Hope and Help International

Dear Friends and Ministry Partners,

Below is a short email from Lori in regards to the Timothy Leadership Institute being held in Chickabalapur, Karnataka, India with our coordinator Albert Jayaraju during the next two weeks. This is the 3rd and final year for these 30 students. Please be in prayer for God’s continued blessing and strength as the teachers share and encourage these Faithful Men.

"After a missed flight we arrived in Bangalore a day later than planned. The TLI was scheduled to start on Wednesday, June 25 and it did, but because we were late getting in the night before, we began in the afternoon rather than the morning.

All the students had arrived on time so they spent the morning in prayer for the training. They were much more relaxed about the delay than we uptight Americans were!

Albert, our coordinator, had been in the hospital just a few weeks ago. He had severe headaches and high fever. He is somewhat better but it's obvious that he is not completely well. The doctors still don't know what caused his problems. We are praying that he will be OK throughout the TLI.

Ed began the TLI by teaching on evangelism, with a focus on the biblical elements of the true Gospel. He encouraged the men to develop their testimony, giving a brief background of their life before Christ, but with the main emphasis on what Christ has done for them.

Mike is teaching on developing biblical messages. He emphasized the need to understand the context, to interpret the passage correctly and to always include an application.

The students are eager to learn and are participating in the classroom discussions and answering questions in a way that makes it apparent that they are understanding the material. We pray that the rest of the TLI goes as well as the first two days."

Blessings,

Larry Malone
Hope and Help International