Hindu

One look at our television screens tells us that COVID is rife amongst India’s 1.3 billion population.

Despite the obvious difficulties of living under this crisis Samson, his family and the children remain well.

Samson continues to have a weekly check from Government Officals who remain very satisfied with how the orphanage is being run but they continue to emphasise the need for bunk beds for the children. Samson states that 60 of these beds would be required. This is a major undertaking and the subject of much prayer amongst the member churches of the Indian Orphanage Project.

Despite their difficulties the children sem happy as evidenced by these videos

In a telephone conversation with David Ince in July Samson mentioned that he had received many requests for Bibles and Prayer due to concern over COVID-19 from non-Christians, both Hindus and Muslims and that he was struggling with demand.

A figure of 400 NIV Bibles in Telugu was agreed as a sensible amount and a supplier – OM Books based in Hyderabad agreed to supply and deliver at a cost of £1,000.

This cost was met by generous donations from the churches involved in the Indian Orphanage Project

They were supplied together with free evangelistic literature, also in Telugu via the George Verwer Fund under Operation Mobilisation. Due a favourable exchange rate 474 Bibles were supplied. The Bibles will be revered by those who receive them as even in a largely Hindu country the Bible is still regarded as a holy book.

We have prayed for Samson as he distributes these Bibles and the literature – that the Bibles will be of great blessing to the recipient – that they may come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour – that there will be much rejoicing in heaven. All the distribution completed under the difficulties posed by the COVID 19 crisis.

The Bibles have arrived and Samson has sent these pictures with his heartfelt thanks