Prayer request for the church of Christ building in Makkenavaripale,

[Bontha Esudas]

My friends

The church of Christ in Makkenavaripalem: was started by Bro. Claude A. Guild with my father Bontha Paul more than 25 years ago.  It is located in the village Makkenavaripalem, Santhamagulur mandal, Prakasam
Distict, A. P. India. The population of Makkenavaripalem village is
approximately 8000 souls, and the nearby village is Kommalapadu with a
population of about 6000 souls. The Lord has placed an open door of
opportunity to win many lost souls to Christ in this part of India. 
There are 55 regular members in attendance for the services.   Many
more have been baptized but due to lack of a building they are not
attending the services.  Attendance will be better once we are able to
build a place of worship large enough to accommodate everyone.

 My son assisting Bharath Bhushan assisting me in the work.
There are 3 denominations working in this village.

1. Baptist.

2. Living Evangelical Fellowship

3. Laymen’s Evangelical Fellowship.

The congregation still meets and worships at a porch for all of these years. We troubling alot to conduct all of the services under the porch. All of the other denomination use loud spakers and truble us a
lot. We bared all of these years.

A church building was started for this congregation many years back but has never been finished.  We built the foundations, plinth beam, columns up to 4 feet. The cost of finished work was $3500.00   All of
this money was contributed from our congregation in India and some
neighboring congregations  and individuals of our brotherhood in India.
The needed amount to finish construction is $14000.  The completed
building will be 8.4 meters wide by 12.64 meters long.  But now due to 
the fall of steel and cement cost it was decreased to $11000 nearly.

Now we came to know that steel and cement cost fall down a lot. So we thought that it is good time to fix the roof. So that i informed this to my friends  they understand me and helped me with $2000  Now i
start the work with $2000 . We need some more $2800 to fix the roof. We
need your prayers and encouragement and help to fix the roof at least
for now.  Thank you for your time. I am looking for my brothers and sister
who like to share this burden with me. I am inviting you to share in
this burden pray with me. Contact me for any questions at this email.
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