For About Two years now , we were training our Missionaries and church members for Mega Church Growth, based on Homogeneous Light House Multiplication ( Cell System) . Meanwhile we were faced with several attacks and many fiery darts from the enemy .Some of our missionaries were financed by certain of our trusted friends from abroad and encouraged to rebel and quit …. Another missionary was badly beaten up and was admitted in the hospital for many days. Priscilla survived a burst appendices of 8 days. Further she was diagnosed with Thymoma , a growth inside her chest ….. I was diagnosed with Menengeoma , a growth on my brain . Priscilla underwent a major surgery in USA on May 13th and the mass from inside her chest was removed which was benign . Soon after the surgery she lost most of her memory .The C T Scans showed several patches on her brain which could be Strokes or Tumors or Infection or some thing else .We spent about 23 days in the Sacred Heart hospital in USA . We traveled back to India on 8th July. On the way Priscilla caught a severe urine infection and she is better now.. She is gradually improving and needs much prayers for total recovery of her memory.

In the midst of all these attacks God has added one more house of 61 square yard for Priscilla Children’s Home. Praise the Lord for the new van they got in January . Six more destitute girls from the streets have been rescued and brought in . Two of them are from a street-side walk, two others are from the street where they were used by others for begging and the other two are from the redlight district. There are several Aids infected children in the street whom we wand to help , if only we had a separate house for them.

School of Ministries for training Missionaries have started on July 15th, 04, with ten young men and women who got a burning passion to serve the Lord.. Part of their training includes street preaching and soul winning .There are several more young people waiting to join the training program next year because we do not have sufficient accommodation for taking them all at the same time.

About 15 new believers in Bombay and Pune were water baptized in the month of July and August. God willing we will have another baptism service in September.

Seven of our slum churches are successfully running the Daycare Centers to minister to the needy children .Ms Sangeeta is the director for this vital ministry.

There are about thirty five needy slum women attending the tailoring classes which will help them to be self employed . Ms Shobha is leading this ministry. Sunita and john will be getting married only in December because John is looking after the boys in the Missionary Training .

Few of our churches are going to experiment the Light House system for rapid church growth from the 1st January 2005. Please for this as the training program is already started for the same.

Our church in the city of Pune is growing and they need about $ 6000 (USD) to pushes a worship centre in on of the largest slum there..

Please for Priscilla and for me that the Lord will give us the good health to continue with the many ministries that HE has entrusted with.

Lovingly John and Priscilla Gladstone.