Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

On the 18th November, we were in Moljang village located at the remote foot hills in Churachandpur district. About 500 people live in that village. We talked to the villagers and requested them to let us preach. With permission from the villagers, we preached and about 200 people listened to the Gospel. They were very encouraged by the word of God. Forty-five people gave their lives to Christ.

We prayed for many sick people and God touched and healed many diseases. One man who was suffering from T.B. with severe chest pain was healed instantly. Praise God for all His wonderful work in the many hidden people.

On Sunday at 6:30am at Koirenggei we had fellowship amongst the Hindu people and 49 people listened to the word of God. At 10:30am we had a normal regular church service at our bible college. At 3:30pm, we organized a service with different groups of people at Canchipur, which is about 12 kilometers from our home. I preached again and about 126 people listened to the word of God. For many of them, it was the first time in their life that they had heard about God’s love. God touched their hearts and 21 people accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord. In the evening, we had our normal regular church service at our bible college where I preached to the people and to our students.

On the 20th November, we began the second semester examination of our bible college students in the midst of a strong general strike and curfew for the whole state of Manipur. There were no vehicles driving on the road, all the roads were deserted and all the shops had their shutters down. We only just managed to arrive at our College by bicycle. It was very dangerous and many vehicles were damaged during this general strike. Several people were killed. Please keep praying for us as we move around in the midst of great danger. We hope the general strike will be lifted tomorrow so that we can have a normal schedule again.

We are planning to branch out our ministry to the North Eastern States of India, amongst the hidden people in these regions. We are planning to set up a centre for reaching the unreached in the whole North East region.

Some of our friends who are already there invited us to start this new frontier mission. They told us that our organization, River of Life World Evangelization and Vaiphei Christian Church, could reach many unreached areas with the Gospel. I am planning to go and pioneer the work of evangelization. Please pray and consider this seriously. We may set up a new centre in Guwahati which is the capital city of Assam. From there, we can easily reach out to the whole North East region. When you are here in January we can discuss this more and also try to go there.

We plan to leave Imphal, Manipur, for this Frontier mission on the 4th Decemeber, 2006. Our plan is to reach the seven different states of the North East interior with the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Since there are many interior areas in these regions where the Gospel has never been preached, we want to see that hundreds of souls are saved during this journey throughout the North Eastern States of India. For this task, we desperately need your prayer as we will be encountering many difficulties. Let us pray that many thousands of lost souls will be reached with the gospel of Christ during our tour to these North Eastern states.

The River of Life Bible College students will finish their exams on the 29th November. On the 30th November, we will be having a New Life conference to encourage our students in the ministry. We plan to arrive back home from our North East frontier tour on the 20th December.

On the 18th November, when we were in Churachandpur, we met a woman who said that she got healed from her sickness through Papa Joe’s prayers. She told me that she was having an ear drum problem, and had been deaf for about 3 years. But when Papa Joe prayed for her at the Crusade she was healed.

She also told me that a boy from her village came who was dumb, he could not speak. They were from a very remote interior village, but came for the crusade as they needed physical healing. The boy who could not speak for 7 years can now speak through sister Suzette's prayer. He has started going to school after 7 years. He is very happy. His parents had taken him to many doctors but ended with no remedy. After Sister Suzette prayed for him he is now able to speak. They praise God.

One lame boy who was half paralysed came from about 29 kilometers away from Churachandpur. He got healed through Papa Joe's prayer. The boy was brought in to the Crusade at Churachandpur, but they could not bring him to you because so many people wanted to be prayed for. But the mother of the boy came to Papa Joe, with a man from her village who can do a little interpretation. The mother said that when Papa prayed for her son who was standing in the distance, Papa did not see the boy, but she had a great faith that if Papa prayed for her boy that he would be healed. Papa Joe did pray for the boy. When the mother got back to the boy he asked her, "mother, did you ask Papa to pray for me?" The mother said yes. Then the boy said, "I will be healed because I felt something." They went back home and in the next two days the boy got completely healed. They praised God. Now the boy says he always prays for Papa Joe’s ministry. He got what he needed most in the world which is his spiritual life and physical health. Because of Papa Joe, he has a personal relationship with God which will last forever and he got his physical healing through Papa Joe’s prayers, for which the doctors could not do anything.

We pray that our Loving Father will always shower His wonderful blessing upon you, your family and ROLWE & VCC.

We don’t know where the money for the trip to the North East will be coming from, but we trust God to provide.

Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak.

Greetings from your family and church members here in Imphal.

I arrived home last night from P. Thianzawl Youth Conference. Today Lolly’s father had another operation so we are all busy in the hospital.

The Youth Conference/Seminar was great, many youths from different villages attended.

Many other people from the nearby villages came for the seminars. We were a bit tired as we preached day and night. About 64 people got saved during the conference.

There were four men from Sagolmang village who came and met me at the Youth Conference. These four men told me that during our Crusade at Imphal they were in Imphal looking after one very seriously sick man in the hospital. The sick person they were looking after was suffering from a lung problem. He was very sick and weak. The doctor told them to go home as they could not do much since the sickness was too chronic and no medicine could help him. Therefore, he was discharged from the hospital. They knew that there was the Festival of Hope and Peace crusade in Imphal so the sick man urged that he should be brought to the crusade. Since he was so weak they did not want to bring him, but he was persistent and at last they brought him. They said that on that night, Papa Joe was teaching songs to the audience, “Rejoice in the Lord” and they all learned the song. The sick man was so interested that he, too, learned. They were all amazed as to how this person who was so very weak could learn with so much enthusiasm, forgetting all his sickness. One of his friends asked him (the sick man) "do you want us to take you back? You are too weak," but the sick man replied, "NO! No, I am enjoying the angels singing together with me." Then a very strange thing happened. It seemed he could move more freely. After the message of sister Suzette, Papa Joe came down to the people and when he prayed for him, the man got healed.

Soon after Papa Joe prayed for him, his friends said, "now lets go," but the man said "no I’m enjoying this. I’m staying here." Again, he felt touched in his body. However, they forced him and took him by the hand and went back home.

At night, he said that he felt strong and the pain in his body had gone. The next day, his friends took him home in a bus. They arrived at 6pm in their village. Some of the villagers came and met them at the bus station. Then that night the man had a dream. In the dream, Papa Joe again prayed for him and while Papa Joe was praying for him, he saw a light from above and immediately he got up and there was absolutely no pain in his body. He is now completely healed and he does not take any medicine now. He is totally free from all sickness. He then gave his life to Christ and is now eagerly waiting to meet Papa Joe when he comes back to Manipur.

Last night, as soon as I arrived home, I received a phone call from Churachandpur. A woman told me that she had been waiting for me to come to Churachandpur so that she could give a report. Since I had not gone there, she phoned me. The woman told me that she had been suffering from liver problems. Her liver had swollen and she could not eat food. Her eyes had become yellow and she even sometimes vomited blood. She was extremely weak and very thin. She went to the doctor and the doctor prescribed her medicines, but she could not afford to buy it because it was too expensive. She was a very poor woman. She was only waiting to give up her last breath. Her poor husband and children could not help her. By God’s grace she came to our crusade in Churachandpur, with the help of her husband and children. The woman said to me, “when Papa Joe laid his hand on me and prayed for me, I believed I would surely be healed." But she did not immediately feel anything.

However, she had great hope and faith that she would be healed. She has known about Papa Joe for many years, and about his work in Manipur. That night, she was taken home by her dear husband and children. Then, at night, she felt something in her heart telling her, "You are healed." Immediately, she woke up and then woke her whole family. They sat together, thanking God for His healing power.

The next day morning, she woke up with a cheerful heart and sound health. Now she doesn't have to buy any medicine as she is healed by the blood of Jesus through Papa Joe’s prayer. The woman's name is Mrs Khumi. Last week she went to the hospital and told the other patients that if they really wanted to get healed from their sickness, the only way is Jesus. She told the patients and doctors in the hospital that she was healed by the blood of Jesus and through the prayer of Papa Joe. She said Papa Joe's ministry in Manipur is a rescue operation for all the poor and needy people in Manipur. It is Papa Joe, being used by Jesus, who helps thousands upon thousands of poor, hungry and needy people in Manipur. Manipur needs Papa Joe. Then the woman told me on the phone that they will always pray for Papa Joe, his family and his ministry. She said that she also prays for sister Suzette.

Tomorrow the State is having a great festival, a Christian festival, with all our government ministers and high officials, including our governor who will be participating in this festival. People from all corners will be participating and the state announced a holiday in view of this Christian festival. They have asked me to open this festival with a word of prayer. I was selected by the many high officials to grace this festival with a word of prayer.

We always keep praying for you. We also never forget to pray for your trip to the United States.

The building construction is continuing and we bought the steel pipe for the roof of the Diplomat Centre. We still need money for the roof and for finishing the first floor. We also need timber planks to make the first floor doors.

We love you Papa, and we keep praying for you. We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you in January. Bless you papa.

Your missionary brother,
Minthang Suantak.