APRIL 2009 REPORT & MAY PRAYER REQUESTS

Dear Prayer Partners,

Please find the report of April 2009.

1. Life word seminar on 3rd and 4th April in Kalimpong went well. More than 70 leaders were gathered in this seminar. Dr. Rev. Yohan Kim from Korea Baptist pastor taught in this seminar. People once again rededicated themselves and had assurance of salvation in their lives.

2. Preaching assingmnet in Kerseong UCNI on 5th April i.e. on Palm Sunday was a blessed day. It was my first time in Kerseoung town to preach and I hope that God has oepned a door for me to preach His Word in this area.

3. 6th and 7th April, film show and gospel program in Upper Dalapchand was blessed. Mostly people here are buddhist and they heard the gospel through film, songs and sermon. There were few people who responded the call and we prayed for them.

4. 10th to 12th April, Spiritual Convention among Tharu people in Kanchanpur Nepal was a time of challenge as well as blessing. When I reached a place called Itahari, they called up strike in Western Nepal and I had to drive through motorbike. It happended during my returning journey too. It was very hot, dusty and rough road through jungle. God saved us from the strike attackers. Nepal needs your prayer.

5. 17th Arpil, gospel program in Teesta Valley was disturbed by rain initially but we prayed God and the rain stopped. 7 people accepted Jesus as their Saviour.

6. Gorubathan ministry on 26th April was a church ministry. 5 people were baptised and had a blessed time with the church members over there.

Thank you for your prayers.

Please continue to pray for the following coming programs of MAY:


2nd May - Youth meeting entitled Intimacy with Christ" in Town Hall, Kalimpong.

3rd May - Tadong, Sikkim church Ministry

9th-10th May - Ministry among Adhivasis in Ethelbari

13th - 18th May - Kathmandu Nepal ministry and Mahima's wedding

22nd -24th May - KALIMPONG Intercession, FRIENDS 1st Anniversary and Revival Meeting, Release of our
new Priase and worship album "ABLAZE"

29th - 31st May - East Nepal visit


You can send your prayer request to us in hyssopministries@gmail.com

In Christ

Rev. Mathias Subba

March Report 2008

Dear Partners,

Thank you for your prayers. find the report of March 2009 below:

1. We had a blessed one day retreat of Friends on 7th March. Eld. Munna Sundas spoke on worship and worship led by Ruben Kabo. Mr Punu Lucksom conducted quiz on current affairs and 1/2 Timothy. I spoke on two topics: Dare to be different and Revival.

2. We had Duars Revival meeting for Adhivasis from 11th to 13th March in Hope Tea Garden, Thaljhora.

3. I had a wonderful time in Pattaya, Bangkok from 19th to 21st March attending HImalayan Global Summit. More than 200 Nepali leaders, pastors, missionaries were gathered from different parts of the world like, Singapore, Hongkong, Burma, Malaysia, UK, Germany, USA, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangkok etc in the Baptist Conference Centre in Pattaya, Thailand. I had an oppurtunity to lead the praise and worship during these 3 days conference. It was a blessed to meet with the leaders, sharing how God is moving in different parts of the world, praying for each other and moving ahead with the call of mission. You can see some photos in the blog.

4. It is wonderful to share that Mr. Suman Rai and his 3 families members have accepted Christ on 28th March and they are getting ready for baptism. On 31st March, the family of Mr. Padam Gurung have heard the gospel for the first time, who are regular view of our TV program Naya Shristi. Pray for them

Please pray for the forcoming progrms of APRIL 2009 below:

1. Life word seminar on 3rd and 4th April in Kalimpong

2. Preaching assingmnet in Kerseong UCNI on 5th April

3. 6th and 7th April, gospel program in Upper Dalapchand

4. 10th to 12th April, Convention among Tharu people in Kanchanpur Nepal

5. 17th Arpil, gospel program in Teesta Valley

6. Gorubathan ministry on 19th April

6. gospel program among business people in Siliguri on 25th April

Thank you for your constant prayer support. You can send your prayers items .

We are having devotion from Monday to Saturday as a Hyssop family where we can remember you in our prayers.

Sincerely

Rev. Mathias Subba

Hyssop Ministries

Kalimpong

DAYA - CHILDREN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

PRAISE GOD - DAYA - A CHILDREN PROJECT IS STARTED

Daya -is an educational project initiated by Hyssop Ministries, Kalimpong for poor children to help them in their education. Daya will help students till their 10th standard providing books and copies and one hour tuition everyday from monday to Friday with light refreshement. Students will come to Daya centre everyday. They will be taken to educational tour and will be provided other educational knowledge through films etc. More than that, they will learn about Jesus and our focus is to present Jesus as the Saviour and the Lord to their families.

Daya Project is dedicated on 19th Feb 2009 at Singmari, Darjeeling with 5 poor students at present. Out of 5 students, 4 are non Christians and 1 is a christian student. The tuition classess for these 5 students will be commencing from 2nd March 2009. Miss Sital Pradhan a graduate from Govt. College, Darjeeling is apoointed as the caregiver of this project.

This project is an indegenous one and a faith ministry and running with the help of Hyssop's partners. If you want to be part of Daya project, helping the poor children, please contact Rev. Mathias Subba, Hyssop Ministries, Kalimpong (9434107023 or email: hyssop@sify.com

VISION 2009 - PRAYERS NEEDED

UP COMINGS: WE NEED YOUR PRAYER AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT

2009 VISION:-

1. TO START REVIVAL MEETINGS FOR YOUTH IN DARJEELING

2. GOD WILLING, TO START SATURDAY FELLOWSHIP FOR YOUTH IN DARJEELING

3. TO HELP 5 POOR NON CHRISTIAN STUDENTS IN THEIR EDUCATION AND LEAD
THEIR FAMILIES TO CHRIST FROM FEB 2009 ONWARDS IN DARJEELING

Feb - 2009 program:-

1. Dharan Nepal visit - 3rd week

2. 18th Feb - Gospel program in Sangsay Kaman, Kalimpong

3. Damak, Nepal visit - last week

PRAY FOR THE RECORDING OF NEW PRAISE AND WORSHIP ALBUM

Jan 2009- report

Dear Partners,

Thank you for your prayers. Please find the report of January 2009

13-15th We had 3 days seminar on evangelism in partnership with Campus Crusade for Christ for young people. 30 young people attend this seminar @ CE hostel. There was a 2 hours of practical in sharing gospel. They shared the gospel to 68 non Christians and 19 of them accepted Jesus Christ on the last day of the seminar.

18 -20th, We had three day youth meeting for the young people in Lower Martam, Sikkim where you also visited long time back. I taught them on the subjects like Music and Love, Marriage and Sex. Around 30 young people from different churches attended this. Two evening we had open air revival and gospel meetings. 35 backslidden Christians dedicated their lives to Jesus and three hindu ladies accepted Jesus as their saviour. The follow up work is going on there.

23-26th, we were in Kolkata PITSTOP youth retreat. Around 50 young people from different universities and colleges attended this camp. I met one buddist girl, who is now growing in the Lord. She is a M.Sc student. Her name is Dawa, pray for her.

27-28th, Again we were in Mongalbarie, West Sikkim in the youth convention of EPCS church, More than 700 youth attended this. More than 40 young people dedicated their lives to Jesus.

30th, We had gospel program among Lepchas in Nasey 6th mile, Kalimpong. Around 300 people heard the gospel and the follow up work is going on well.

The Saturday youth Fellowship "FRIENDS" is going on well. More than 50 youth are attending this fellowship at present. There will be more when schools and college will reopen from 20th Feb onwards. At present two hindu girl have accepted Jesus through Friends and now growing in the Lord. Pray for them - Kalyani and Yozna

Thank you for your prayers and support

Rev. Mathias Subba

You can also send your prayer request to hyssopministries@gmail.com

FRIENDS PRAYER BULLETIN

FRIENDS

("Friends" is a youth felowship initiated by Hyssop Ministries which is held every saturday at Multi Purpose Centre, below Macfarlane Memorial Church, Kalimpong from 2 pm to 4 pm)

Pray for the 10th and 12th Board examination of the students who are attending Friends. Pray for their spiritual growth. Pray for those who have accepted Jesus from Non Christian background.

If you need prayer support, please contact us:
Hyssop Ministries, Kalimpong (Cell: 94341-07023)
Email:hyssopministries@gmail.com

A Short History of Hyssop Ministries

Hyssop Ministries started in 1988 in Kalimpong town. It was then known as Hyssop Singing Ministry. It was the vision of Mathias Subba who used to be invovled in seculer music, composing and singing. After having completely down in a commerical concert, Mathias decided to dedicate his talent to God. He prayed to Jesus that He would give him a chance to serve Him through music. Mathias shared his vision to start a singing team with his friends who agreed to have a music team. After having prayed much, a meeting was called. With the blessing of Rev. M.H. Subba, Rev. Dr. E.T. Lucksom and Rev. Dr. B.D. Rai , Hyssop Singing Ministry was born on 9th November 1988. The name Hyssop was given by Rev. M.H. Subba. The founding members were Mathias Subba, Late. Michael Chulo Chaa, Noel Peter Subba, Ajoy Dhamala and Sinora Subba.
The three main objectives of Hyssop were"
1. Gospel through music
2. To encourage young people to use their talents for God
3. Try to bring unity among churches
The first gospel program of Hyssop was held in St. Soldier's School in Melli Sikkim with help of Prebyterian Free Church Melli, Sikkim. During that time, Hyssop had no proper instruments. Late Chulo sang 11 songs, a short gospel was presented by Mathias Subba. The available sound system was 35 watts amplifier and two small sound boxes.
After that many gospel programs were done in different places of Sikkim like Sombarie, Daramden, Namchi, Gangtok, Soreng, Buriakhop, Tharpu, Turuk, Sadam, Martam, Bigmat, Bermoik, Tadong etc.
The gospel concerts were done in different places of Kalimpong, Siliguri, Jaigoan, Shilong, Kolkata, Delhi and Hongkong.
Slowly Hyssop Singing Ministries Started growing by God's grace. By God's grace and providence, following things are developed now:
1. Hyssop Audio Visual Studio
2. CD and DVD production
3. Naya Shristi Local Cable TV Minsitries in Kalimpong, Gangtok, Darjeeling and Kerseong
4. Friends (Fellowship for youth every saturday from 2:30pm to 4 pm
5. Revival Meeting once in a month in Town Hall, Kalimpong
6. Organising seminars, retreat, outreach programs, social activities and involving in conventions
7. Preaching and teaching ministries

Due to the expansion of mentioned ministries, now Hyssop Singing Ministry is being known as Hyssop Ministries.
By God's faithfulness, Hyssop Ministries has blessedfully completed its 20 years of ministry in Himalayan region. On 8th and 9th November 2008, Hyssop celebrated 20 years of God's faithfulness in Town Hall, Kalimpong.
All glory and honour belong to the Almighty Triune God.

YOU CAN CONTACT US इन : hyssopministries@gmail.com