Churachandpur & Imphal: Campaign Begins
Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.
It is with joy that I am writing this email to you.
We have been in a very difficult situation for the past several weeks while we organized the two crusades in Churachandpur and Imphal. We have been opposed and hindered by many religious leaders in Churachandpur district. Even up to today they have been opposing us and they will continue to oppose us,but we will get through this.
In the beginning, when we started organizing things at Churachandpur, I was hoping that since there are many Christian organizations in Churachandpur, all those Christian churches and organizations would give us their maximum co-operation in organizing this crusade so that it would be a great successI had hoped that they would be so excited and would fully extend their help. However, to our great surprise when we started organizing for the crusade, many Christians started opposing us from many angles. Since there are absolutely no good hotels for the team to stay in in Churachandpur, we approached the one particular group to give us their Guest rooms for our team. At first they agreed with our request to rent us their guest room, and everything was going well and we were very happy to have guest rooms for our team from Australia, Germany and Russia. After a verbal agreement to hire their guest room, they told us to write an official application letter, which we did officially, and we submitted our application for the guest rooms. We were assured that we would be given the guest room rent free. We were very happy for this approval. Then, after a week, we got a letter from them, stating that they had withdrawn their approval and could no longer allow our team to stay in their guest room. Many of our members were so sad to hear this and I too was very upset. When we asked them for the reason it was so simple and funny, they told us that it has to do with doctrine. Then we approached another person who was excited and supportive of our crusade. He is also a leade, but unfortunately from the same church. He was very happy to offer his home for the team to stay in and, with his permission, we started building a western toilet in his house for the team. Again, after a week, the Baptist church warned him not to entertain us, therefore after spending a few thousand rupees, we stopped again. Then many Christian leaders who supported us morally and physically from the beginning, started withdrawing themselves because of the many Christian religious leaders.
Humanly speaking, it is really hard and painful but with God’s grace we keep persisting even in times of strong opposition from our Christian brothers. We never give up but keep pushing forward so that we will see a breakthrough. The opposition from the enemy is still very strong, as I keep saying life is too cheap here in Manipur. I urge you all to please keep praying for my safety. I am not afraid about life but to overcome all the strong opposition to our ministry and arrangements, I desperately need your prayers. With many tears and prayers we are now overcoming all the opposition and hindrances from the enemy. We know that our enemy is strong but we have a BIG WONDERFUL God who reigns over the whole world.
It is hard, really hard, as the opposition is very strong but we are stronger than the enemy. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Now for the Churachandpur crusade, we have a beautiful school campus for the night crusade where we will build a beautiful platform. We also have a beautiful hall for the seminars during the day. A beautiful guest room is reserved for all the team where all the team members can enjoy their short stay. Despite the strong opposition we faced, there are hundreds of people who cannot wait for the crusade.
Since we have confirmed all the venues for the Crusade, Seminars and the guest rooms, we have now started inviting people to come and be blessed during the crusade. We have invited every individual to come for this unique crusade in Churachandpur through the media, T.V., wall posters, banners, and through letters to all the churches, and door to door invitations in order to rekindle Christian principles, belief and faith with the theme of the “Festival of Hope and Peace,” wherein we hope and trust that the Almighty shall shower His immense blessings through the message/preaching of His talented chosen sister Suzette and Papa Joe Schneider, and the team from Australia, Germany and Russia.
We, the committee constituted for the aforesaid “Festival of Hope and Peace” Crusade, extended our hearty greetings to all the people of Manipur and beseeched them to participate in the Crusade, so as to be blessed in a myriad of forms, physical, mental and spiritual and to be mystified in Christ, the Supreme Saviour.
We love you Papa, and we keep praying for you. Thanks for the funds you sent us today. Tomorrow I am having another Crusade members meeting.
May the good Lord continue to bless you.
Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you on the 17th September.
Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak.
It is with joy that I am writing this email to you.
We have been in a very difficult situation for the past several weeks while we organized the two crusades in Churachandpur and Imphal. We have been opposed and hindered by many religious leaders in Churachandpur district. Even up to today they have been opposing us and they will continue to oppose us,but we will get through this.
In the beginning, when we started organizing things at Churachandpur, I was hoping that since there are many Christian organizations in Churachandpur, all those Christian churches and organizations would give us their maximum co-operation in organizing this crusade so that it would be a great successI had hoped that they would be so excited and would fully extend their help. However, to our great surprise when we started organizing for the crusade, many Christians started opposing us from many angles. Since there are absolutely no good hotels for the team to stay in in Churachandpur, we approached the one particular group to give us their Guest rooms for our team. At first they agreed with our request to rent us their guest room, and everything was going well and we were very happy to have guest rooms for our team from Australia, Germany and Russia. After a verbal agreement to hire their guest room, they told us to write an official application letter, which we did officially, and we submitted our application for the guest rooms. We were assured that we would be given the guest room rent free. We were very happy for this approval. Then, after a week, we got a letter from them, stating that they had withdrawn their approval and could no longer allow our team to stay in their guest room. Many of our members were so sad to hear this and I too was very upset. When we asked them for the reason it was so simple and funny, they told us that it has to do with doctrine. Then we approached another person who was excited and supportive of our crusade. He is also a leade, but unfortunately from the same church. He was very happy to offer his home for the team to stay in and, with his permission, we started building a western toilet in his house for the team. Again, after a week, the Baptist church warned him not to entertain us, therefore after spending a few thousand rupees, we stopped again. Then many Christian leaders who supported us morally and physically from the beginning, started withdrawing themselves because of the many Christian religious leaders.
Humanly speaking, it is really hard and painful but with God’s grace we keep persisting even in times of strong opposition from our Christian brothers. We never give up but keep pushing forward so that we will see a breakthrough. The opposition from the enemy is still very strong, as I keep saying life is too cheap here in Manipur. I urge you all to please keep praying for my safety. I am not afraid about life but to overcome all the strong opposition to our ministry and arrangements, I desperately need your prayers. With many tears and prayers we are now overcoming all the opposition and hindrances from the enemy. We know that our enemy is strong but we have a BIG WONDERFUL God who reigns over the whole world.
It is hard, really hard, as the opposition is very strong but we are stronger than the enemy. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
Now for the Churachandpur crusade, we have a beautiful school campus for the night crusade where we will build a beautiful platform. We also have a beautiful hall for the seminars during the day. A beautiful guest room is reserved for all the team where all the team members can enjoy their short stay. Despite the strong opposition we faced, there are hundreds of people who cannot wait for the crusade.
Since we have confirmed all the venues for the Crusade, Seminars and the guest rooms, we have now started inviting people to come and be blessed during the crusade. We have invited every individual to come for this unique crusade in Churachandpur through the media, T.V., wall posters, banners, and through letters to all the churches, and door to door invitations in order to rekindle Christian principles, belief and faith with the theme of the “Festival of Hope and Peace,” wherein we hope and trust that the Almighty shall shower His immense blessings through the message/preaching of His talented chosen sister Suzette and Papa Joe Schneider, and the team from Australia, Germany and Russia.
We, the committee constituted for the aforesaid “Festival of Hope and Peace” Crusade, extended our hearty greetings to all the people of Manipur and beseeched them to participate in the Crusade, so as to be blessed in a myriad of forms, physical, mental and spiritual and to be mystified in Christ, the Supreme Saviour.
We love you Papa, and we keep praying for you. Thanks for the funds you sent us today. Tomorrow I am having another Crusade members meeting.
May the good Lord continue to bless you.
Looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you on the 17th September.
Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak.