Children in Crisis
July 24th, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
My name is Rahul. My sister and I live at a Children’s Home while my dad works as a daily wage laborer in the neighboring state of Kerela. During the lockdown, the government sent us back to our homes. My father was unable to get back to our village in the midst of the lockdown.…
Building sustainable communities
July 22nd, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
IGL is currently working toward stronger, sustainable communities. Through skills training and microcredit loans, IGL is setting people up from relying on relief to a sustaining, longterm recovery. Throughout June, in places like Bihar, pastors trained their congregants on cottage industries. Microcredit loans were distributed to…
Children’s Gospel Club Update
July 22nd, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
This year the start of CGCs has looked completely different than other years, but God in His sovereignty already had plans orchestrated. The W.H.O. announced COVID-19 as a pandemic and shortly afterwards, the Indian government declared a nation-wide lockdown. They extended the deadline multiple times and continue to do so each month. Originally the leadership…
The Needs of Our Pastors
July 22nd, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
“I am so thankful for all the prayers, support and much-needed groceries. I know this help is from God. As Mark 11:24 says ‘Therefore I say to you, what things so ever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them’. I see these words fulfilled in my life…
Why Are You So Happy?
July 20th, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
I met Daniel twenty years ago when he was living on the streets. At this time, leprosy was even more prevalent in India than it is now, and we were reaching out to people with leprosy by providing regular meals and medical care. Daniel started coming in to get food, and that’s how I got…
Hold On To HOPE
July 16th, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
If you are having trouble this week with believing big or even believing . . . Read about these two women… Avinoori lives with her two daughters Anjali (18) and Prajitha (11). They are believers. With the girls still in school, she is the sole breadwinner and provides for the family, working as a daily wage laborer in the fields. She…
From a Mess to a Miracle
July 9th, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
Kavitha is a mother of three children. Before the lockdown, her family experienced constant quarreling. In the first few days of the lockdown, her family was frustrated, and had no peace between them. Kavita’s pastor introduced them to Operation HOPE, and encouraged her to gather her family to pray every day for two hours. They…
Helping Others
June 26th, 2020 by kmcvaney | | Posted in Field Updates
“The believers in my church do not have the financial strength to support me, so I have a small tailoring shop to help my family survive. The Corona Virus came like a tsunami and due to the lockdown, everything stopped. It was a painful time. But our Almighty God…
Covid Update From Gondia
June 11th, 2020 by kmcvaney | | Posted in Field Updates
The Gondia Adopt a Region in the eastern part of the state reported 2,171 positive cases of which 23 succumbed to the virus. Among the millions of migrant workers that returned to their native places, Gondia registered 40,000 returnees from around the country with many more still en route. These migrant workers, after an arduous…
Our life was going through hopelessness
June 2nd, 2020 by IGL Admin | | Posted in Field Updates
“Our life was going through hopelessness and my wife started quarreling with me due to the financial crisis and only darkness was before us.We had no prayer fellowshipin our family. After a few days of lockdown, a leader within Vision 2000 continued to encourage me to adopt Operation HOPE. God’s message given to Reverend Stephens, helped me and my family to grow in the Lord. Also, we received COVID-19 relief which helped our family. Operation HOPE brought…