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Gospel Festival Finally Off The Ground
Written by Peter Youngren on April 23rd 2010Hello from Orissa, India.
After many twists and turns, including untold negotiations with federal authorities in New Delhi, India, the State government in Orissa and the Indian Consulate in Toronto, I was finally granted permission to preach the Gospel here.
The backdrop to this campaign is that for the past 15 years Orissa has been known for communal violence, highlighted by the brutal murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons in 1999. As late as August, 2008 there were thirty-five attacks on Christian institutions in one night.
Well the result has been wonderful. Yesterday representatives from Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, Bahai and Buddhism officially welcomed me to the city. This is very important, so that people of all religions will feel free to attend or Gospel Festival.
Hinduism is the largest religion, and this shows in the nightly meetings, as most of the healing testimonies come from Hindus. Today the very first testimony was from a 10 year old boy, born blind. He and his mother gave praise to Jesus. The people reacted with great joy, as the boy now could see very clearly.
Newspapers are writing very favorably. The best moment each night is when many thousands pray to receive Jesus Christ. This is truly Orissa’s time for harvest.
Hanapari Sing is an other heart-gripping story. She has been paralyzed and has received 5 dollars per month disability support from the government. Her family is very poor with an annual salary of $200. Living 400 km from the capital, they managed to borrow the $80 needed to get a car to drive Hanapari to the Gospel Festival. Last night she was healed, and today our TV team visited her. Everyone was in tears, seeing the wonder of God that had healed this hopeless girl. Please, keep on praying, and thank you for your giving.
- Peter
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We praise the Lord for the wonderful work the He is doing. We are long term YWAMers and have worked in India as leadership mentors for many years. We hear reports that 1000s are coming to Christ, but who will disciple these people? From our experience the majority of Indian leaders have NO concept of discipleship. Surly for the Nations to change we must empower leadership that in-turn empowers the masses. Much of what exists in Christian India has little to do with Biblical Christianity and more to do with man made religion that promotes the umbilical concept of clergy & laity.
Didn’t Jesus send us into the world to make disciples?
Blessings
Terry & Chris
PS. Keep going for it Peter, we praise God that the blind are seeing and the deaf are hearing,
as I have heard you say, signs & wonders MUST be evident.
Terry & Chris
~ Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Pastor Peter
Sooooo gald to hear that God allowed you to come to orissa.
We were praying from the very first day.
We are so happy to read all the miracles and good report from the Crusade.
May the Lord continue to use you in India and aroud the world.
Our prayers are with you
With love
Kizhakkevila
Kizhakkevila
~ Kerala, India
May the Power of the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost guide and protect Pastor Peter and his team on their great mission only a few would have the courage to do!
Keep up the good work Pastor Peter! Maybe one day I will join your team God willing!
Thank You for the inspiration and I do hope everything goes as planned and you all will be back safe with God’s Blessings!
Be Blessed Always!
Leela
Leela
~ Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Dear Brother,
I’m very proud of you for your devotion and hard work.
I pray that you will have much success, that you and your team may be blessed in every possible way, that you may be guided and protected.
Linda
~ Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Praise the Lord,
All of us are praying that People of Orissa receive our Jesus Christ.
Robin
~ Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Praise be to our God, who loves these people in India. The Lord surely loves them and has not forgotten them.
Thank you Peter for being obedient to the call of India, especially the state of Orissa where truly the ground has been soaked in the blood of his precious children.
The Lord has told us in His Holy Word that precious in the sight of the Lord are the death of His children. Their lives that have been taken by the hatred of others are not a waste but are very precious in His sight.
The Lord bless you and your team as you faithfully and obediently answer the call to go into all of the world and preach the gospel.
I pray for the Lord’s will in Orissa as you minister there and may many souls be brought into His Kingdom as he desires.
Sharene
~ Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Praise the Lord!
God is so good, Pastor Peter!
He is not willing that any should perish, and is reaching out to all peoples, of all languages, of all cultures, without discrimination, to give revelation of how much He loves them, as clearly revealed through Jesus Christ!
What an exciting time for us to be alive, and what a privilige it is to share the Gospel of Grace with the whole world! Hallelujah!
Keep on showing Jesus to the people, Pastor!
Eric
~ Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
I am happy to hear such good news; prayers are being answered. Thank God for his awsome benefits Psalm 103.
We pray for you to be protected whereve you may go, I hope you do the same for me and my family. Thats what I call the gospel in action. Please pray for me to do the same.
In Christ,
Gloria and Ben
Gloria and Ben
~ Horizon City, Texas, USA
Hi Pastor Peter:
As members of Toronto Celebration Church, we rejoice with you and the team as you minister in Orissa.
We follow your blogs and pray for you and the team daily, although this is the first time we’ve sent a comment.
We ask for God’s continual blessing as you do His work.
Daniel and Barbara
~ Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Truly Truly its Orissa’s time for harvest. Persecution has only unleashed more of his power & glory. I am rejoicing with you for all the miraculous things that have happened on the preaching of the name of JESUS.
Being born an Indian, you have no idea how much it means to me when I see them blessed by our Lord.
Thanks so much for being steadfast & obedient to THE CALL.
Stay blessed & rested in Jesus
Beena
~ Oakville, Ontario, Canada
I enjoy reading the good news of Gospelfest and the exciting things that are happening and the life changing experiences,
I am constantly praying for the prosperity and blessing on your ministry.
I love it.
Rosalind
~ Bridgetown, Barbados, W. I.
I just give thanks to God for the remarkable things being done through your ministry and the favor you have.
Making peaceful inroads into the areas that you go to is so incredibly important, after a history of religious tension and violence.
I kind of just shake my head in awe of the power of the love of Jesus Christ mending the wounds in these troubled areas.
Thank God, and thank you Peter for being faithful.
James
~ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Wonderfull to see the power of God and so many except Jesus as their saviour.
Don & Shirley
~ Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
This is the marvellous grace of our LORD when you walk in HIS victory. Praise and glory to our saviour JESUS CHRIST who will continue to work in you and keep you healthy, young and safe in HIS unfathomable depth of HIS love.
We continue to hold you and your team in our prayers.
In Christ Jesus,
Philip and Reebi
Philip and Reebi
~ Kuwait
Glory to God. What a report of God’s goodness and determination in these end days to bring the harvest in.
You, Peter Youngren are Blessed of God.
Nothing that is raised against you shall prosper, for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
My prayer is that someone in the world will have the courage to publish in a Canadian newspaper what is happening over there in India, that the unbelievers here in Canada will read and believe.
Thank you Peter for being obedient unto our Most High God.
Linda
~ Edmonton, Alberta, Ontario
Hi
India is such a big country… in need for the love of Jesus
thank you for the Gospel Festival and for every-thing that iis happening
may the Lord bless you and keep you take care
francis
Francis
~ Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Greetings to you Dr. Peter,
God is so gracious on us. Your message of healing had a great impact on this city.
Tears run down when I remember the number of people who were healed in the name of Jesus.
May the Lord bless you.
Trisha
~ Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Dear Pastor Peter,
Praise the Lord !
Thank you for your ministry at Bhubaneswar, Orissa from 21-25 April-2010.
I am very much blessed with the words you have preached in the pastors conference.
During the evening program lord confirmed his words with sign wonders and miracles as you preached the gospel to huge congregation.
Pl visit Orissa every year.
Thanks
Charles
Charles
~ Orissa, India
I very much thankful for your prayers that you prayed for me towards my prayer request concerning my church projects that was about [1] well project to be completed [2] school project [3] church construction .
For your information out of these one of the prayer request was full answered and this is for the well project God opend away of us and we got power in the church and the pumping machine which we were looking after it praise be to the living God.
Pastor Robert
~ Mombasa, Kenya, Africa
I really lov this Peter
rocc
~ Singapore, Singapore
In India there is a large community of Hindus but they also respect other religion peoples.
Daisy
~ Silvassa, India
I praise God for you !
Jacob
~ Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada