Hello Team, I never imagined that I would be this sad while writing a newsletter. It has always been a great joy to write to you about all of the things God has been doing here. But, the month of May has been the most difficult season so far. Depending on the severity of the spread of the Corona virus, different states have been locking down their states different times. In my state, May was a month of lock-down. Still, we are in lock-down during this month of June. We are allowed to go out only from 6 to 10am. (It is different for government employees.) We have seen more than 400,000 cases in a single day. Thousands of children became orphans, and multitudes died in the past couple weeks. Day by day, we are hearing about new things- like the black, white, and yellow fungus. So, yes, we are in real trouble, real fear, and real loneliness. As a nation, our country, sent a vaccine to several other countries. But the government has failed to get the vaccine to its own people. We are in lack of the vaccine. No one really knows when we could all be vaccinated. Since it is a huge country with a big population, it is a big mess with the virus everywhere. I have had Covid already (during the 1st wave) and now we are having the 2nd wave here. In other states of our country, the 3rd wave is also devastating the people and nation. Maybe some or most of you have been watching in the news what is happening with our country. Apart from this sad update, I have some good news too! The first thing is that God has been so faithful! He kept us so safe all of these days. Even in the future days, He is the One who will keep us safe. The second thing is: When I started my YouTube channel, I thought of teaching only in my own language. Some friends of mine from different countries were saddened because they cannot understand my language. So, they wrote me personally and that led me to try to teach in English. In these English language videos, I want to talk about basic things that people are confused about from or in the Bible–both doctrinally and theologically. Currently, I am working on that video to come out. So, yes, we need your prayers and I need your prayers. I hope it is going to be all over with this virus in the next couple months. Thank you for keeping spreading love. Blessings, Pastor 7 *Names and faces have been changed or omitted for security reasons. ...

Hello Team, Hope you all are well and thank you for all your prayers! Last month was a month of fellowship and teaching. I taught 1st Corinthians to the students here. They had a lot of doubts and questions. The beauty is that the Word of God has filled their hearts with answers and solutions. I am so glad that every time I teach this book, in different places with different students, the people are understanding; what Christianity is, how the church should be organized, how spiritual gifts should be operated, and many more things that a Christian has in his or her life as they walk with the Lord Jesus. By the end of the book, they are able to recognize what is the ‘religion’ and what is the ‘way’ and what is godly and what is not godly within the church. ...

Dear Team, I am so blessed that I was able to release two more Youtube videos recently on 1st Corinthians. I am receiving so much encouragement from many different countries personally and publicly. It is a great platform to teach verse by verse and to get to interact with people that you would have never otherwise been able to with the Word of God. Some of the people called me on the phone, some messaged me, and some asked me to add English subtitles so that they can understand what I am teaching. Lord willing, I will try to implement some of their suggestions. It is a great joy to have several comments and suggestions from different parts of the world. ...

I hope you had a great Christmas and New Year! " Whether the world or life or death or things present or things to come - all are yours. And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s." -1st Corinthians 3:22&23 Even though Paul’s context is different than the context I am writing here, I have found great comfort through these verses. God took care of all of us during the most stressful times of history. When I read those last words of the verse ‘‘and you are Christ’s", I was able to stop and rest in His hands. ...

I had a great opportunity to visit pastor 6* and his Calvary Chapel church a few days ago. After several months of lock-down and severe spread of Covid, this was the first time I was able to teach in public. My online teachings are going well. However, it is challenging to put everything in order and to release them online. I am so happy that a normal chat with the students became an incredible opportunity to teach verse by verse in my language. What I understand about 1st Corinthians has changed my whole perspective about church and being a Christian. I am praying and hoping that people who are watching the videos will learn many things about the Truth. ...

My time in the North taught me many things. It was a good place to stay for a semester, a good experience to be alert in the ministry, and a super good new page in my life. It was the lock-down. We were all eating less food and thinking about the next days provisions. Everybody had these two questions in their minds: “How many days are we going to stay here?” and “How we will reach our homes back in the South?” There were no classes going on, because we didn’t know when the local intelligence policemen would come and inspect us. (They don’t want to see anything happening in regards to Christianity.) Our only belief (about it) was “We are under lock-down, but the Word of God is not.” ...

The lock-down has brought so many new things to all of us. I want to share with you how we survived and had a great fellowship even in the midst of tough circumstances. Right after I reached the North, within 3 weeks, the lock-down was started. I had been asked to teach Inductive Bible Study prior to starting my actual teaching; Leviticus. The new students were so blessed to learn the Inductive Bible Study. It was great to have some people with my same language from the South in the college. We made good friends with people in the local community and prayed for their salvation. ...

It is a privilege and a great honor for me to see fruit in our students’ lives! It makes me feel even more responsible to invest into many more young people who love the Word of God. It makes me so joyful when I see the different ministries that they are doing during their semester break. Sometimes they even go to distant communities to spread the true Word of God. I was able to be in contact with the students through WhatsApp and phone calls. I could support them with prayer and talk with them about how things were going in their ministries. They shared with me the discouraging and encouraging things that they faced while they ministered. ...

Before we concluded the semester, we donated old wood to a ministry that serves mentally disabled people. (I mentioned that we visited the ministry in my last email). Students spent time talking with the disabled people there and served food. Then we went to a local entertainment center for a fun day at the end of the semester. It was really a huge blessing to be able to be a part of the conference which was held in the north. It reminded me of so many things regarding the ministry. The boost I experienced from the different Calvary Chapel pastors was so great! We all were encouraged to meet people from different states of the country serving in the ministry under the same umbrella. ...

A lot happened here within the last couple of months, and there is a huge need for prayer! This is truly a great semester with many official challenges; however, it is beautiful to watch how God oversees all of the things going on and turns them to glory for His name’s sake! There are a few things that I would like to share with you all, and also let you know how we are doing! ...