th January 2017) representing his tribe. Brother Bh is working among his tribe and has ministry in 3 different Tea Gardens, for which he has to travel about 200 miles on an average in a week. He is one of the evangelist who has been provided with a motorcycle from Spread the Word (STW), and that has made a great impact in his ministry. Brother Bh says; “the two-wheeler has been a blessing, which has cut down on the travel time and also gives me opportunity to visit new areas, which are far and remote and can only be accessed if one has his own mode of communication. I thank STW for their prayers and their gift of a two-wheeler”. The bike also helps transporting sick children and people in emergency, and saves precious lives. We have started to work on the Matigara Property plan / layout. The engineer has visited the site and found the soil is suitable for 3 storied building, the sand / loose gravel that is visible on a part of the property is just about two feet deep. The site plan and the 3D Image of the proposed building is under progress. This is one of the pressing needs of the ministry keeping in view of the changing scenario in the country. Your Co-worker in Christ, Pastor Sanjay Daniel Murmu Church of God Siliguri, West Bengal, India ********************* Prayer Concerns:
- Pray for God’s wisdom and guidance. That, we will be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as our battle against the power and principalities of the unseen world gets intensified.
- Pray for God’s protecting as situation / atmosphere is rapidly become hostile towards the minority groups. Church services and programs being disrupted in many of the country.
- Pray for the Children ministry that is affected due to financial crunch.
- Pray for the new areas / regions we are focusing this year. Pray for the Awareness and Training Programs for Human Trafficking in the border areas of North Bengal in the coming months.
- Pray for the Small Business Loan / Soft Loan Program to strengthen the local believers and churches to slowly work towards self-sustenance.
- Pray for the Leadership Team as they work together to see the Church of God Movement continue to touch and transforms lives, through its various initiatives, programs and projects.
- Pray for the Proposed Training-cum-Retreat Center at Matigara, as the work on the basis of the land / layout, plans etc is under process. This will be a project for the ministry to train its pastors and evangelists, and also a facility to be rented out on a daily basis to raise funds locally / towards self-reliance.
- Addition $500.00 per month for Pastors & Evangelists.
- Minimum $1000.00 per month per project to run the bare minimum program in the two CDC’s.
- 10 days Church Planters Training Program: $2000.00
- Awareness Program & Training Program for Human Trafficking: $500.00 each quarter.
- $2500.00 for Self-help / Small business loan.