Dear Brethren in Christ,
I bring greetings from the students, staff and faculty of Visakha Valley Bible College. By the grace of God we are doing good. First of all we thank you so much for your prayers, certainly the offered prayers are of great encouragement not only to keep moving forward in training men but also to send out evangelists into the real world ministry.
Brethren, it is so delightful to talk about the great victory that God has blessed us with in continuing the school even in the cruel pandemic which has taken away several of our faithful brethren including our Director Brother M. Samuel Raju.
The graduation ceremony of the Class of 2022, was a wonderful time of celebration and fellowship. We praise God for blessing us with the presence of our brother Keith Kasarjian, Director of International schools. We appreciate him so much for wanting to be with us, certainly his presence made all the difference. Our graduates have invited their family members to join in this event of celebration. During this time we have invited local leaders as guests of honor. While they were present we have awarded a certificate of completion to the ladies who finished their course of study of 3 months in the Tailoring Institute that we are running through Visakha Valley Bible School. Those leaders who are not Christians have applauded the charity work we are doing.
Our special thanks go to Jerry & Paula Bates for their loving contribution to purchase megaphones and bicycles for the graduates. The students were thrilled to receive these gifts of encouragement. Certainly, these gospel tools are going to be of great help to travel and proclaim the word of God.
Brethren, we shall be breaking for the summer for a month, from the th30 of April. Classes will be resumed from 1st of June with a new Batch of Students for the year 2022-24. As of now we have 11 students enrolled and more have shown interest to come and join for the upcoming batch. Lord willing we shall be having more than 15 students for the upcoming batch.
Once again, we thank you the brethren at Lake Houston Church of Christ, Strickland Church of Christ for their continued trust and confidence in the preaching school work we have committed to do. We are thankful to the Elders of Bear Valley for recognizing our school as one of their international schools. We praise God for their wonderful leadership.
Please convey our greetings to all the brethren whom you worship with. Our special thanks to brother Mark Reynolds, Denny Petrillo, and Keith. God bless you all.
In Christ
John Dean M
Visakha Valley Bible College.