Greetings,

Last week was really emotional. I asked for more compassion for the people and He was faithful to answer. The translator called me over to pray for this young pregnant girl and he explained that if she doesn't have a boy, the husband won't let her keep it; for they already have two girls. She said she wanted to keep it no matter what because the child is a gift. I put my hand on her stomach and I broke down. I was touching a baby that might not be accepted after it is born. And afterward I saw the husband push her around quite roughly. It led me to fast that night out of desperation. I dont think I will ever see her again.

The following night we did house visits again in a different village. Every house we shared the gospel, everyone wanted to grasp on to the hope of Jesus. We were about to leave and for some reason our translator led us to this house out of the way. It was a family of 11 maybe. I shared the gospel and I asked if anyone wanted to pray to accept Christ. The father was the most doubtful but one teenage daughter said she did. So I asked her to come closer to me and repeat the prayer. When I start; the whole family ends up repeating the prayer. It felt awesome. When we left and went back to the bus our translator told us that he was blown away because that father at the last house was wearing the typical garments of a Hindu priest; a leader of Hinduism! Amazing. Pray for this man because he is for sure going to have some serious inner struggles!

This week will be our last week of ministry in Thiruvannamalai. We have been here for about 7 weeks. Satan is trying to stop us from going out with a bang. Two of our team members have fevers and the pastor we serve under is falling under some serious persecution. Coincidence? I think not. We are not going to let anything get in the way of Gods work this week.

Praise reports:~ We ran into some walls but people are still getting saved

~about $350 was sent in last week

~A dog ran off with my shoe in a village and a little boy got it back for me

~as a team we are still unified and in good spirits

Prayer requests: ~That God will provide financially for us to move on to the next city after this

week

~That the two sick girls on our team will continue to recover and not have to miss any outreaches

~please pray for our health and comfort

~for God to grow us and teach us and reveal mighty things to us everyday

Love you all,

Mallory