Mithram in Malayalam, the regional language means ‘friend’. The humble desire to be a friend in need to these people marked the beginning of a ministry to the neediest and these least reached, by screening moral and education films in April 2007.
The films were chosen as majority of the people were illiterate. With in a couple of years, different titles including Jesus Film were screened in 80 different colonies with households ranging from five to a hundred. An average of 100 people attended each of these shows. Several people who watched the film asked for further help and opened their homes. Families were touched with the gospel; children were encouraged to go to school. Tuition and moral education to children have brought changes in attitudes, behaviors, health and hygiene. At one of the colonies a prayer and worship service is started; at press time, eight adults and 10 children attend this.
All these were led by a single worker and a few local friends who assisted him voluntarily. A medical camp arranged lately opened opportunities for further medical needs in these colonies.
Two more workers joined the field. They visit these distant villages and conducts free tuition for children at their colonies. They trek and bike those hills as friends to encourage them in schooling and counseling their parents for a new thinking and a new lifestyle. Each of them needs to be touched with the love of Christ. But there are more children to be taught and more villages to be reached!
Will you stand with us in prayer?
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