Sword & Trowel 2017: Issue 1 INTERIM NEWS ON DROUGHT-RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN SRI LANKA


Pastor Selvaraj Jeyakanth, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka


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INCE the last report, there has been some rain in the drought-


affected regions of Sri Lanka but not enough to make a signifi cant difference to people’s situations. They prayerfully await the seasonal rains due around now. The Lanka Evangelical Fellowship of Churches is regularly feeding over 800 families and building or deepening over 25 wells. Two water bowsers (tanks pulled by tractors) are being used every day to supply water to villages. Believers are very moved by the


generous fi nancial help provided by brothers and sisters abroad. Pastors are particularly encouraged, as it has taken a heavy burden off them. It has also created evangelistic opportuni-


ties, softening the attitudes of some Hindus to Christians as we give them water too. LEFC churches provide meals


every Sunday to everyone, including Hindus. As a result, more are attend- ing church as some day-workers had previously stopped coming as they felt they needed to work on Sundays to feed their families. Also, some who lived a long way from churches and had stopped coming have returned, as the food offered gives them the strength for the journey. The needs remain great and cannot


all be met. LEFC is using the money carefully since the main food source, the rice crop, will not be available until early next year and thereafter money will be needed for more seeds and fertilizer.


ADDRESSING MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT


Dr Vishal Mangalwadi (front row second from left in this photograph of Metropolitan Tabernacle School of Theol- ogy speakers in 2017) was invited to attend the Houses of Parliament to present to MPs the major infl uence of the Bible in our history. His well- known work – The Book That Made Your World – has been given to every MP, donated by the Tabernacle and others.


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