Dear Friends in Christ,

I greet you all in the matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

After my mission trip to Kenya in 2017 I could not physically travel to third world countries as I had some physical limitations related to my health and age. I developed severe osteo arthrits of my left knee while I was in Kenya. When I came back I was told by my orthopedician that I have to go through knee replacement surgery within next 2-5 yrs and I have to limit my long hours of sitting in the flight. I was disappointed of this restrictions and pain but I asked the Lord to guide me how I can serve Him going forward without much traveling. Conducting medical camps in remote villages overseas all by myself was becoming difficult and so I asked God to show me how I can serve Him without much traveling. God directed me to another level or phase of my ministry wherein I can help people in third world countries to plant churches by way of buying a place to build a sanctuary or if they have a piece of land help them to build a sanctuary. In 2016 mission trip to India I had the privilege to preach standing on a piece of land which had  no concrete building but just a tent. I stood there in the tent and declared in the name of God that the next time I visit that place there will be a concrete building. Today I am glad to inform you that God enabled our ministries to sponsor financially the completion of the sanctuary construction. By zoom God enabled me to dedicate that church on the eve of Christmas 2020 as I could not go because of Covid to attend the dedication service. God willing in Nov 2021, I am planning to have three days ladies meeting in that church. I am so excited that I will be making a ministry trip to India in Nov-Dec 2021. 

In 2018, 2019, and 2020 God enabled the ministry to help many orphan families, Orphanages, pastors, evangelists and provide Christmas meals to more than 1500 people in Africa and India. In December 2020 we provided 200 families in a very poor village in India with groceries as covid relief. We are planning to adopt that village going forward as they have many needs like no drinking potable water, no proper roads, run down school building, no sanitation, no doctors for their medical needs. Covid relief food distribution was the first small step of love and compassion of Christ that we showed to that below poverty line village. The village leaders expressed their gratitude that somebody remembered them and brought a smile on the faces of those villagers living in utter poverty. We trust in the Lord that going forward God will enable us to meet some of their urgent needs.

This year we provided Christmas meals to two churches in Kenya and Tanzania. Also gave Christmas gift to four orphan families in Kenya and four orphan families in India to celebrate Christmas.

As I could not travel because of Covid God opened another door for me for preaching ministry. Now by way of zoom and Youtube Faith Ladies International Ministries channels God is using me to preach to different groups of people and churches here in US and other parts of the world. I was reminded by the Holy Spirit that if we have the will to truly serve the Lord He will make a way where there is no way. He is looking for people who are availble for Him to use for the extension of His Kingdom on Earth. So let us all strive to be yielding vessels to serve Him in whatever way he wants to use us and bring Glory and Honor to His name.

Please continue to pray for me and my family as we labor for His Kingdom through this ministry of evangelism and charity. Also that God may bring likeminded people to support this ministry going forward. 

In His service

Dr. Rachel Varghese