Happy New Year!
We were traveling to Chhattisgarh for Christmas in train. It was a long travel that took about 36 hours. We passed small and big stations before we reached our destination. With each station we passed we came closer and closer to the station we had to get off the train. As we were getting closer and closer our excitement was increasing. Vinita’s father had come to receive us and Reuben and Aroma were so excited to see him at the station. In our life journey we have been leaving behind 
stations and stations and moving forward to meet our Lord. Praise the Lord! We just passed one more station called 2011 and came even closer to our eternal destination. While traveling to Chhattisgarh we knew when and what time we would be at our station and how many stations are still left especially when few hours were left. But in this journey we do not know how many more stations are still ahead. Therefore, let us work as though this 2012 is the last station for us. Pray for us that we may be able to accomplish by the power of the Holy Spirit what the Lord wants us to accomplish this year. We hope that the year 2012 would be the year of God’s abundant blessing for you all.
In our December’s update we told you the summery of our ministry in 2011. We told you 
that in 2011 we were used by the Lord to save 11 souls. That was an incomplete number. Praise the Lord that He made this complete by adding one more soul before Christmas. Now the number of souls saved in 2011 is 12, one dozen. We were in Deolsari for three days to celebrate Christmas with our believers. Rakesh’s mother after her salvation has become more loving and thoughtful for her children. She wants all her children to be saved. One evening she came to our camp site and asked Vinita and me to come to her house. Rakesh’s older brother, who works in a city, was there to see his family. He was to go to the city for his work the previous day, but his mother, who is a believer, asked him to stay for two more days because she wanted him to meet us and hear the gospel. After dinner we went to Rakesh’ house and all our believers came and Rakesh’ mother brought her older son to meet us. We had about two hours of conversation and the Holy Spirit opened his heart to receive Jesus. Thank God for such a caring mother who has concern for her household!
We had wonderful time with the believers in Deolsari. It was our first Christmas program with them in Deolsari. Vinita prepared them a Christmas drama. She took with her crowns, angel’s wings that she had made and her saris for costumes. The drama was played at our camp site and we invited the villagers to watch the program. It was a new experience for them all. Every one enjoyed the drama and had food together.
Pradeep has a month Christmas holiday and he is in Deolsari. Rakesh’s brother attended a Sunday Service in Deolsari Fellowship a Sunday before he accepted the Lord and Pradeep 
preach that Sunday. He could not believe that Pradeep was the same village boy that he knew few months back. He told us that Pradeep could not speak properly before he went to seminary, but he preached so well that Sunday. Pradeep will complete his course in March this year and will serve the Lord in Deolsari. Pray for him and take part with him to share the gospel by supporting him. We don’t want him to go to Delhi or any other city to work in a hotel, but we want him to be in his village and serve the Lord among his 
own people.
We supported Rahul financially for the last year though we did not get extra support. We had been praying and shared with you for his support, but we did not get any support for him. Since we have to pay for Reuben’s school fee we are financially not in position to continue to support him this year, therefore, we have stopped supporting him from this month.
Thank you for your continued prayers and supports. God bless you!
Co-workers in Christ,
Pratim and Vinita
