Greetings in precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Again begin the opposition and attacks in 2011. Our fellowship missionary and his wife and their believers were attacked in last Sunday for sake of gospel. Since last few years they are facing the same things. Twice were beaten and last year was their rent house forcibly asked to vacate and thrown the house materials from group of anti-Christian. After that, no any proper house to stay in Dudda. They were conducting the worship service in village’s believer’s house in different house as mobile worship service. Those anti-Christian were observed their each walk and followed to attack the believers and missionaries. Believers were socially poor and spiritually rich in their faith. When I and Lessee visited and encouraged them and asked the location. But they were denied to leave that place. They are ready to die for sake of gospel in that place. They said that, if we leave that place, those believers will scattered as sheep without shepherd. Please pray for that place called Dudda and surrounding village believers and missionaries who are working in all hard time without any proper security and justice in villages. No body is willing to give the rent house for gospel work.

Dudda, (Karnataka): Pastor Chandrashekar was conducting a usual Sunday prayer service on 23-01-2011, Sunday, at 11 a.m. at the residence of Mr. Rajanna, a believer, in Dudda coming under Hassan district of Karnataka. About 35 other believers were also present. We understand that a group of about 10 Bajrang Dal fundamentalists, led by Shivakumar, Raghu and Veera, forcibly entered the house and stopped their worship and continued to abuse them using the foulest of language. They also forcibly took possession of all their bibles.

The police from the Dudda Police Station, on learning about the incident, came to the spot and took some of the believers to the police station for a detailed inquiry. In the mean time the We also got in touch with the Police Sub Inspector, Mr. Thimmaiah, who after taking an undertaking in writing from them that they should not visit houses in the village and try to convert the villagers to Christianity, let them go home.

Pastor Chandra Shekar belongs to the Our Fellowship only, at Tiptur, and he has been serving the ministry for the last 8 years, and this is the 4th attack on him. The believers who were detained by the police and had to give an undertaking in writing are: Pastor Chandra shekar, Rajanna, Bagya, Netra, Shiva, Sunitha and Doreswamy. They were detained in the police station for more than 4 hours. Please pray for them.Please see the photo of bro, Chandrashekar and his wife Chandrakala. Since last five years back married but no any children. They need your special prayer.

In His Grace Alone, Joy Jacob & Lissy Calvary Gospel Centre Chamundi Extension, 5^th Cross Gandhinagar Tiptur-572201 Karnataka-India Cell: 94482-97787

Loving greetings in precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! How are you? Thank you so much for your all regular prayer and encouragement for our ministry. Thank God for answering the prayer of persecuted area of Bro, Chandra Shekar and Chandrakala in Dudda area. We met one of Ex-prime minister Deve Gowda son friend from local area and found a rent house for worship service and talked with local police station permission for conduct the worship service in the same rented house. The local police are willing to give the every Sunday two police as protection during the worship service. How God changes the situation through prayer. God can change any harden heart like Pharaoh and remove all the blocking of red sea and even Jordan. Thank God for He is doing in His work in His own way. Your all prayer is precious than diamond and gold. We learnt that, prayer can change any hard situation. Please continue to pray for our ministries.

This year begin itself two of small kids Tarun and Bindhu are suffering from chicken pox. Please pray for not spread to others. I am going to sending the Christmas program photos by attachment. Please pray for children home children and their education. God may give the heavenly wisdom and grow in godly manner. Please pray for beggar’s colony children Sunday school program. There are also some children suffering from chicken pox. They need your prayer. Please pray for our missionaries and their families and new converted believers. My wife Lissy is giving the sewing trainning to downtrodden,widows and poor womens. By the grace of God, sharing the love of Christ to those ladies and some of the ladies attending the Bible study and Sunday worship service. Some of women earning good money through garment factory. Many women become a self confidence and generating the income to run their family.Please pray for Lissyand sewing trainning. Thank you so much for your love, fellowship and all the leadership and guidance to serve our Master in better way. May God Bless!

Your humble brother & sister in Christ,

Joy Jacob & Lissy

Loving greetings in precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! It is a time of school annual examination. Orphanage children are preparing to appear their annual examination of March middle week. They are doing the revise of their school lesson. After annual examination will be usual vacation bible school will be conduct in our base centre.

I would like to share a revival among our children home children. One of the girls is studying in 8^th grade in our children home. Her name is Nandini. She was praying for a anointing of Holy Spirit since last one year. While she was going before the bed used call to other children and made a group to pray for Holy Spirit. While they were praying together in midnight and Holy Spirit came upon them and begun to speak unknown tongue. The Holy Spirit fire was spreads over to every child. Children were filled with Holy Spirit. Really it was a great change happened to every child. Whenever gets free time conduct group prayers. Boys are pray in chapel and girls are pray in girls home. Totally atmosphere is changed and good deliverance is taking place in here. The Lord is doing the signs and wonders through these little children, Psalms 8:2.

Please pray for a newly family attending the fellowship. His name is Chandra. They went to the entire temple and soothsayers and witchcraft people but no any deliverance. At last one of our church believers told them about Jesus and His deliverance from all witch craft evil power. One evening entire their family came to evening prayer service. While children were begun to praise and worship the Lord in our chapel. The evil power is begin work and roll in chapel and shout like anything. While we were prayed together with one another evil power gone away from their body. Please pray for Chandra and his wife and 3 grown children. Please continue pray for their spiritual growth. Neigh ours are teasing and opposing to attend the church. Please pray for them and fear of people may go away from their life.

While children were prayed for HIV sick woman Sumangala. God is healed her and attending the church. Please pray for her husband Ramaiah. God is doing the miracle through little children. Let us pray each other and lift up the name of God in every occasion and do expansion of His kingdom. Thank God for your all prayer and encouragement for our children ministries. Please pray for their annual examination. Our children are remembering in our daily prayer for you all. May God Bless!

In His Grace Alone,  Joy & Lissy

Greetings in precious name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Thank you for your all prayer and support for orphanage.The Calvary children home children are built on ordinary children accomplishing extraordinary things because of God working in and through them. When children are praying and praising miracles taking place through little children. How God is using the our children midst heathen children in school. While they are attending the usual in school. One of the school met was some heart problem and fallen in morning school assembly. Immediately children home children went near to him and started to pray for sundar. Soon after stood before the school teachers. Immediately headmistress called sundar parents and told the things happened in school assembly. His parents said that from child hood onwards he had hole in heart. He can' t walk more and do any heavy work. One of the teacher said that, children home children were prayed through name of Jesus and immediately stood that boy. Soon after sundar parents took him to a doctor. While doctor was testing the boy. There is no more holes in his heart. The parents came with sundar to orphanage and given the cakes to all the children. We have shared the gospel to sundar parents and given the kannada new testament to them. They are willing to come on Sunday for worship service. Sundar is also ready to come for Sunday school. Please pray for half yearly exam of our children. It will start from sept,23, 2011. May God Bless!

In His Love,
Joy & Lissy
Calvary Children Home
Tiptur