Sunday Blessings - All Nations Shall Sing

During morning service we received showers of blessings.

Ramplal , who is the only Christian from his village in North Western Indian,

delivered a Christmas message.

Rampal was saved through the ministry

of a student outreach our family has been supporting and been a part of for

the past 35 years. He worked with our mission

for 2 years and is now studying theology at the Seminary.

He is supported by the contributions of college students

and working people.

College students save from their pocket money

and educational expenses to pay his fees etc.

The Lord enabled Mummy and me to give him a small

sum for his travel home.

Please pray for Rampal as he witnesses

to his family and neighbours.

Our church is a training ground for seminary students.

Here they are with our Pastor and his wife.

3rd and 4th from the left are Rajendra and Gudiya

both belonged to a non-Christian faith but have accepted Christ.

They come to our church regularly with their little daughter.

We have Bible studies in their home too.

Suchit, John and Pastor Shay.

Suchit and John are visitors from Kolkata (Calcutta)

Suchit 's grandparents (both deceased) were

faithful members of our church some 30 years ago.

This is a very illustrious family

and they held top government posts.

As their children lived far from them,

my (then young) parents were their caregivers of sorts.

When Suchit 's grandma (Mrs Shome) died

there was no one in the house.

My family informed the relatives and

arranged for the funeral etc.

Suchit works in a top ranking pharma company.

He was here on a short business visit.He gave our church a generous donation

which will go into our wall fund.

God is faithful.

Suchit and his friend John sang a worship song for us.

In the evening I went to a Christmas service at the Seminary
The congregation at prayer in the Chapel
80 year old Aunt Joy.
She was the church organist for several years in her church.
The senior couple on the far right
also are friends. We were all members
of the Allahabad Choral Society
Dr Dutt was the Head of the English dept.
when I was doing my Masters.
He is a great tenor, his wife sang alto with me.

These are children from the Sunday School outreach group
80 kms outside the city
in a rural area.
I have their video too.
It is remarkable to see how the love of Christ has touched their lives.

This young lady CC is the daughter
of a seminary professor from Mizoram (NE India)
She was the lead singer in the children 's choir.
Watch the video which I have posted.
She has great talent for Christ.
Children smiling at being appreciated.
The message was delivered by Wing Commander Immanuel
of the Indian Air Force.
He is a young man from South India with
a lovely family.
He studied in Karunia University in Coimbatore and did
M.Tech from IIT Kharagpore, both reputed institutions of the sub-continent.
Later on I introduced myself to them.
Choirs comprising of seminary students sang in all the major languages
of India. Here is a Qawali, which is a poetic song in Urdu
sung in the Arabic/Sufi tradition.
The qawalls dress this way too.
This was a Christmas qawali.
After the service was over we all gathered in the courtyard
to sing carols by candle light.
I am posting some videos.
Hear the Chin song from Myanmar.
The Burmese people escape to India
fleeing the repressive junta regime of their country.
There is a Mizo and Hindi song too.