Respected the International director Mr. Keith Kasarjian, our coordinator Mr.Mark Reynolds, supporters and prayer partners of BVBI-Tiurpati, A.P, India behalf of our Bible college we convey our greetings to you in the precious and matchless name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ . We hope that this reporting letter may serve us to convey gratitude and thanks to each one of you for your love, prayers and encouragement.
BVBI-Tirupati has completed three semesters and began our fourth semester in month of March 2nd 2020. By the grace of God we had successful classes for three weeks . We suppose to complete 6 courses but we have completed the book of Galatians, First Thessalonians and Second Thessalonians, First Peter, Second Peter and book of Jude. Students they had their class room work, home work, memory work, weekly exams. Their class room running note books were being observes on each daily by each teacher. After the closing the daily classes students and staff work for the Healing Hands International Agricultural Gardening work in the evening and receive good exercise to the body and even they have been refreshed mentally also. We treat it as blessing of God and thankful to HHI for this wonderful provision .
We were highly delighted to share with you about the surprise visit of our International director Mr.Keith Kasarjian which took place on March 4th , 2020 at 11:00 am while our classes were being seriously going one . We are thankful to him for greeting all the teaching staff, non-teaching staff and students . He is kind enough to meet the building owner for keeping right relationship with them. He could able to check the stock room, kitchen room, Avro system (water purified), account books and appreciated my wife swarupa who serves in keeping accurate accounts and hygienic stock room. He appreciated the truth for today books which we collected for the for the library We enjoyed his great fellowship until he reached airport on March 5th , 2020. His sudden visit tells us his great concern and compassion for the Indian ministry. He encouraged the students and reminded them how much privileged they are to study in BVBI, he said that BVBI students are having two families, one is spiritual family of God and second one is the family of BVBI which functions in several other countries . We praise God for this great opportunity to be a part of these two families.
Regarding Covid-19 : Indian government has declared holidays for all the schools, colleges and universities due to threat of Corona virus. We had our staff meeting and decided to suspend the classes from March 23 Monday to 27 Friday). According to our India Prime mister action again Covid-19 We had full day curfew on last Sunday 22nd, 2020 from 7-00am to 9:00 Pm. Our local churches were able to obey the Govt , we met for the morning service at 4:30am to 6:30pm and evening service after 9:00pm. We planned for All India Gospel Preachers work shop which we suppose to conduct on March 25th, 2020 but we have been postponed the workshop , because all the trains and public buses have been stopped until March 31st,2020. We humbly share with you about the positive cases of Covid-19 in India and request your prayers for victims. We hope that you may add your prayers for other countries also. We are thankful to our International director Mr.Keith Kasarjian for sending a Video regarding the Corona impact, we thank him for trusting us and given freedom of choice to break the classes according to Governmental rules and regulations and public health sake. We feel as we are most privileged work with BVBI. We request you continual prayer and encouragement.
Thanking you.
Yours brother in Christ.
B.Vijaya Kumar
Behalf of BVBI-Tirupati, India.