Dear Brethren in Christ,
Greetings to you in the precious name of Lord Jesus Christ our savior. By the grace of God and your prayers we are all doing good, hope this email finds you all good. We thank you so much for your prayers, our Lord continues to bless our efforts in training Men to carryout the gospel to the lost millions.
Faculty meeting:
We had our first meeting faculty meeting for this year, also a meeting without our Director of the School Bro. Samuel Raju, we missed him so badly. The 12 yrs of his legendary work in establishing the Bear Valley School and sending over 60 preachers into the real world ministry has been a great encouragement for us. With the same spirit we have discussed about the future of the school, especially about ending the school year by next March and hold the graduation ceremony by the end of March or early April. We have finalized our school calendar to finish the classes which we were behind due to the effect of Corona last year.
Our graduates in Training & Preaching: our students Brother Nageswara Rao & M. Prasad has been doing outstanding job in reaching out several families in the area they are ministering. Nageswarao has been very helpful person in carrying our students to various places on our Van. By the way, we owe Rs. 72,000/- for the repair of the Van due to the accident in the month of December. Brother Nageswara Rao is a convert from a Baptist Church, our Director Bro Samuel taught him the truth; so during one of the memorial meeting held by the preachers in Vijayanagarm & Srikakulam District, brother Nageswara Rao spoke very highly of brother Samuel and Viskha Valley Bible College. He encouraged several preachers to send more students to our Bear Valley school.
Brethren, one of the attached pictures showing a night meeting held at the place where brother M. Prasad is preaching, he left the denominational doctrine after he entered into our school, he was baptized and helped the congregation to obey the truth. As a result some of the congregation left him, so the remaining were baptized and they are meeting every Sunday. They invited me to speak, it was my pleasure speaking to the church over there encouraged them to stay in the True Faith. The preachers living in this big city of Visakhaptnam are planning to hold regular meetings to reach many souls.
Need for Bibles & Gospel Tracts: Brethren we are in need of Bibles and Gospel Tracts. We not only distribute them during the Gospel campaigns but also several of our graduates take from us to distribute in their mission fields. We have printed distributed over 100 thousand with the help of Jerry & Paula, those gospel tracts are about , God’s plan of salvation, Baptism, One Faith, Church, Worship, Bible etc., over 12 different kinds of gospel tracts are in need of print, kindly pray for this need. Attached is a picture showing how the tracts are put for distribution at a night meeting by one of the graduate. Its every time need for Bibles, as several people are being baptized into Christ, its not only being reported but also we have been witnessing them.
Tailoring Institute: By the grace of God our school has become a service point in helping the people around to learn Tailoring education, while our preaching students learning in the morning hours, women from out side are learning classes at our Tailoring institute. This social service is being appreciated by several people around, this have given us a base to explain how Christianity benefits the society or community around us. Recently one Rotary Director visited and distributed course completion certificates to the students that have received free training at our school.
Gratitude: we would always love to extended our love and appreciation towards the brethren at Lake Houston & Strickland for their trust and confidence in the Lord’s work here, at the same time we wont forget the help of Jerry & Paula in running the preaching school, we look forward to working together for many years to come. Brethren please continue your prayers as the Lord’s work of Training Men continues to grow besides sever circumstances, please be mindful of the needs as well, thank you.
Our faculty and Students are sending their greetings to you all and seeking your prayers for their safety during the Corona Second wave, which is spreading so rapidly and death rate continues to increase. Please give our greetings to your family and to the Church family you worship with. God be with you.
In Christ,
John Dean M
For Visakha Valley Bible College