"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15)

NEWSLETTER September/October 2005 - VOLUME FIFTEEN
INDEPENDENT CHURCH IN INDIA PO BOX 238 FREDERICKSBURG, PA 17026
website: www.indchurch.org email:info@indchurch.org Phone (717) 865-7885
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A Divine Appointment
...by Kathy A. Smith

One morning, as Lowell and I were driving around and praying in the
attempt to catch a pastor in his office so we could introduce ourselves
and the ministry, we felt to stop at the Fairland Brethern in Christ Church
in Cleona PA. Here the Lord had a divine appointment for us. We met the pastor of Fairland who had, unbeknownst to us, just recently received our "Finding Lost Souls" newsletter from one of his church members who was
a friend of ours whom we had not seen for years.

Independent Church in India reaches
out to the desperate.

Because of this, he listened with much interest as we shared about India. The pastor then phoned his former church secretary, Kristi Hackman, who had worked for him in the past and introduced us to her.

    Kristi is a mother of two adopted children from India and we learned later that Kristi had been praying for the last ten years to become a missionary to India. We ourselves had been praying also for years for more team members to help us share the vision here in the US. This meeting brought a new team member for Independent Church in India (ICII) as Kristi took a trip to India to work with our Gospel team, and has returned to help raise support here in America.

I have often thought that it would be great to share with our readers what a typical day is like on the ministry field in India working with ICII. In the following excerpt from her report, Kristi does an excellent job sharing about her experiences in India and describes what it was like for three days of ministry she spent with ICII.
Reaching out to those in despair.