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A Call from the Hills!

NEWS
MYSORE

ETF ON-BOARD

It has been the prayer of Bangalore Unit of ETF to start ETF cells in other cities of
Karnataka. By the grace of God Mr P.D. Julius of Mysore (Retd Teacher) showed a lot of
interest to bring in the teacher graduates of Mysore into this professional body of
UESI. Mysore EGF has been meeting regularly on Sundays.

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On 24 April, Sunday, the well-known leader of ETF, Dr Michael Faraday was in
Mysore to attend a Tamil Conference. It was a wonderful opportunity to have him as I'm Ms. Beulah Abraham from Tamil Nadu. I was working as a lecturer in Ethiraj
the speaker. Two teachers from Bangalore, Ms Vinni Thomas and Ms Christella College in Chennai when I got the Lord's call for Himachal Pradesh. So, I resigned my
Anbalagan travelled to Mysore to join in the inauguration of Mysore ETF unit on the job in Chennai and joined as a teacher in a school in Manali, Himachal, in 1998.
said date. My sister started a school here and now, I have joined her. It is a small English medium
school - Ananth Spring School with classes up to Std-5, in a village called Shanag which
The meeting started at 4.00 pm with a time of worship led by Ms Abhisheka Mary. is 6 kms away from Manali. (We have been upgrading one class each year).
After a time of introduction, Ms Vinni Thomas spoke about ETF's Aims, Vision and
Ministry. Ms Christella shared her testimony of how ETF has been a blessing to her, in This village is surrounded by 9 villages where the gospel has not penetrated much.
Bangalore. Dr Michael Faraday brought the word of God on 'The Call of God'. After the The people here are mostly high caste Hindus, very superstitious and into idol worship.
meeting, the graduates interacted enthusiastically with the speaker. We desire that qualified and committed teachers would come here and be part of this
teaching ministry. There is a lot of opportunity to reach out to the parents through the
During tea time, the teacher graduates had an informal fellowship with the school.
speaker and the guests. Brother Israel and Brother Julius took care of all physical
arrangements for the guests and the speaker. And we take every opportunity to share the gospel to students as there is not much
opposition as of now. We realise that the door for the gospel will not be open for too
All Glory be to God. We have Mysore ETF on-board. long. And we are not able to do much due to lack of staff. Will you respond to the
- Vinni Thomas Lord's call and participate in the joyful harvest? The Lord is counting on you.
The Lord is coming soon. May He find us busy in His vineyard.

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