India, Asia
IND18 - NGM Reach Out Training Centre : Partnership Reports
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Report Date: April 4, 2018
Report from BHW India Partnership Facilitator
In January 2018 Bright Hope World ran a summit in Bangalore for all our Indian and Nepalese partners. This was an amazing time which almost every one of our partners attended. In total we had about 40 people from India and Nepal and another nine from New Zealand, England and the USA.
We prayed this would be a time where our partners met one another (many for the first time), learned from each other, were encouraged in the Lord, and went home inspired to keep serving the Lord in their communities. The Lord answered our prayer.
It was so encouraging, and inspiring, to listen to every partner share their ministry’s story. From those who have been serving in ministry for 30+ years, to those who have just started in the past 18 months, every story impacted this gathering of believers.
Running the conference in Bangalore meant I couldn’t visit each of the partners in their own environment and so I am only able to provide a brief update from each of the partnerships.
NGM Reach Out Training Centre
Z came to the conference with her brother, A. He was not well while there but it was good to get to know him better. The ministry is based around their family.
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She told her story which captivated the people. It is a remarkable story, especially the part about the way the extended family reacted to her family becoming Christians. The persecution and threats of death were very frightening for her as a 10–11 year old. She is very happy that although the family will not officially talk to her family, she has been able to meet with some of her cousins which excites her.
The Neighbours ministry has been operating for 10 years but has really flourished in terms of impact since beginning partnership with BHW in 2016. They are very thankful for the partnership. They are about to start skills training, income generation and micro-loans for those coming out of another faith and are excited to be able to add this to the services they can offer to people.
Prayer
1) They are starting income generation through micro-loans and other activities at the moment - pray that it will be successful and helpful
2) Pray for the local M's to come to the Lord, a new fellowship is starting among them
3) Pray for the skill development wing of NGM Reach Out Training Centre
4) Pray for the safety and support of the workers so that as a team they will overcome all the challenges through God’s strength
