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John Gabriel Report - September 2020


 

Yet another Blessing – Testimony from John Gabriel
 


John baptizing Gabriella

We were having a hard time because of the Corona Virus restrictions.  We could not meet in churches. No permission to conduct any kind of Bible studies or the meetings but I believe our God is greater than anything. He opened many houses for online fellowship and worship.

Yesterday Sunday (September 14th) my grand daughter Gabriella (daughter of  Liz and Zigi) decided to accept Jesus as her Lord and Savior and wanted to be baptized. The officials sanctioned to do it with less than 20 people.  Her close relatives, the  Pastor and his wife came to the service. It was a great blessing to me from our Lord to baptize her and see the third generation getting active in church. We  praise the Lord for everything. We left after the church service and the lunch with kids from the Children's Village. What a blessing!  Please pray for Gabriella to be a testimony for Christ through her life.




Pastor V.K. Mathew & his wife Laly with Gabriella, after the baptism

 



From Communism to Christianity -
Testimony of a house built by fellow Christians

 

Another house built for Varghese K K. His life is also a kind of miracle done by our God. His father and his family is our close neighbor. Sister of Varghese (Ponnamma) started to come to our home to help my wife. Kunjamma started to teach her Bible and she accepted Jesus and got baptized. But the whole family was against and her brother became a Communist Party member  to fight against us. But we prayed for them and showed the love of Jesus. My wife helped Ponnamma to study further.

After she completed her education, we invited her to come to Crossroads School to teach in the Kindergarten. She worked for a few years. We found a Christian boy and she got married. Through this connection, we could start a new work in their place Kappumthala and now we have a church there. We continued our prayers for Varghese and the family. It took several years for them to became Christians. His mother passed away a few years back. Father is 91 years and living with him. His wife being mentally unstable, he has put the kids at our orphanage in the hope for better education.The house that they lived in was dilapidated and ready to fall any day. Pampady church prayed about it and I encouraged the Christians to collect the money to buy all the materials.

Our preachers and believers did all the construction work voluntarily and we could finish the work last week. Nobody dreamed anything like this. Our God is so powerful to bring this guy from communism to Christianity. Now he is working in Crossroads school. Praise the Lord!


The house just being finished

Varghese and his family

91 year old father is thrilled to see his newly painted room


Outdoor Auditorium for the School

Another blessing came through my crucial time. We urgently needed an outdoor auditorium for the school. I did not have any money for that project. The estimate came to $25700. It was a huge amount for me but I trusted in our living God and decided to start. I am excited to share the miracle God has done.

Last month I got a mail from Crossroads Church in Portland. I opened the envelope to see a check for $19013.32. If we trust in God He will provide for our needs. This special amount is benefited to use for that auditorium. Now I need only $6000/- more and I trust in the same God that he will raise some more people to get that money. We praise the Lord for his wonderful miracle. On behalf of the Lord's work in India I extend our heartiest thanks and gratitude to Crossroads where I was ordained as a Minister of Christ in 1985.


Outdoor Auditorium


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Kerala Christ Church Mission:



P.B No.5‚ Pampady‚ Kottayam‚
Kerala‚ India.
Phone: +91.481.2505259
Email: john@kccm.in 

 


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