Walk the land.

This past month has been good. Four weeks have already gone teaching the Dts students and it has been an exciting journey. I am thankful that God has chosen me to minister to the young students at the school.

. The biggest encouragement that I received this month was "" To walk the land"". My heart and my dream is to work in the Himalayan belt particularly in the world of Buddhism. Just as Abraham walked on the promise land being obedient to God although he did not receive it while walking the land, so am I to walk the Himalayan belt even though I don't have the slightest clue of what God holds for me in the near future. I find it so difficult sometimes to do this but as I walk the land I'm never alone. The Rider on the white horse as seen in the book of Revelations rides with me along with all my prayer warriors. Thank You for standing with me.

Some of the highlights of this month are teaching and training my students on worship, quiet times, nature and character of God and so on....
Visiting churches and houses are some of the regular things that we do.
Wow...ministering here in Arunachal Pradesh is not easy. From the things we need all the way to the things we do....ain't easy at all. Yes it's building me up but some times I'm overwhelmed with disappointment. Although I'm so very unstable at times, my hunger and thirst for my King only gets bigger and bigger. God has been so gentle and patient with me. Much more than I deserve. I'm so blessed.
Finally my team and I are planning to go do an outreach this Christmas.

Please pray:

That God will open the right door for us to do our outreach.

Pray that God will continue to use me as I invest into my students.

I have been suffering a lot with a serve cold and cough. It's been a long time now. I'm unable to sleep well and lack of sleep gives me unbearable migraines.

Since I'm 24/7 always with my students, I honestly lost the feeling of good rest like the way I do at home. I extremely miss my K-Home culture.

Lastly pray that God the provider will provide all that we need to run our school.

With Blessings....
Thnak You.

Thank you for all your prayers. This month the Lord provided my DTS with all the finances we needed to pay up the advance amount for the new house. A man of God visited us and paid off the other 50% of the deposit for our new house. We trusted God and believed Him to provide for us and He did. I’m so thankful for your prayers.

I had an awesome time during the North East YWAM conference. I felt like the Lord rekindle my passion for the lost and the unreached people groups. Listening to all the ministry reports from all across YWAM North East and Bhutan was so amazing. The kingdom of God is moving in such a fast pace and just the thought of me being part of it is even more awesome.

I’m feeling so refreshed spending time with family and friends. I feel like I’m carrying with me many bags of blessings to go and bless all those that are with me in the North East. On a Sunday night during fasting prayer at K-Home, I felt so encouraged as my family laid their hands on me and prayed for me.  Words of encouragement overwhelmed me. Listening to my little brothers and sisters nourishes me boosts me to serve Jesus more than before.

I’m so glad to take two of my sisters with me to Arunachal Pradesh as they have committed to do a Discipleship Training School at my place. They will be working with me. They are the answer to our prayers. My team and I have been praying for a long time for God send us students for our DTS, but I never thought that my sisters would be the ones to answer that prayer request.  Exiting things are yet to happen. I’m refreshed and ready to go back to the field and give Jesus my best.

Prayer requests;

·         I want to lead my students with the wisdom of Christ. I want His favour to rest on me.

·         Please pray for my DTS. I want all my team members to encounter Jesus in supernatural ways. I’m not satisfied with what I had encountered till today...I’m crazy for more and more.

·         Thank God because all my prayer requests that mentioned lately were answered.

This past month The Lord’s faithfulness was over me like never before. He has and is teaching me a lot. One of the biggest things that the Lord is teaching me is to understand that maturity comes not over night but through constant obedience day after day, time after time, and from one situation to another. So often I expect maturity to come my way according to my own terms. I’ve been so very inspired meeting and living with people who served Jesus over 20-30 years in the mission field. As for me it has been just 3 years in the field and I can only imagine what would be of me when I complete 30 years and more. The powerful testimonies and stories that they have just amazes me. I’m on a journey to have much more stories to tell than them. I’m beginning to understand that small things that I so often ignore are the ones that make me mature. This past month I’ve been through a lot. To be honest it was the loneliest time of my life. I missed family and home more than ever. The thing I miss the most were the meal times when we would just talk and have amazingly long conversations. But now I’m in a completely different culture. Although I miss home and family the Lord is teaching me something that is very hard to digest, a truth that is bitter-sweet. The truth is that He allows us to go through whatever comes our way so that we can overcome. Some things may taste bitter and some may taste sweet, but the Lord works it all for good. This past month I’ve tasted both bitterness and sweetness.

Hosting a team from YWAM Mysore, Fund raising, Celebrating our 5^th Monpa fellowship Anniversary, Friday fellowship, and shifting to a new house to run our DTS are the highlights of this extremely busy month that I had.

I want to thank everyone who prayed for my DTS housing. We finally shifted to our new house. I remember last year we walked all across our town visiting houses and praying for people and searching for a housing to run our school simultaneously. Finally after a year of prayer the Lord answered us. On behalf of my team and me, I want to thank you so much for you faithfulness in praying for us. I constantly encourage my team mates that all those that read my blog and newsletters are always covering us in prayer, and this really encourages them. They also send me a list of prayer requests to post. You encourage us a lot. It is because of your prayers that we are able to expand His kingdom in this part of the world in a much faster pace.

I was in tears during worship on the day we celebrated our 5^th Monpa fellowship anniversary. The presence of Jesus was so powerful. There was deep joy in my heart to worship my king with an unreached people group known as the Monpa tribe. This fellowship was started for the Monpa people. They are a Buddhist tribe from a place called Tawang in Arunachal. Tawang is located 14,000 feet high above sea level. There are very less Christians among the Monpas. The people are well known to be very, very strong Buddhist. Persecution of Christians in the land of Tawang is very common. Please pray for them. It is so difficult for them to accept the gospel. Most of the people that I know of who came to the Lord from this tribe received a super natural visitation of Jesus. Only a supernatural revelation from Christ would change them. As I worshiped Jesus with a few Monpa believers my heart was overwhelmed with joy. I remembered the scripture that every nation, tongue and tribe would worship Jesus. Please pray that the Monpa people would come to know the Lord. Pray for Annu my DTS leader who is also leading this Monpa Fellowship. She too encountered Jesus in a super natural way in which Jesus himself appeared to her. She is a faithful and powerful woman of God both in word and indeed. After years of prayer the Monpas will soon have a Bible in their own language. Annu’s sister Sammie is now working in translating the bible in their own language along with an anointed woman of God Annette who is from Norway.  It is a joy for me to work with the Monpa fellowship. Please stand with us in prayer to see the kingdom of God established in the hearts of all the Monpas.

                THANKYOU...

 

ANNU (LEADER OF MONPA FELLOWSHIP)

SAMMIE( TRANSLATING BIBLE IN MONPA)

MONPA FELLOWSHIP

MONPA FELLOWSHIP

MONPA FELLOWSHIP

AN INVITATION TO INTERCEDE

A team from Pune (Lonavala) joined with us in ministering to the people of Arunachal. My team and I hosted them. We had an amazing time of ministry in different churches. We visited many churches in Arunachal, worked among the youths, visited hospitals, orphanage, and visited many, many houses to minister to them both believers and non-believers.

I’m greatly honored to have you praying for me and my team. I constantly encourage my team mates saying that those that read my blog faithfully pray for Arunachal. We really need faithful prayer warriors who would constantly back us up in prayer. Please do invite more and more people to pray for Arunachal. My heart is to rise up an army that would stand with me to intercede for Arunachal.

Here in Arunachal we have 26 major tribes, and more than a 100 sub tribes. Each has their own village dialect as well as their as well as their own tribal dialect. One of the major things that we pray for is that every tribe in Arunachal would have bibles in their own dialect.

We are financially suffering so much. Please pray that God would provide all the finances that we need. Pray that God would send supporters for my staff team. It’s so hard for me to live with them and see them in such a poor state. These people are so faithfully serving Jesus and in many, many ways far more faithful than me. Honestly speaking, I feel like Bangalore is heaven compared to Arunachal. Half of what you spend for a cup of coffee is what we spend to have three whole meals. I know it’s very hard to believe. My only advice to all those that don’t believe, come live with me and taste for your own selves. I hope you realize how blessed you are. If I were to go on describing, it only gets worse.

Since Arunachal is a remote area it is often neglected. People prefer comfort so they serve in cities where they have everything they need. In my opinion my team is so strong in Jesus because they suffered much, both spiritually and physically. I’m blessed to say that Jesus is making me stronger day by day.

 “”The lord will definitely put us in situations where we constantly have to use our faith.””

The biggest thing that the Lord is doing in me is inviting me to stand in prayer for Arunachal. Please stand with me in prayer.

A NEW SEASON

                                                      

It is such a joy and an honor to live for Jesus when we earnestly try to live a life worthy of the calling that Christ called us to live. I’m in a new season, a new level of intimacy with Jesus. Today the 8^th of August, I’m celebrating my 1 year anniversary. A year ago from today I stepped into Arunachal Pradesh as a missionary under YWAM. It gives me great joy to say that I have completed 1 year of faithfully serving Jesus here in Arunachal. This past year I have seen an immense growth in myself. I’m so thankful that God brought me here.

For this new season God put a theme in my heart. The theme is “”HOLINESS””. Yes, holiness is what God wants from me in this new season. For a long time I felt like the spirit lead me to do this, and on my birthday the 30^th of July, I made an oath to God saying that I had enough of the old self now I’m dedicating myself to live a blameless and holy life. 21 years of my life gone and I don’t have time to waste. A new start, a new season, I’m going full speed for Jesus. When I shared my theme to my team, everybody came up with their own theme. It did not stop there; I collected everyone’s theme and made it mine. Holiness, being available at all times, faithfulness, and laying down rights are the different themes that I’m living out now. Please pray that I will be so strong in these areas, especially in the area of holiness. It is very easy for people to look at me and say that I’m a good guy, but nobody knows my heart, mind, and motives. In my opinion I feel like this is the most difficult area to be holy.

This is where I am in my walks with Jesus. I’m giving my best to live a pure and holy life, because Jesus said “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Bible says” This is the last hour”. The bride of Christ must dip her robe in the precious blood of the lamb in order to purify herself and prepare herself for the wedding of the Lamb and His bride. I want to present myself Holy and blameless to the Jesus when He comes to marry me.

We all know the story of Jesus and the fig tree which He cursed. The story says that Jesus was hungry, and He came to eat some fruits from the tree but saw that the tree had no fruits, because it was not the season for figs. Later Jesus cursed the tree saying “May no one ever eat fruits from you again”. Jesus will pass by and whatever season that you are in now does not matter, but if you don’t have fruits for Him to eat then you will be cursed. I constantly search for Jesus because I don’t want to miss out on Him when He passes by.

There is so much of Joy in my DTS team. Eliyah is now staying with me. We constantly talk about God and all the miracles that He did in our lives back at K-Homes. Every time my friends and I gather together we constantly share testimonies, and reflect on what Jesus is doing in our lives. Once we start there is no stopping. We stay up late just talking about Jesus. Now that we do this all the time, we are beginning to see miracles happen. Recently my team made momos in order to raise funds for DTS housing. We split into two teams. Half of us did the cooking and the other half did the sales. I was on the sales side. Honestly speaking I felt so humiliated selling momos in front of a high school. I never in my life thought that I would come all the way from Bangalore to Arunachal and find myself selling momos. I constantly told myself that I’m doing this for the glory of Jesus. Isn’t Jesus so good? He is always placing me in situations where I have to humble myself until I become like Him. As my team and I sat there selling momos I was filled with so much of discouragement. I called Annu my leader and said that after many hours only one person came to buy. Although there was so much of discouragement Annu, Eliyah and Kim my teammate started talking about Jesus and sharing testimonies to each other. Immediately our sales started increasing. Three times I called Annu asking her to send in more momos.

I am always on the move to look for a miracle. Even today I prayed for God to hold back the rains because the church members and I were working in the construction of the church building. If it rained it would spoil the wet concrete. Throughout the day I constantly prayed and God heard. It’s hard to believe because the clouds were dark and heavy. I walked up the pastor and said that He should testify tomorrow in the church of how Jesus answered our prayer.

“”The prayers of a righteous man are powerful and affective””.

Thank you so much for praying for me. I had an amazing adventure ministering with the people of Kurungkumey in Arunachal Pradesh and the Misin tribe in Assam. Leading a of team five young girls was not easy. Being a leader was never on my mind. I guess the lord is equipping me for something big. Jesus gave me an opportunity to preach and teach to many, many people. I never thought that I would be in a place where God would use such a young guy like me to preach and teach to many elders, pastors, and teachers.

Kurungkumey is a new district in Arunachal Pradesh and the Lord called us to go minister in this place but my team did not have any open doors to go to this place and we ended up going to a very remote place in the state of Assam. The day that we left to go to Assam, my leader called me and said that there was a big land slide on the road to Kurungkumey. The Lord saved us from that landslide. If I had traveled to Kurungkumey, then I don’t know where I would be right now.

On the outreach phase I had learned so much. All I can say is that I’m craving for Jesus more and more. One of the biggest things that the Lord is teaching me is to not only understand that I have been given much and much is expected of me but to value it also. This is a simple truth that I always knew growing up in K-Home. Time after time Tammyma would always remind me that “I am blessed to be a blessing to others.”  I always knew this in my head but now I’m living it out. To know something is one thing but to experience it is completely a different thing. That’s where I am in my spiritual growth in Christ Jesus.  Currently I’m studying the life of Elisha and how he inherited a double portion of the blessings of Elijah. My generation should exceed the previous generation. In simple terms my generation should go twice as far as Tammyma’s generation. I was so blessed when Jonathan uncle once said to me “Tamil, I’m running the race as hard as I can but my greatest joy will be the day when I see you run ahead of me.” These words literally put me to tears. I just wonder how in the world would I ever exceed the very ones who disciple me. The days are getting darker and darker and it is so much more difficult to live a righteous life in this modern age. In the outreach Jesus thought me a life learning lesson. The light always shines brighter in the darkest of places so is Christ found in the darkest of places. His heart is always there searching for the lost. Why would Jesus say I came to seek and save the lost? The lost are always found in the dark. I don’t want to miss out on Jesus. Where ever Jesus is, I want to be there also.

An amazing miracle happened during the outreach and I want to share it with you. A man lay paralyzed in a church unable to do anything. People called us to pray for him but before that my team and I were outside the church worshiping and praying for the large crowd that had gathered to watch what we were doing.  Some of the young people from the crowd were laughing at us and it really discouraged my team members. Later we went into the church to pray for the paralyzed man. My entire team cried out to Jesus with all our hearts. I still remember that moment very clearly. While praying I opened my eyes and I saw little Samaria the youngest in my team (15 year old) weeping and crying out the name of Jesus over and over with a guitar in her hand. Two of my other students who were 16 and 17 years were crying with all their heart asking Jesus for a miracle. Lastly the other two girls who are staffing with me were to my left and right side on their knees pouring oil on the man’s leg and claiming for a miracle. That moment was so precious to me. Ten to fifteen minutes later the man slowly stood up and moments later he started walking and walking and did not stop. He had suffered for two years but when we prayed God healed him. I had full faith that God would heal him but honestly speaking I did not see the miracle coming. I was extremely shocked and overwhelmed when it came. My entire team was weeping with joy. I’m sure we all have those moments in life where we pray for things to happen, have full faith and even expect for the miracle to happen. And when it does happen you just feel extremely overwhelmed that you don’t even know how to react and all you can do is weep and weep with tears of joy. I was in such a state.

There are so many things that the Lord had, and is doing in my life. The kingdom of God is advancing forcefully and forceful men take hold of it. Lastly I want to throw out a challenge to all those living in my generation. The older generation had their share of the kingdom but if we don’t live our lives to the fullest then surely those that are forceful in the previous generation will take hold of the kingdom. They are in for round two.... we need to work harder.

^" Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."

 

In Assam, Open Air Ministry

In Assam, Preaching to the village People

Playing a skit for the Misin Tribe in Assam

In Assam, Preaching

This is the crowd where my team was praying and worshiping, and
 behind is the church where the paralyzed man was healed. 

This is my team.(from left to right)
Sarita, Kim, Samaria ,Me(the most handsome...and by the way
 I'm wearing a traditional Tribal coat)
Yasum, and Chan Channi. 

Pentecost Day Celebration (I was one of the guest of honor) How  cool is that!!!!!

In Kurungkumey of Arunachal Pradesh. (near India/China border)

In Kurungkumey, Prayer Walk

In Kurungkumey, Framing

Thank you for your prayers. I’m doing great. I’m in the ninth month of my DTS. Three weeks from now I’ll be going for outreach. God is being so faithful to me. I have learned so much while being in DTS. Although I feel being with children is easier, I enjoy serving God in DTS. I live in a remote place and I really miss Bangalore. I really pity the people who serve in this place as it is very difficult to find resources to help them in their ministries. It’s very easy to become discouraged while serving in such remote places.

The biggest thing that God is teaching me right now is to be faithful in little things. I believe with all my heart that whatever I’m going through right now, the Lord is preparing me for something big. I really feel like I’m drying up because from the starting of this school my team and I have been constantly pouring out to the students but the results are not what I had expected. I really don’t see any zeal or passion in them to live radically for Jesus. I really want keep going strong for Jesus. Please continue to cover me in your prayers as you are already doing it faithfully. Thank you.

Please pray:

·       This week our school staff team and I are evaluating our students. Please pray for wisdom.

·       That God would provide all our needs to run the school. We are low on budget and we really need God to provide for us.

·       That God would give wisdom from above to my dear friend Annu who is leading the school.

·       For the place and people that we might visit during our outreach.

·       That God would use me powerfully to speak into the lives of my students and the locals.

    

I’m so thankful to everyone who supports me. I’m so blessed to have so many prayer worriers fighting alongside. I remember what my leader once said when his mom had passed away. “I’m not crying because my mom passed away but because I lost one of my best prayer worrier.” It is because of everyone who is faithful in praying for me that I am able to serve God. I realised that I did not have any migraine problems since the time of the retreat in December. I’m so blessed. Thank you.

I’m serving in DTS (Discipleship Training School). I have 6 students in my school (4 girls and 2 boys). I’m facing lots of challenges. I find it so difficult to be a leader I guess it’s because I was always led by others. Now that I’m leading I feel that I’m in a whole new level in my walks with Christ. I serve in a place where almost every family has latest one person addicted or was addicted to drugs, smoking, or drinking etc. Two of my students got drunk and tried to beat me up. Chewing of tobacco is so common among them. I really need wisdom from God to lead them and train them in the right way. I’m pouring out my heart to them and giving the best I can, I meet with them one on one, counsel them, pray for them, and in return I get this. When things like this happen I feel so discouraged. I have so much of faith and hope that God is going to do supernatural things in my outreach with my students but when I see how small and weak my students are spiritually I feel really discouraged.

On the other hand I had to travel by a local bus to a city called Shilong which is about 12 hours away from where I live to take care of my friend Nawang. He had been transferred to a good hospital in Shilong. I spent a whole week in the hospital looking after him. I was so blessed when my mom called and encouraged me. She said that she would not be any less proud of me if I had preached to more than 300 people than to hear that I’m taking care of the sick.

I really need Gods favour and guidance so much more than before. Please do cover me with your prayers.

 

Prayer Points:

·        Please pray that God will give me wisdom to lead my students.

·        Pray for my students to be more radical and have zeal to live for Christ.

·        Pray for Nawang to be completely healed. Now he is doing much better.

·        Pray that God will provide for our DTS as we are low on budget.

       

God is doing amazing things in my life. I’m desperately craving for spiritual maturity. On the day that I went back to Arunachal Pradesh after the retreat an elderly person in the church who is highly educated called me and shared a very disturbing dream that he had the night before. He told me that I am an artist and that I had the gift of discerning his dream. I was really surprised and excited to hear these words because the only thing he knew about me is that I’m an artist and a missionary from Bangalore. But to hear the words “discerning his dreams” makes me so happy. I am so very thankful because through this man’s dream the Lord is teaching me so much. In his dream he was climbing a very steep hill and he realized that he had no legs. His mother-in-law as well as his wife passed by him. He asked for help but they moved on saying that they will meet him up at the top. He was really upset but kept moving upward with much difficulty. At the top there was a man standing. He pulled out a brick from the wall and on the brick was written what he truly was””TEACHER””.

The man turned the brick upside down and placed it back into the wall. He then asked him if he had brought any seeds with him. The Lord reminded me Hosea 10; 12 which was so very fresh in me from my retreat. “Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unploughed ground for it is time to seek the lord, until He comes and showers righteousness on you”. Through this dream the Lord is teaching me to remove my tag as a teacher and become the opposite of it which is a learner. I was so amazed that everything that I was taught in the retreat was the exact answer to this man’s dream. Wow, I’m so amazed! From the first day till now Jesus is constantly surprising me, teaching me, and using me. What an honor and a privilege to be in a place where God consistently uses us to serve Him in spite of us being unworthy!

I feel like I’m in a season where God’s word and time spent with Him are so very sensitive to me especially when it comes to corporate worship. I feel the presence of God so strong that it is totally difficult to end without crying. Every time I worship I melt before God and all I can do is weep and weep. The funny thing is that the worship is mostly in Hindi and I don’t understand much but that is the time I weep the most. I love being where I am and I cannot ask God for anything better.

To be honest this place is filled with lots of challenges and I rejoice because it’s making me much stronger in Jesus. I have a friend named Nawang. He is a Tibetan and his entire family is Buddhist. He is the only one in his entire village who is a believer. He is a new born Christian and God gave me the opportunity to minister to him. On the day that he arrived he was hospitalized. He suffers from T.B, stomach and kidney problems. For about two weeks I spent the nights in the hospital looking after him. He has a lot of other issues that needs to be taken care of from the past. Please cover him with your prayers. His family rejects him because he is a believer. Now he is about to go for further treatment.

Prayer points:

·       I’m staffing for 5 students in YWAM. Please pray for wisdom and understanding to lead and teach them.

·       Pray for my Friend Nawang. He is going to go for further treatment.

·       My staff team are all suffering from lack of good health.

The month of December was very refreshing for me. I feel like I’m in a whole new level with Jesus. During my time in Bangalore the lord constantly spoke to me through my family, Sons & Daughters and my church. I know I’m more close to Jesus than I was ever before. And that is the biggest testimony that I have. Every word spoken over me this month was all connected. I’m just over whelmed by the amount of blessings that I received this month. It’s too much for me to bear. The teachings and encouragements by Sons & Daughters were so amazing. I’m so thankful to everyone who supports me. It’s because of all your prayers that I’m able to get right with God whenever I mess up or feel far away from Him.    

Currently I’m in Arunachal Pradesh serving Jesus with my teammates. I’m so excited for the (DTS) Discipleship Training School which will start on the 19^th of January. I’m really busy preparing for the school.

This is Saritha my team mate. 

This is Annu my leader.

Please pray:

·         That God would send the right students to our school. We are focusing on taking only the local students and it’s very difficult to find students because they are more comfortable in the cities and developed places.

·         That God would provide all our needs to run the school. We have a very low budget and we really need God to provide for us.

·         That God would give wisdom from above to my dear friend Annu who is leading the school.

·         That God would use me powerfully to speak into the lives of my students.