Work Reports

Dear Friends

We wish you Happy and Prosperous New Year 2011. We are daily remembering you in
our prayers for you and your family. By the grace of the God and by your fervent prayers
and financial help we are doing well and able to eat and survive. Please find the work 
report of the month of December 2010.

Statistics

1. Baptisms 4
2. Worship in 6 congregations
3. Bible classed in 3 congregations
4. Thanks giving prayers 5.
5. Private Bible study 76
6. Gospel meetings 2
7. Visiting the sic 11
8. Opening celebration of Makkenavaripalem church of Christ building
9. Memorial meetings 5
10. Birthday meetings 2
11. Visiting the aged and widows 27
12. Feeding. started the Aged, infirmed and widowed 
13. Preachers training class Saturday
14. Preachers get together 
15. Indian Christian school and Home.

Name of the congregation Weakly Avera. Attend. Weekly avera Contributi
1. church of Christ in Makkenavaripalem 56 $ 7.70
2. church of Christ in Subbaiahpalem 34 $ 5.95
3. church of Christ in Ramanjaneyapuram 37 $4.10 
4. church of Christ in Boggaram 15 $2.75
5. church of Christ in Rajanagaram 16 $2.40
6. church of Christ in Massed Manyam 21 $1.90 

It is good to report you that by the grace of God and your help Makkenavaripalem church of Christ building was completed. This construction was started on 9th May, 1997. We started it with the locals funds . At last Now we are able to completed the building in the month of December 2010 and We celebrated Opening program on 30th December. Several preachers also participated in this program. All of the members attended for this program and some other attended for this program. We are thankful for you kind help for the completion of the building. 

We had a private Bible study in Chennupalli village . It is my native place. They asked me to visit them and preach for them. We had an wonderful bible study there. We discussed about many things like, instruments, Lord’s day and Sabbath , Baptism etc. Finally 4 young people baptized in to Christ.. Their names are Iyyanna, Raja, Pullaiah, Nageswarao. We have totally had the bible study with 76 people. Some of them are Hindu higher cast and others and denominational people.

We started to feed the aged, infirmed and widowed from 16th December.. We started it in Subbaiahpalem village with 11 people. We are providing one meal every day for these people. I felt sad about their situation. They are neglected by their children. Sorry I wrongly type the name of the village in my previous report. It is not in Makkenavaripalem village but it is in Subbaiahpalem village. You can find the name in the pictures taken at the time of starting it. Now they are glad and sending their thanks to you. 

We are planning to start this feeding program in Makkenavaripalem village too. Now we have good building here too. Some of these aged and widowed like to sleep in the building at night times. 

I Conduct a small Gospel meeting in Poranki village in Krishna district. There are 28 people attended the meeting and I sow the seed there hope He will give the fruit there.

I continue to visit the village Kothapalli and some other tribal area in the district of Prakasam. I will inform you if we have any responses from there.

On 19 I preached in the village Yellamandala church of Christ. They conduct anniversary program in there congregation. It is at the distance of 4 miles from my city Narasaraopet.

I preached in a memorial meeting of Bro.Moses who was a preacher in Narasaraopet. There 37 above people attended for this program.

We conducted a special thanksgiving prayer meeting in the house or Bro.Lingaih on 31st of December in Makkenavaripalem village.. They built a small house . They thank Lord and conduct this prayer meeting in their house. Several members of the congregation attended for this program. Some other denominational people also attended and we preached there. In this way I continue to teach the members to strengthen them with the word to be faithful until the end by regular visits to their families, by conducting family prayer meetings, thanks giving prayers, and also use baby showers , I use every chance to teach them the word.

I am encouraging two children of a widow Mangamma (who is suffering with HIV) by paying the fees for their education. She is from Ramanjaneyapuram village. Those children are in Intermediate course. We dont have intermediate course in our Indian Christian School now.

We are able to lease the 10 cents of land for the school need. We leased papers are in my hand. The registrar of gave at the end of December. Now I have some land to show the government to get the accreditation and also we paid the permission fees already . We are working to get other papers like police permission, fire permission etc. We will submit the papers as soon as the all of the papers gathered.

Prayer request:
1. We need to complete the Ramanjaneyapuram church of Christ building. Prayers and help is needed.
2. We need to get the land for the school to make it as permanent one. It need your prayers and help.

We need your prayers and encouragement to continue the Lord’s work. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. (Colossians 3:17) 

My son Bharath, wife Vijaya help a lot in the work. One Brother from Ramanjaneyapurm name is Subbarao aged about 65 attending the preachers training class . He has no wife but he is assisting me to serve the Lord’ s supper in Ramanjaneyapuram. And one Bro.Kalava Raju assiting me in the work at Massed Manyam church of Christ. Bro.Sagar assist me in Boggaram church of Christ. We have 6 members attending for the training class. 

Here in India we have several Bible correspondence courses in India. But there is no complete Bible correspondences course in my language Telugu. Most of the correspondence course are with brief description of the Bible and doctrine. But this course will be from Genesis to Revelation. It need hard work assistance of several people. And we will conduct the counseling class 2 or 3 days for the students who joined in this Bible correspondence course. We can use good commentaries to prepare the lesson and some good sites. Most of the people like to study the word from there houses. In this way we will bring the Gospel to their door step.

My younger daughter Nyna has a request i have been neglecting it for the last two years. Now she is studying Intermediate course. As you know she is anemic and was admitted in the hospital two times in the last two years.One time we inject some blood too. You know she was fell in a whole when I was in usa. But it seems she recovered. She is not able to digest much food. Doctors diagnosed that she has thyroid problem. Because of this she is not able to digest much food occasionally she vomiting the food. She has to ride 3 miles to go 3miles to come from her college by bicycle each day two times. We are using medicines for her health problems. Her request is she is not able ride cycle because of the cycling her legs painful.I hope and pray she will recover soon. She requesting me to buy a scooty. Scooty is a small ladies motor cycle. Pray for it.

We pray my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in Glory by Christ Jesus. Amen.

In the Love of the Lord
Yours Brothers in Christ
B.Esudas
B.Bharath Bhushan