AT HYDERABAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, INDIA....
My First Meeting With Pastor Ramesh Babu-Peteti Of Little Blooms Children`s Orphanage, Andhra Pradesh, India ....
BELOW: BROTHER RAMESH AND HIS DEAR WIFE, SISTER LAKSHMI AND LITTLE BABY DENISE-GRACE ...
LITTLE BLOOMS CHILDRENS ORPHANAGE ANDHRA PRADESH ...
Dear Friends;
Warm and loving greetings in the precious name of our Blessed Moshiach, Yahshua ....
I thought that you may be interested in my recent trip to India, and so I include a partial report of the Gospel and Healing Campaign in Andhra Pradesh with Pastor Ramesh and his Co-Worker Pastors and the children of Little Blooms Orphanage..
I left London England on Tuesday Nov 24th arriving at Hyderabad Airport the following evening and being met by dear Pastor Ramesh and Pastor Vandana who escorted me by train and Cab, meeting with several other dear brothers on the way, reaching Pastor Ramesh's home where we were met by Pastor Ramesh's dear wife Lakshmi who welcomed us into their home and provided us with a lovely welcome meal.
Next morning Pastor Ramesh and his dear wife brought me to the Children's Orphanage where all the 44 Children were waiting for me and showered me with flower petals and garlands all the pathway up the the Orphanage Home.
Their exuberant, warm and loving welcome humbled me so much... I was introduced to all the children one by one who told me their names and said how happy they were to see me.
They sang and praised the Lord for quite some time and then I shared a little of the Lord's Word with them and we all shared a delicious welcome meal together... HALLELUYAH !!
EVANGELISTIC MISSIONS AMONGST THE TRIBAL PEOPLES.......
Pastor Ramesh and I conducted our first Gospel Service together in the grounds of Little Blooms Orphanage on Thursday evening, November 26th. the day after I arrived in India.
We had spent many hours in prayer that day in preparation for the Service...
Quite some time before the Meeting began many Hindu neighbours began arriving at the Orphanage seeking a touch from God. As the Service began almost 1100 people from the local Community were pressing their way into the Orphanage and the Service began with such exuberant prayers, praise, and worship to God. The Children of the Orphanage who sat up front were an absolute joy to behold as they worshipped and praised the Lord with such enthusiasm...
Pastor Ramesh got up to minister the Word of God in the Telegu language and the anointing of God that came down upon our precious brother as he ministered under the unction of the Holy Ghost was absolutely awesome !! My heart thrilled to see the power of the Spirit at work and moving through a vessel dedicated to the Glory of God... Truly the Word was declared in the power of God !!
After Pastor Ramesh preached for around 30 minutes he then called me to minister to the gathered multitude and after having preached for around the same amount of time, the Alter Call was given to receive Yashua as Saviour and hundreds of hands were raised in response to that Call... We then invited the sick and infirm to come forward for prayer and the response from Mother India's Children was truly awesome..hundreds responded for the Healing Prayers, young and old, men and women, boys and girls, mothers and grandmothers with children in their arms...Hindus and Christians all mingled together seeking a touch from the Good Shepherd Yashua ... And even tho we began praying for the many different needs of these dear precious people around 9:30pm it was well after 11:00pm ere we had prayed for all. Truly God was at work and we were humbled by His Divine Presence that night !!
As the throngs of people left the Grounds of Little Blooms Orphanage we wondered what God would have in store for us on the following evening's Service and we weren't disappointed !!!! HalleluYah !!!!
The second night of our Gospel Campaign on Friday evening was very much like the first, the Word was again preached in an awesome manner by God's young servant, brother Ramesh; I have seldom seen such an anointing on a young life dedicated to the Glory of God !! I was aware that this young servant of the Lord had spent much much times in fastings and prayers for these meetings and God did not disappoint him ... The Unction that was on the young Apostle as he preached the Word in power truly made the hairs of my neck stand up !!!
As I scanned the audience that night I was amazed as I saw hundreds upon hundreds thronging into Little Bloom's Grounds ... Much much more than the night before... In fact we later discovered that 1500 people came seeking the Lord that Friday night.
As on the previous night, brother Ramesh again invited me to minister the Word of God and having done so, the invitation was again made to the dear people to give their hearts to Yahshua and once again the response was staggering as hundreds of hands were raised in answer to the invitation !!...
Another invitation was given for the sick, afflicted and infirm to come forward for prayer and again it seemed like every person present thronged forward for a touch from YAHSHUA the Healer Divine !!! Truly it was well after midnight before we had ministered personal prayer to the seeking multitudes !!! We felt as if we were back in time, standing on the shores of Galilee watching the Healer Divine at work touching His beloved people once again !!! How privileged a people we are to have such a Blessed Saviour as Yahshua as our Great Shepherd ...
Once again as we left to retire for the night we wondered with expectant hearts what the next day would bring us as we gathered together in His Presence !!! ....
Our 3rd Gospel And Healing Service was on Saturday afternoon at Nashatra Street, near Repalle Village. Pastor Ramesh, Bro Kruparao, myself and a band of young men from Little Blooms travelled to this fishing community near the Bay of Bengal, where around 60+ Believers meet under the pastoral care of Pastor Matthew.
As the music and worship began, folks were already making their way to the Meeting place where some were already gathered. Soon the small Assembly area was filled and many stood around outside but also joining in the singing.
The location is a fishing community of extremely poor people but with a deeply loving heart and is predominantly Hindustani.
After Worship and Praise, Pastor Ramesh and I ministered the Word for around an hour, sharing the Story of God's Redeeming and Healing Power...and an invitation was given to these dear precious people to reach out to God in faith for Salvation and Healing from Yahshua... And the response being so great, we ministered personal prayer to everyone of these very poor but spiritually hungry dear Ones for around 40 minutes. Men and women, young and old, and little children, all pressing forward to receive a Touch from the Blessed Jesus.
After the Service was over these dear fisher-folk showed great kindness to all their visitors by providing them with a meal of freshly caught fish.
Truly, in these first few days of my trip to India, I have seen how very deeply loving the poorest of the poor are towards their fellow-man, Amen !!!
Above : Pastor Matthew, Brother Ramesh and myself..
Below Photo: Pastor Kruparao on the Left and brother SainuBabu
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Our 4th Gospel Outreach programme was held on Monday evening, 30th. November and Pastor Ramesh and his family along with Brother Kruparao and a team of young men from Little Blooms and myself travelled to Pamidmarru Village to conduct an 'Open Air Street Meeting' under the ministry of Pastor Matthew.
Lighting, Sound System and a Platform had already been set up, and a time of Worship, Prayer and exuberant Praise was already in progress as we arrived.
Each Evening and Daytime that we had gathered since beginning our Gospel Campaign the 'Weather Forecast' was for rain....but God stepped in on every occasion and drove the rain clouds away so that we ministered under clear skies daily, HalleuYah !!!
This night of the 30th was no different, God again held back the rains, and as Pastor Ramesh and I shared the Word together, the people sat on the ground for several hours listening to the Story of Jesus!!
Invitation was again given to receive a Divine Touch from the Ever-Living One, our Blessed Yahshua, and the great throng reached out to Him in expectation. A great deal of time was again spent in impassioned prayers to Messiah Yahshua on behalf of the hungering and seeking Souls. Elderly men, grandmothers, many young men and women, children and mothers with infants in their arms all desperately reaching out to Jesus in Faith .
Once again, it was well after Midnight ere we left the 'Open-Air Street Meeting' and ever before we reached our vehicle to go home, men and women on the dark roadside came running to us and literally grabbing us for prayer. Truly our hearts wept to see such hunger and yearning for a Healing Touch from the Good Shepherd Jesus, Amen !!
Tuesday night, December 1st. We again held an Open-Air Street Meeting, our 5th. Service together since arriving in India 6 days earlier, and the Venue this time at Vellaturu Village, where a Co-Worker of Pastor Ramesh, Pastor Joseph has a Fellowship of Believers.
The road to the Meeting Place was quite dangerous in many places and had become almost non-existant due to earlier severe flooding, but we had an excellent driver...a young Hindu brother called Gopi who expertly navigated the vehicle and guided us safely over the many deep 'pot-holes' and along the very dangerous roads with deep drops on each side.........
(PHOTO: GOPI OUR EXCELLENT DRIVER WHO TRAVELLED WITH US ON EVERY JOURNEY WE MADE DURING OUR INDIA TRIP..)
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When we arrived at our Meeting Place all was in progress and young children were on the Platform performing a Dance Routine showing the Blessed Jesus as the Peace-Giver.
Worship and Praise, an integral part of all Pastor Ramesh's ministry was convened by Pastor Ramesh, Pastor Joseph and dear Brother Kruparao. Brother Ramesh then preached from the Gospel of St John CH. 7 vs. 37-39, " If any man thirst let him come unto Me and drink" (Jesus speaking).... and unbeknown to Brother Ramesh, this text was the same one I had earlier chosen to minister from....this kind of 'co-incidence' had happened several times in other Meetings, and we rejoiced to know that God had given His servants a Message with the same Theme but delivered in his own particular way, HalleluYah !!!
After the preaching of the Word and an 'Alter-Call' given, again it seemed that the entire gathering of peoples pressed forward for personal prayer. We again ministered to all the people individually, laying hands on the sick and suffering and praying for deliverance from disease and demonic powers and for others desiring deliverance from Witchcraft.
Truly, day after day, night after night, Mother India's Children, old and young, were reaching out to this blessed Jesus in hope and expectation. And once again, afterwards, as we made our way back to our transport, many precious Souls along the way, youths and the elderly, waited for a Touch from Messiah Jesus though it was almost Midnight.
The yearning of hungry hearts and lives for a personal experience with our Yahshua was truly deeply heartening, HalleluYah!! Amen.
LITTLE BLOOMS GOSPEL AND HEALING OUTREACH CAMPAIGN...
OUR 6th. 'OPEN-AIR STREET MEETING' TOOK PLACE ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 3rd. AT KOLLURU VILLAGE WHERE A BAND OF BELIEVERS MEET UNDER THE MINISTRY OF PASTOR VANDANAM.
The Meeting Place we were heading for was a 'stone's throw' from our Tuesday evening Meeting and so we had to navigate the same almost non-existant road that we travelled that previous evening, but again, and as always, our experienced driver Gopi safely conducted us there.
When we arrived 2 dear families requested us to bless and dedicate to the Lord their newly-extended very humble homes... The Divine Presence of Him who graced the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary in wondrous love 2.000 years ago again made Himself manifest in the homes of these dear and precious Indian people, HalleluYah !!
Arriving at the 'Open-Air venue we saw that again a large crowd of local folks were already seated on the ground and a Team of young children were on the Platform doing a wonderful Dance Routine depicting the birth of Messiah Jesus. How joyfully and enthusiastically the children love to praise and worship God in Dance, just like King David of old.
A time of Worship and praise then began under the ministry of Brother Kuparao and other precious brothers. Pastor Ramesh then ministered from the Book of Revelation CH. 1 vs. 10 and in a wondrous way tied it in with the moral story of the King with the Invisible Clothes, presenting the Message with great humour at times and great solemnity at other times.
Then calling me to preach, I took as my Theme, the words of Job, "If a man die, shall he live again?" .... and preached from the Book of Hebrews CH. 9 vs. 27-29, "It is appointed unto man, once to die, but after this the Judgement".
An invitation was then given to the large Gathering of several hundred peoples to make their Eternal Destiny secure in Jesus, and again, as at other Gatherings, multitudes pressed forward to the Mercy Seat in prayer and dedication of their lives to Yahshua...Oh how wonderful it is to have to report the words 'and again' over and over after every meeting!!!
We then prayed for the Sick and Infirm amongst these desperately poor people commending them to the Grace of God and to His Divine Healing Touch, HalleluYah !!
It was well after Midnight before the large crowd had dispersed and as at other times and places, pockets of precious people along the roadside waited, calling us for prayer as we made our way back to our vehicle....Such hungry hearts, such patient people, but oh the Grace of a Mighty God who meets their longing needs with His Wondrously Divine Grace and Power... HalleluYah ...Amen !!!............
FRIDAY DECEMBER 4TH. AT AVANIGADDA VILLAGE, KRISHNA DISTRICT, WAS WHERE WE HELD OUR 7th. NIGHTLY 'OPEN-AIR GOSPEL AND HEALING CRUSADE' ...
Leaving Little Blooms and crossing the 3 Kilometers long Bridge over the Mighty Krishna River we entered Krishna District and headed 15 Kilometers into the Countryside for Avanigadda Village where Pastor Williams cares for a Flock of Believers.
After around 30 minutes we arrived at our Meeting Place where once again a vast crowd of local people and others from outlying areas had already gathered. Most of these precious people had been labouring in the Fields under a hot sun from early morning til after sunset earning but a few Rupees for a long and hard days labour, yet their yearning and longing for a Touch from Messiah Yahshua did not stop them from travelling to the Meetings, tho very weary, tired and sore.
Pastor Williams and several Brothers led in Worship and Praise for an hour, after which Pastor Ramesh preached on the 'Infilling of the Holy Ghost' taking as his text, the Scripture from St. John's Gospel, chapter 7.
He then introduced me to the large gathering and after sharing some personal healing experiences, I ministered from St. Matthews Gospel, CH 20 verse 28-34 of the healing of the 2 blind men on the Jericho Road and taking as my Theme, 'The Compassionate Christ'.
Afterwards, invitation was then given to the peoples to come forward for personal prayer and as on every previous gathering in other localities, the hungering seeking peoples thronged forward for personal prayer.
That evening again it was a deeply moving sight to see the very elderly and the very young, Hindus and Christians weeping and sobbing before God as they felt His Divine Hand upon them.
May God grant in His Infinite Love and Kindness that many received a Healing Touch from Him, Amen !!
PALLA-PATLA WAS THE VENUE FOR OUR 8th AND FINAL 'SCHEDULED' GOSPEL AND HEALING 'OPEN-AIR STREET MEETING' .. WHICH WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th......THE REST OF OUR GOSPEL AND HEALING MEETINGS WERE HELD IN CHURCH BUILDINGS OR OTHER INDOOR VENUES AS THE WEATHER IS MUCH COOLER AND WE DID NOT WISH TO HAVE FOLKS SITTING IN THE COLD ...
All these Nightly Crusade Meetings begin just after 8:00pm, because these extremely poor village people are working under the hot sun in the Paddy Fields all day long from early morning until 8:00pm each day....becoming quite exhausted and tired yet so hungry to meet with God that they will sit on the ground for several hours drinking in every Word spoken by God's servants!!
Every evening, these Gospel Services have begun with intense Worship, Prayer and Praise to God with dear brother Kruparao leading in singing after which both dear brother Ramesh and I have shared in the Ministry of God's Word. Here at our final scheduled Street Meeting it was no different. The Anointing of God and His Divine Presence has been our blessed portion daily, HalleluYah!!
A number of the older boys from Little Blooms Orphanage who are doing 'Electric courses` at College, Mahesh, Sai-Babu and Naga-Babu travelled with us daily overseeing many aspects of the Work, ie Microphones, Sound Systems, Video-ing, Photography as well as blessing the people when they sang as a Trio in the Services. Also another dear brother was our constant companion and helper, brother Sainubaba and Brother Kuparao and other precious dear Pastors ..... and of course, Gopi our driver has taken us safely to every Gospel Service and home again over roads which many well experienced foreign drivers would have found an impossibility to navigate, and also since it is the cooler season, many times we have encountered fog banks so unusual in their formation and so thick, that at times the roads as well as the surrounding areas were completely unseen, yet our young driver Gopi negotiated every obstacle with amazing expertise. We were certainly blessed of God to have such an one as our `Pilot`
(Photo: Brothers Sainubaba; Mahesh, Myself; Sai-Babu, Pastor Joseph and Naga-Babu)...
Once again as we arrived at our Venue, this time at Palla-patla, we spent some time in fellowship and in prayer for Pastor Yohan and his dear family, then we were conducted to the Meeting Place where a large crowd had gathered. I have been struck by how these dear extremely poor people, women as well as men, (whose weekly wages are less than the daily `pocket-money` of Western children) are so fervently hungry for God and for spiritual things. Though tired, weary, exhausted and sore from toilsome backbreaking work in the fields, they still come in great numbers to hear the Word of God and be prayed for.
As soon as an `Alter Call` was given, these dear ones wasted no time in responding and waited so very patiently in turn to receive personal prayer; Though hundreds joined the `prayer queue` not one left the queue til they had received personal prayer with the `laying on of hands`, even though they had to wait for up to 2 hours ere being ministered to.
God`s Divine Presence has been deeply felt in every meeting without fail, and testimonies of healings have been communicated to us by those who have been prayed for, Praise and thanks be to God for His unfailing Grace and Mercy.
Truly, at every venue we have been greeted so lovingly and treated with the greatest kindness, respect and honour. I am deeply humbled, thankful and grateful to be so honoured, loved and cared for by such precious people.
May God`s Divine Presence continue to bless, heal, and encourage my precious Indian brothers and sisters, Amen !!!
PHOTO BELOW ...GOPI OUR EXCELLENT DRIVER WHO TRAVELLED WITH US ON EVERY JOURNEY WE MADE DURING OUR INDIA TRIP..
BELOW: SPEAKING TO THE CHILDREN AT SUNDAY SERVICE AT LITTLE BLOOMS ORPHANAGE..
MY DEAR FRIENDS, .... Recently, (November and December 2015) I spent a month at LITTLE BLOOMS and can verify that this is indeed an Orphanage and charity worthy of your help and Donations. The Orphanage is a bona fide Charity registered with the India government and has it`s finance books regularly audited by professional solicitors. I can also verify, having seen the books, that every item that is purchased by Little Blooms is recorded in the audit books and every cent donated is also recorded (having seen the audit books I can confirm that Little Blooms gets very little support apart from a very few people who give a donation to help feed/school the children).
THE ORPHANAGE GETS NO HELP FROM THE INDIA GOVT. !!!
TO SPONSOR (feed, clothe and educate) ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES IS ONLY $40 / £27 PER MONTH...
Dear Friends, your loving donation to Little Blooms will help feed these 44 precious children. Please help !!
I met and chatted with every one of the 44 children at Little Blooms and I can also say that I have never met such polite, kind and helpful children and young folks in my life. In spite of the fact that these 44 children don`t always get a daily meal, there is always a smile on their faces and a helpful hand when needed!! Truly, dear friends, your giving to help these boys and girls will be deeply and thankfully appreciated by them !! God bless you !!
Pic Below :
Having A `Special Welcome Meal` With Brother Ramesh And The Children On My Arrival At Little Blooms From The U.K.
PHOTO BELOW ; PRAYING FOR 2 HINDU LADIES WHO ASKED US FOR SPECIALPRAYER AS WE PASSED A HINDU TEMPLE ONE DAY....
BELOW: MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR VERY PRECIOUS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN A TRIBAL VILLAGE....