Where the AFLC India is located, the temperatures are already reaching 110 and they are expecting it may reach 125 this year. In another state they have already reached 125 and there were a number of deaths because of the heat. Northern India has experienced a tornado which is the first of its kind as far as President Luther Dasari knows.
AFLC India Annual Conference
The AFLCI will be holding its annual conference April 24-26. 200 people to come to the school and this will be a time specifically to strengthen the believers in their faith. Pastor Many from Hydrabad is hosting Messianic Jews and President Luther has invited them to share their testimony and about Israel at the conference.
Ambassador Institute
Training was held on April 9th & 10th. There are several people coming from the local community for these classes as well as AFLC Pastors and Bible women. Luther Dasari is designing a one year Graduate of Theology program that they will offer as well as a two year Bachelor of Theology. They are making fliers to advertise the course for this next month and they will begin with the Old Testament Survey. President Dasari and Pastor Devasahayam will be the teachers and they will mix the oral training with Bible book overviews.
Unreached People Groups
Regarding reaching the unreached people groups, the AFLCI is working among four people groups:
- The Madiga is the most common that makes up many of the present pastors in the AFLCI.
- The Fisherman Village is a people group of its own. The new schools are the greatest outreach into this community. Many of the Hindus are sending their children to these two schools and they are becoming open to the message of Jesus because the Christians are offering a wonderful opportunity for their children.
- The Mala is the people group that makes up the Pedepi area. The AFLC is holding gospel meetings in several of the communities around Pedepi. This began as an initial outreach last fall and has become an area wide outreach.
- The Yadava people group is another caste that the AFLC has worked in and among. Pastor Yesu Padam’s church in Batpatla is from the Yadava as well as the village of Budduluratadu and Pastor Padmarou.
Pastor Nanraju, is working in the village of Karamechedu which has been a completely Hindu village up to this point. Pastor Nanraju was trained in Guntur and has been working in this village that is about ½ hour away from Chirala. He has about 10 families that are coming and hearing about Jesus for the first time.
Pray for the work in India, especially the Annual Conference.
Serving the Savior,
Pastor Kevin Olson, Ambassador Institute Department Head
