similar problems with the children.  One mother (pictured standing on the left) gave her testimony – she has come to know Christ in prison but at present is serving a life sentence and has a seven-month-old baby.boy. She accidentally caused her husband’s death during an argument after he brought another wife in the home who started to abuse her.  The husband also lashed out at her even though she was pregnant at the time and in trying to protect herself she caused him to fall and he died as a result.  At first, she was given a death sentence but that has sin...

Janis Homewood | 05th May 2017 | General Articles

Streams of Mercy Mission to India. January 9th to 31st 2017 Just before Christmas 2016 we received this email from a Pastor in India. Dear beloved director.   Greetings to you in the most highly exalted Name of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ! It is really a great privilege that God has given us to be able to meet you through this e-mail and share with you about our Ministry in India. Please let us introduce ourselves to you that we are a team of pastors with a great zeal and enthusiasm to extend the Kingdom of God in India. Our aim is to visit every nook and corner of the Indian villages, and to promote the Gospel to every perishing soul. We really hope to see a great deal of harvest in the coming days.    People in India The people of India are trapped for the most part in land that is over populated - 800 Million people in a country one third size of America. Many different religious people are living in India. They are Hindus, Mohammedans, Buddhist’s., Sikhs and a few others. The  Christian population in India, according to the government figures is only 2.3% of the population. Even if we follow the optimistic figures given by Christian leaders, it is only 4%. Of these 60% are found in the southern three states and in a few of the small states in the northeast And Christianity in India is considered to be the religion of the lowest community. Christians have no honour in the society. They are not allowed to live together with the people of the higher community. They are considered to be "untouchables". So they live in their huts on the outskirts of the villages. . India is a country of idolatry and superstitions. Indians have over 9 Million " Gods". Poverty is a great problem in Indian because there is no proper source and professions for way of living.70 percent depend upon agriculture for their living. Moreover, 70 percent live in small villages No one, after seeing how they live, would want to live like they do. Fifty percent of the villages do...