Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

I had a meeting with different church leaders in Churachandpur on the 19th August 2006 (Saturday),for the Crusade in September. I was surprised with the response from many Christian denominational leaders in Churachandpur, as many Christian leaders some funny ideas. Most of the church leaders were very tight with their own men made doctrines and dogmas, which signifies their lack of spiritual understanding. Therefore, many of the church leaders in Churachandpur directly or indirectly oppose the organization of the crusade in September, one way or another. As you are aware, many church leaders need firstly to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Only then can they be a part of the ministry. We need to pray for all these religious leaders that they become spiritual leaders.

One good man told me that the team can stay in his house, paying house rent at the cost of Rs, 2000 per night for two flats. Two flats means a double storey building which can easily accommodate all the team from Germany, Australia and Russia, including our bible college students.

Tomorrow I will again be going to Churachandpur for another round of talks. It is very hard to organize things in Churachandpur as many different denominational churches raised many unnecessary question with the objective to oppose us in our vision. But with God’s help we will get through this no matter what the people do to us, we will surely break through the walls of disunity. Churachandpur needs Jesus and we will go ahead with our program.

Regarding the venue of the crusade, first it was our plan to use the public soccer ground, but now with the present rainy season it seems impossible to organize the event at the public ground. The public soccer ground has no grass on the field and there are hundreds of very large potholes full of mud and water. There is no place for people to sit down.

Not only that, but Churachandpur district has been a place of murdering, killing one another every day and every night with the routine of gun battle between two rival groups of terrorists who fire guns at public gatherings. We have now changed the venue to a better community hall with a vast playground in front. Tomorrow I will go again to inspect the venue.

Last night the Indian army killed several people in a church while people were worshiping in the church. The people killed by the Indian army were members of a Baptist church in Churachandpur. This is terrible. We need to pray for our state. Furthermore, because of this tragic unwanted incident the people of Churachandpur imposed a general strike and I am not able to go today, however tomorrow God willing I will go and have another meeting with several church leaders. I will also inspect the venue for the crusade.

We need atleast Rs, 1,700,000 (Seventeen lakhs) which is $51,000 AUD, for the two Crusades in Churachandpur and Imphal. We have calculated this at the lowest (minimum) calculation with the board members of the Festival of Hope and Peace Crusade. It may be more than this so let us pray hard to raise this amount.

We keep praying for you and for mummy. May the good Lord continue to bless you papa.

We love you and we cannot wait to meet you all. Bless you Papa.

Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak

Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

We always pray to God our loving Father for your physical health.

Today is our country's Independence day, however, we could not enjoy it and celebrate as many different terrorists boycotted our country's Independence Day. No one dares to go out therefore every one is staying indoors.

However, I went out just to visit a bereaved family. I went and prayed for family and also preached a comforting messages from the word of God.

Our state is upside down compared with the other states of our country; it is the terrorists who make our state like hell. But we hope that one day Peace and normalcy will reign in our state, when the majority of our state's population receives Jesus Christ as their Lord. For this cause we work very hard to tell the love story of our Lord to the nation. We have a great story to tell to the nation, a story of love and peace. Dear Papa, together we can surely change our nation with the love of God.

On the 12th August, we had another meeting with Churachandpur District Christian goodwill council for the Crusade. It is very unfortunate to have Christian leaders who have very narrow minds. I think it is because of a lack of understanding of the true scriptures and a lack of spiritual understanding. Many so called Christian leaders oppose us in many ways, from doctrine to many things. They are like Christian leaders without Christ. Many Christian leaders in Churachandpur told me directly that they only work with certain denominational doctrines, not with the Pentecostal movement. The offer of accomodation in the mission Guest room has been withdrawn again as we are from a Pentecostal background. They feel they cannot offer their guest room to us. Therefore, I have no choice left but to look for different accommodation. Out of my frustration, one man told us to rent his room for a price. I will look at his house on this coming 19th August in Churachandpur. Since I have had to frequently visit Churachandpur for the crusade I have invested a huge amount of money now.

We will be having a concrete talk with all the church leaders in Churachandpur again on the 19th August for our Crusade. As I told you, we hosted the leaders for the Crusade on the 12th August, and provided lunch since they came from different areas. After doing that and paying all the wages to our pastors and school teachers, we did not have much money left. We were not able to pay the bible college teachers' wages, and the room rent, but we bought food for the bible college. Therefore, we need another $500 AUD for the bible college teachers' wages and for room rent and for the Crusade organizing expenses. We have had to invest a lot of money to organize the crusade as we have gone to Churachandpur several times and we have also gone to many places in Imphal to visit churches and different leaders. It has cost us a lot of money for fuel and other expenses. Even now we do not have money to go to Churachandpur for another meeting on the 19th August as we are very tight in our finances. We are too limited and things are very hard now. But we trust God to provide all our needs.

Our church is trying to save money as much as we can because August to September every year in Manipur is the most difficult time for the people as there is no food or money. Therefore, our church tries to buy at least one tonne of rice to be distributed to the poor and hungry people. These hundreds of people are the poorest of the poor. They have no food and live with an empty stomach. They just cry for food. This year the situation compelled us to do something again as it is hard to see these poor and hungry people who are crying for food. Therefore, we have started working very hard to get money for rice for the poor people. We are trying to buy rice so that we can distribute it in the first week of September but we still don’t know how many bags of rice we can afford.

Please let us know if we are going to have a seminar in the day time during our Crusade because we need to book some bigger churches which can accommodate the hundreds of people that will come for the seminar. Since construction of the Diplomat Centre is on hold until further funds are available, we cannot have it here as there are no proper toilets for the people and no proper rooms or seating yet.

Regarding the bible printing work, on the 19th August I will be meeting the members again and I will let you know what happens. We continue to emphasise the urgent need for immediately completing the printing. We will pursue the matter with them until they give us the finished bibles.

The choir uniforms for our bible college students have all been bought and the students were very happy.

Everyone is very eager for your arrival and we all cannot wait for your safe arrival here at Imphal airport. We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you on the 18th September.

Bless you Papa.

Shalom.

Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak.

Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

Today we had another general strike here in Manipur. It seems that our state is always heading from bad to worse. We have also had very sad news that one of our church members at P.Thianzawl village (Happy Valley) died. Because of our heavy workload and busy schedules, even during the general strike, I am staying back at our office as there is a lot of paperwork to be done in our ministry for the upcoming two crusades in Churachandpur and Imphal. Khaiboi Vaiphei and our pastor in Imphal went to P.Thianzawl village for the funeral service. Because of the strict strike I told them to be very careful and to drive the car a different way where they would be diverted from the road. We prayed and sent them and by God’s protection they arrived back safely after the funeral. Khaiboi is now again in our office to do some official paperwork. It is now 5:30pm.

Our ministry is getting stronger each day, as we always work hard to keep this organization a strong one that is functioning smoothly for the glory of God. We pray that in the future every tribe, language group and nation in India will come and seek our help and guidance, so that we can lead and guide people to the knowledge of truth and light. Let our Diplomat Centre be a place where people find peace. Let every tribe and language group find the salvation of Christ through VCC & ROLWE and the peace of God. Let VCC & ROLWE always lead people to Christ. Let VCC & ROLWE become the bridge of Hope for every nation, tribe and language. This is our prayer.

Our team and church members keep visiting hospitals and keep praying for the sick. Last weekend some of our church members visited hospitals and prayed for the many sick people there and many people got healed in the hospital through the prayers of our team.

Second report from the field 1st of August 2006:

Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

We are pressing the Bible Society to urgently print the 10,000 bibles we paid for. They are in great demand for our people. We are asking them to complete the printing very soon. Their response is very slow, but we persist as we want the bibles to be printed and given out immediately. However, we are powerless to do anything else at this stage, but we will keep reminding them until they finish the printing. We hope to get the bibles soon. Please tell our beloved brothers who have donated funds for the bible printing that we will never cease to pursue the matter with the bible printers until we get our bibles printed. We thank them from our hearts for their generous gifts and as soon as we get the bibles, we will inform them.

Tomorrow, early in the morning, I will be going again to Churachandpur to visit several churches and to have a meeting with several church leaders for more talks about the Crusade. There are many things to be organized so it takes many meetings and many discussions. Please keep praying for the organization of the crusades and for our personal safety. You are aware of the situation in Manipur, that life is very dangerous. We only find our security in Christ. Please keep praying for us.

Today, early in the morning at 4am, a terrible thing happened. Calvin Cottage (The women and her daughter Sim) is located just opposite the Diplomatic Centre, only five feet from our gate. A bomb exploded in the early morning and caused great fear in our locality. All their water tanks on the roof were blown away, and all their glass windows were shattered into pieces. It was terrible- like a nightmare for us. It caused great fear amongst the people. Many trembled with great fear.

Fortunately by God’s grace and His protection no one was injured. God protected us and He will continue to guide and protect us and give us security in Christ. The family of the house owner are all well and did not get injured, praise God. After several calls, the police eventually arrived after one hour.

We really need your prayers for our protection. Please keep praying for us as our state is always heading towards the worst condition. We are always living with fear as the conditions are so dangerous.

There is another general strike today, this time it was imposed by the Kuki people. They burned car tyres in the middle of the road and blocked the road with broken glass.

We love you dear Papa, and we always praying for you all. Please give our love and regards to our Mummy Vaiphei.

Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak