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Thursday, 24 January 2008

January 2008 update

Raj sent a report through today as an update of what he has been involved in and what some of his plans are for this year.......

I want praise God for is faithfulness. Last year has been a fruitful year. The Fishermen Trust is slowly getting shape with its challenges, thank you for all your support and prayers for making this God given vision into a reality.

This year begun with a youth camp in Yarcard for which I was the speaker. A group of church young people had come from Chennai for this camp. We had an amazing time together, it was great to see these young people recommitting themselves to God.

For the next four weeks I’m teaching a module in Adolescent Development for the Southern Asia Bible college students, this is the college I once studied where got my Bachelors in Theology. I have forty-nine students in my class, its exciting and inspiring. All these students are from all over India, it’s a rich experience empowering these students who eventually will be going back to their places and be involved with young people.

As this year has begins I need your prayers and support more than ever! I have lots of things lined up for this year, some of them are bigger than I imagined. I’ll keep you posted as the days come closer, but for now please can I request you to pray for :

February – ‘learn to swim’ camp for the under privileged young people, this is to teach young people how to swim, as many young people in this country don’t know how to swim as result there are many fatalities.

Pray for Charily who will be with me for two months , he is an energetic young man from Cranleigh UK , who is volunteering to helping me with some of the projects for a work experience.

March – Youth workers conference with Southern Asia Bible College. Youth workers conference in outdoor pursuits and training in Ooty

April – Youth camps , Adventures outdoor leaders meetings .

May – Dave and family arrival (pray for accommodation, good health, and for their time to be fruitful ) . (For more exciting news on our trip see www.thehiders.co.uk - Dave!)
More youth camps , Christian worship concert on the 31st May .

Many thanks for all your prayers and support.....