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PAGE 17 JULY 2019 ||www.bymonline.org Blessings in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra Blesso - Tamil Nadu It was truly a showers of blessing during 23rd to 26th May 2019 at Bishop Heber College, Trichy where Blesso-2019 was conducted. 1266 participants registered which includes 180 children and 260 young people. All the six messages were based on the theme, “Watchfulness”. For the first time, the BYM IT Team live streamed all the messages through our website which was viewed by many of our well-wishers and partners. The speakers include, Mr. Lionel, Dr. Jeyakumar, Mr. Mathansingh, Missionaries Manivannan and Jason, Mr. Suthakar, Mrs. Monica George, Mr. Benedict, Mr. Peter, Mr. Sandiago and Mr. David Christian Kumar. The topics were, “Watchfulness in personal life”, “Watchfulness in ministry”, “Watchfulness in Spirit filled life”, “Watchfulness against false doctrines”, “Watchfulness in family life” and “Watchfulness for Second Coming.” Singing sessions were led by Bro. Kishan and his team. The team from Odisha, performed a tribal dance and challenged the participants with their testimonies. Two new tracts were published - 'HaiDeepa'(Tamil) and 'The Love That Changed My Life' (English).The 'Blessing Podcast' channel in our website was dedicated for the glory of God. The Bless Bharat team elucidated the Lord's doing during the five years and also introduced two new programmes, 'Rebuild 2021' and 'ECAV' (Every Church A Village). The drama by the Thiruvallur team on the life of missionary Ragland made a lasting impression on the minds of the participants. The youth sessions and the children sessions were a blessing too. On the evening of the second day, theprogramme was facilitated by the Bishop of TrichyThanjavur Diocese Rt. Rev.Dr. D. Chandrasekaran and also the Pricipal of the Bishop Heber College Dr. D. Paul Dhayabaran. A special thanks to the college administration for allowing us to use their premises. As an outcome of this camp, 68 committed for fulltime, 51 decided to form Deborah prayer cell, 77 for village ministry, 89 for SFJ prayer cell, 75 for ESAP prayer cell, 42 committed as Mission Mobilizers, 28 committed for literature ministry and 56 new sponsors were raised. The total literature sales was Rs.1,62,172/- The camp would not have been successful had it not been the sacrificial labours of the leaders and volunteers of the Tamil Nadu Lay Team. May God bless them abundantly. All the sermons are available in the Youtube channel, BYM Media Wing. All glory to Him! Blesso - Maharashtra Blesso in Maharashtra was held in Lavahala, GEMS campus from 27th to 30th May 2019. Prayers were made for this camp for several months. A total of 235 people and 50 children participated in this meeting. All the messages and programmes were based on this year's theme - “Watchfulness”. The Word of God came as dew upon the dry land and many people were anointed by the Holy Spirit. There were separate sessions for families and young people in the afternoon. During the evenings cultural programmes and testimonies by our various church believers challenged the new comers and strengthened their faith. The camp ended with the Lord's Supper. A special thanks to Mr. MegnathPawar, Principal of GEMS Bible College for his help in organising this camp in their premises. We believe the fire kindled during this camp will spread like a wild fire. All glory to God!