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Love Your Neighbor as Yourself It has been a great blessing to serve in our neighborhood. Where we live, we are surrounded by schools and families’ homes. Due to the lockdown, there is a teacher who has had a hard time getting salary from a school. The principal of that school, who is also our friend, shared about how the teacher hasn’t been able to get a salary for the past 4 months. We were then able to help give 17 teachers from the school some bags of rice and oil. The day we distributed the food, we had good fellowship with each other and prayed together. My wife served us coffee and cake. It was a great blessing to see the teachers happy faces and make a connection with them. The principal shared with us that it felt like we are a big family helping each other in this time of suffering. It was a real heart-touching moment. We praise God to have such a wonderful neighbor. Please keep praying for our teacher friends who have given their lives to serve in this Christian school. They are sharing their faith in this Hindu and Buddhist community. ...

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” (Isaiah 55:1) It is always great to invite people for different programs, especially for our annual Christmas program. More than that, we love to see the people actually come and attend the program! We always say that it is not us, but God who has brought them–like in the days of Noah when God brought all of the male and female animals inside the Ark. We know that we are not worthy for their presence, but God loves His people and wants to save them, so He leads them to come. ...

So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”(Acts 16:31) We are seeing people being saved through the power of the Holy Spirit! Their entire households are getting saved! One family, who was Buddhist, came to Christ last year. God has blessed their life abundantly and they are sharing their faith with their family and neighborhood. A month after they accepted Christ, there was a Big Buddhist Festival. The family decided to go shepherd their cattle instead of facing the pressure to worship a false god and do Buddhist rituals. I was amazed how they reacted to such a big challenge in their life! Please keep praying for this family to be so strong in their faith and in God’s Word. ...

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble.” James 1:27a This was a month where we had a great opportunity to serve children in a slum area of the capital. These are the children who live in a big city but in small homes, big people with a small life-style, big city but less opportunity. This city has many high quality schools, but the children from the slums attend very poor quality schools. This city has schools that teach people who come from all over the country, but they neglect these children right here. More than that, these children need Jesus who can transform their lives. Our aim is not to change their life-style, which is secondary, but we want to give them Jesus, which is primary. We thank the Lord for the visiting team who went with us to minister to all of these children. Every time we come here, they are so friendly to us and want to be a part of our lives and want to know us. We praise God that He allows us to serve these young lives! ...

“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." (Acts 4:19-20) Listening to the news about persecution in the world and about our country’s new constitution made us think more about stepping out in our faith for the sake of the Gospel and knowing that the Word of God is above all. Psalm 119:89-90 says, “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.” As the Word of God says, “His faithfulness endures to all generations,” so why shouldn’t we proclaim His good news during this Resurrection week and invite our community people/friends, etc. All of the Bible College students were excited to sing worship songs, perform Gospel dances, and share testimonies. It was a great time to see so many people listening to the Good News. It was a great time with all of our friends and family who attended our outreach program. We were able to tell them about Jesus and what love He demonstrated 2000 years ago for us. It was on Good Friday that we invited people to attend Calvary Chapel for the program that the Bible college students planned. We all said together, “It’s God who did it and brought people to whom we shared the Gospel.” Please pray for those who heard the Good News on that day. Praise God! ...

And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” Roman 10:15 How Will They Hear - Radio Ministry Taking Place This past month, God granted me the opportunity to teach on the radio from the Gospel of Luke, which is broadcasting to 5 million people in the Valley as well as thousands more who listen on the internet. As you may know, there is a very small percentage of people in our country that are Christian. The majority of the population are Hindu and Buddhist and most have never heard the Word of God taught verse by verse. There are people listening from all levels of society, including those who are in jail. Please pray that as the teaching of the Word of God is broadcast, lives would be transformed and many would come to know Jesus personally. ...