Update from Pastor Moses ... Manipur

Please remember Pastor Moses & his ministry in our Prayers.

God's bless.

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Dear Friends,

Thank you so much your constant prayers for us.

As mentioned earlier we are organising a Seminar and Celebration from 5th to 7th October, 2010 with the Theme: Redeeming our Land. Manipur needs redemption. The Programme is organised by Indo-Agape Ministry, and the Resource persons will be mainly from South Korea. They were here last year and having witnessed the good response from the people (Christians) of Manipur they have invited themselves this year. Not only are they coming on their own expenses but they will also contribute towards some of the local expenses too. So we are left with only half of the expenses to raise.

Although I am not part of the Indo-Agape ministry, I was asked to co-ordinate the programme. Since it is a huge programme covering most of the Districts of Manipur, we needed to raise active volunteers to mobilise the programme. The challenge is great, with less than a month before the Event we are working overtime to make it happen. It is also encouraging to see the young peoples' enthusiasm. We meet almost everyday working on how to control/organise the expected big crowd especially on the 7th Oct. evening. From last year's experience we learnt that there will be unexpected elements/groups who could be disruptive to the programme. We are praying hard for the weather too. October is towards the end of monsoon and when it does rain it could be heavy. So please uphold us in your prayers for the weather, health, unity amongst the organising team and needed finance.

Thank you for your concern also for our land. We are crawling back to normalcy. As I said earlier it will take time to heal. The real consequences will be slowly felt, when the harvest will be below normal since most the people depends on the results of the crop (0ver 70% of the people of Manipur are farmers, dependent on farm products). I was thinking of sending you a picture of the queu at petrol pumps. Fuels are distributed to the general public thrice a week and one vehicle can fill only 6 ltrs at a time. so you can imagine the queu, only the patient ones are able to get hold of the limited stock available. I am not one of those, especially with the busy schedule, mine is a motor bike so I dont need huge amount of fuel. Most of the other essential commodities are now available but not much changed in the price tag. Although the Eco-Blockade is still in force it is low key and quite insignificant. It doesnt have much impact on the society as was earlier. Yes, we are slowly back to normalcy. Thank you for your prayer and concern. God bless you.

Lalita continues to look after the home well since I am most of the time away from the family, I go to work about 8 in the morning and return after dark, when the baby is about to tuck in to bed. So very little time with our little Jedi. She also helps with the Friday Mothers Bible Study and Prayer Fellowship in the locality, she is doing great in her own little capacity. She understands what I do and I am encouraged and Thank God for her.

A brother
Moses