The Believers Church, Bilaspur diocese organized a Christmas gift distribution event on 12th January 2013, at Saraipali in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh state. The gifts were distributed amongst the poor and abandoned families under the supervision of Brother Samu Nag, CDP in-charge.
On this occasion, the Zonal in-charge of Raipur, Rev. Fr. O. P. Jabbar was the chairman and he had expressed his gratitude towards Rev. Dr K P Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of the Believers Church, Kerala for launching such a Community Development Project that benefits the underprivileged families.
MLA of Saraipali, Mr. Bhardwaj, Brother Aquilas M.M., who is the Finance in-charge, and District Pastor Ganesh Munna attended as special Guests. Mr. Bhardwaj expressed his appreciation to the Believers Church for being true to the teachings of Lord Jesus and to take forward God’s preaching of love and care for those in need. He also shared his real-life incident about the time when he was admitted in a hospital for five days following a road accident. Doctors had reported that after recovery, he may be unable to hear of speak. In addition, half of his body was paralyzed that completely restricted his movements. Even medication did not assist in his complete recovery. On learning that Mr. Bhardwaj was paralyzed, District Pastor Ganesh Munna paid him a visit and took permission to share the word of God and preach about the life of Jesus Christ. Mr. Bhardwaj prayed in the mighty name of Lord Jesus Christ and as a result, he gradually felt that God had healed him completely. Presently, he is positive about the Christian religion and expresses his sincere gratitude to the church pastors.
Mr. Bhardwaj distributed a pair of goats to the 17 families on the occasion of the Christmas gift distribution day which was gladly accepted by the people who also expressed their sincere appreciation towards the Believers Church, Bishop K.P. Yohannan and its leadership.
This is what a framer Mr. Santosh Sagar and his wife, one of the believers from Baitari village in Mahasamund district, had to say. There are all together seven members in the family, they do not own a land and hence have to work for others, in their lands for survival. He always longed to own a pair of goat but his income was too less for him to afford even one. He expressed his gratitude to Mr. Bhardwaj for gifting a pair of goats due to which he can now improve his income at least look forward to a better life with his family.
Endrajeet Luha is a 30-year old regular follower of the Believers Church in Bhotaldih, who manages his livelihood as a daily-wage worker and was struggling to make two ends meet in order to feed his wife and two children. He also expressed his heartfelt gratitude for the pair of goat as a gift which will help increase his income and also pave extra earnings for his children’s education.
Another story is of Mr. Chandra Prakash Gheetlahre who is a believer of the Believers Church in Risoda village within the district of Mahasamund. He lost his father during childhood and therefore had to take on the burden of supporting the entire family. He too was struggling but by the grace of God, the pair of goat will now add extra means to earn and subsequently help toward supporting his family needs.
Dr. KP Yohannan humbly request all to pray for all the beneficiary families so that God will help them live a better and blessed life as well as strengthen their faith in the word of God.
