Fall eNewsletter from The Most Excellent Way

NEPAL ~Many pastors have told me that The Most Excellent Way is the only substance abuse program conducted in Nepal. In 2008, nearly 200 pastors and church leaders attended one-day training classes in conducting TMEW group meetings.

There are many meetings being held in remote villages. Mitra is coordinating all TMEW activities in Nepal, but because of the lack of communication between the remote villages, the number of meetings cannot be determined without him visiting those areas.

He does not have the funds

required to visit all Love Logo

meetings.

In the main city of Kathmandu, there are seven weekly meetings. In addition, four literacy classes being coordinated by Mitra's wife, Geeta. The classes are for family members of alcoholics, and even some of the alcoholics attend in addition to regular attendance at TMEW meetings. The "students" are all Hindus, who have never heard about Jesus or seen a Bible.

Teaching material includes basic Scripture topics and Bible stories. TMEW is instrumental in bringing literacy and evangelism to Nepal. TMEW is received with great enthusiasm. We are hoping to expand whenever God provides more funds.

INDIA ~ The Most Excellent Way is operating in several cities of India. In Bangalore, I conducted group leadership training for 50 members of Ebenezer Church, and there are now several TMEW meetings being held -- both for alcoholics and wives of alcoholics. One assistant pastor and an elder are working nearly full-time on establishing a satellite-church in the suburbs of Bangalor that will be primarily for alcoholics and families. Also in Bangalore, the Gerizim Rehabilitation Center has been supportive of TMEW. Through their contacts, I have been able to provide TMEW training and information to many groups. Shoba, a social-work trained lady, is conducting weekly TMEW meetings for wives of alcoholics in a slum area of Bangalore.

In Kurnool, one TMEW group meeting is being conducted.
In the very Southern part of India, in the city of Madurai, two pastors are conducting weekly meetings.

In the more remote and smaller Southern city of Gurupura, there are nine pastors taking TMEW to villages each week. Much farther away, in the most Northeastern area -- Nagaland -- a young pastor is conducting

weekly meetings.

    In Sangli, Maharashtra State, Pastor Treveli conducts meetings on an irregular basis because of severe persecution by Hindus.
     In the City of Dharmapuri, I conducted TMEW leadership training for 47 church leaders/ pastors/wives,resulting in the first meeting there.

All the necessary material needed to conduct TMEW meetings has been translated into the following Indian and Nepalese languages: Nepalese, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu -- 1,000 copies in each language have been printed and are being distributed as leaders are developed and to other interested people. It would be wonderful to have an Indian person coordinating TMEW from India, but that would require funds for a salary. Most ministries headquartered in USA have Indian coordinators, and perhaps one day that will be possible for us. Read more and view photos.

Submitted by Pastor John Pendleton

"Reaching the Unreached"
pendletonjf@juno.com

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