Letter from the heart INDIA

November 20, 2010

Dear friends

Greetings to you in the most precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..,

The name of our ministry is Livingstone Ministries India. The Gospel work in India spreading and reaching many people for Christ, caring orphans, comforting widows by sharing His love, supporting pastors and a church planting ministry in rural and urban slum areas of Andhra Pradesh, India
Livingstone Ministries India is focused on living out the message of Jesus through both faith and deeds…and inviting others to join us in doing the same. In James 2:14-17, the brother of Jesus writes…
“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
Following in the footsteps of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, we have adopted the motto, “Soup, soap, and salvation.” As you get in touch with the intense physical needs of the people of India, you’ll soon find out that without the basic necessities of life, it is difficult to hear the message of God’s love. As followers of Jesus, we believe that we are called to simultaneously share the Good News and embody the Good News.
Looking back we cannot but thank and praise our living God, for all the wonderful blessings He has showered on us. His wonders are new every morning. Through the past years we have gone through many enriching experiences. Glory to God! We hope that our trustworthy God will enable us to continue to march forward with the same emphasis to reach people for Him.
It is very joy to inform you that our ministry is prayerfully partnering with HIS GLORY MINISTRIES USA after much prayers and discussions with Rev Larry Coon, man of love and like-minded servant of God. We have an orphanage with 27 children living in a mud hut with a dirt floor. The walls are damaged by the heavy rains and cyclone when it rained the water would come into the hut and the children would bail out the water. The Lord spoken to Rev Larry Coon and Sister Kelly to help us and “the love of Christ constrained” Rev Larry Coon and his wife Sister Kelly” in prayer and they are supporting our orphanage and we have moved to the building and now we have cooking gas. Now we are at the building with gas for cooking and we glorifying HIS name all the time. This brings a great joy, hope and faith to the children. All the glory be to God!
Raising poor and needy children for God and Country.
James 1:27 NIV --Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
IN INDIA:
• 15 million children live as bonded child laborers.
• 18 million children live on the streets, homeless and without hope.
• 2 million children do not live to see their first birthday.
• 500,000 children are forced into child prostitution.
• 100 million children in India between 6 and 14 years of age are outside the school system and therefore highly likely to be child laborers or criminals.

Most of the children do not have either mother, father or neither of them. They are taken into the Children Home irrespective of their caste, creed or religion. They seem to be lonely upon their arrival to the home, but they feel homely and loved once they are among the children in the home.
Taking care for Orphans is our ministry response to the above situation. There are lakhs of children victimized by crime and crisis. Majority of them are on the street begging and slowly getting in to criminal activities.
The Lord has given a building and cooking gas for these children, we believe that the Lord will provide food for the children, school uniforms and support for their education, pots and pans in soon for these children. We look forward to see that these children will grow and mature into law-abiding and responsible citizens and we would love to care more orphans with your generous support.
The Lord connected us with Rev Larry Coon and Sister Kelly, a Spirit-filled, man of love, man of compassion, like-minded servants into our lives with HIS plan that also have the same burden for the children and to reach the unreached people in India. We’re burdened for the one point one billion people in India. This is one fifth of the whole world’s population. The time is short and we need to work very fast to care and comfort many orphans and to reach the unreached to make them know the love of Jesus Christ.
Livingstone Ministries India is actively working to evangelize India which includes equipping men for the Master, planting new Christian churches throughout India for the Kingdom of God. God is so graciously helping us and persuading us to go ahead quickly to accomplish His will so that many people may come to the knowledge of His Son and glory!

A dedicated God’s servant Rev Larry Coon and Sister Kelly, HIS GLORY MINISTRIES are supporting the orphanage, my family and ministry. I earnestly appeal to each one to pray continuously and join your hands with us for HIS work in India. Our God is a great and wonder working God. He will do the work; we are only tools in His hands. Thank God for His mighty things in our ministries for HIS glory.
I again appeal to each one who is concerned for missions in India and were ever the Lord may lead this. God’s kids like you make possible the ministry of Livingstone Children Home .If you are lead by the Lord to be a partner in this ministry, please contact Rev Larry Coon, HIS GLORY MINISTRIES for more information about us. We appreciate your generosity in advance and may God bless you richly!
In HIS service
Pastor M David Livingstone
Founder & President
Livingstone Ministries India