BYM ONLINE DESK July 2018 English Emagazine | Page 18

July 2018 Waters In The Wilderness Refresho' 2018, Bengaluru (A Report of Blesso 2018 held at Trichy, Tamil Nadu) Was it a revival meet? A youth gathering? A Bible study programme? No!No!No! It was a programme designed by the partners of Blessing Youth Mission from Bangalore to refresh the missionaries. Apostle Paul was refreshed by the visit of the household of Onesiphorus (2 Tim 1:16). We see this ministry of refreshing by the saints and for the saints mentioned in 1 Cor 16:18, 2 Cor 7:13 and Phm 7. The partners decided to host the missionaries working in Odisha for a period of three days ( Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in Bengaluru.(They had hosted the missionaries from Karnataka in 2013 and Tamil Nadu in 2016 ). This time there were a total of 50 missionary families. They allotted one missionary family to stay with one partner's family and the partners accepted the missionaries as their special guests. The families of the missionaries along with their kids spent an entire day in an amusement park (WonderLa). On the second day, the missionaries spent their time with the partners sharing their testimonies, mission field experiences, joys and sufferings. It resulted in the generation of new Preventive Prayer Partners (PPP). During the final da