First Love Christian Church has worked with Pastor James Santhosam founder and president of Prince of Peace Ministries in Chennai India, a great man of God with a powerful testimony. He has dedicated his life to the vision he has received from the Lord. He is deeply committed to pioneering churches in the unreached villages of South India.

We visited Madras, now known as Chennai, a city on the east coast of southern India. This is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, India's fourth largest metropolitan city and one of the 35th largest metropolitan areas in the world. With a population of over 6 million people, Chennai is a city in continual growth and expansion every year.

History has certainly left its mark on this city, which is believed to have been the home of St. Thomas in the outskirt of the city.

We visited several villages across Chennai and realized how terrible the spiritual condition is in this country. There are idols and pagan temples everywhere.

In a nation where the main religion is Hinduism, we were surprised to see so much hunger in the people of India to know the only and true God, Jehovah God. The meeting was packed to its full capacity with men, women and children in the two-night revival. There were no chairs so people sat on the floor, on the fences and even outside where they could watch Pastor Sun on televisions set strategically in places for those who couldn't get in. There were people sitting even on the top of the houses surrounding us, trying to see what was going on there.

It was amazing to see that immense crowd lining up for prayer and to hear powerful testimonies about the miracles that God had done in their lives, and to see the tears in their eyes when they gave their lives to Christ.

We pray that God opens the doors to visit Chennai again, this time with the opportunity to build some churches in villages that need to be reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

People in India are hungry for something new, something real that could fill the void in their hearts that the idols and false gods could not. God is ready to do His part the question is, are we ready to do ours? What are we going to do with what God has given us?

We want to encourage you to be part of this wonderful work that God is doing.

Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest." Matthew 9:37-38

And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." Mark 16:15-18