Dear praying friends,

Greetings from the YWAM AIDS ministry in Chennai (Madras), India. Thank you very much for your prayers and financial support for this ministry.  God has been doing wonderful things through this ministry.  Many lives have been touched by God.  The home based care program is rapidly increasing and there are so many in need we are finding it hard to visit all the families every month.  Many of the families suffer financially and some even go without food for a few days. We really try to come along side and help them in their felt needs.  Let me share a few things with you.

Hospice:  Two days ago an eight day old baby girl and her mother arrived in our hospice. They both were referred by the YWCA project.  The mother is from south Tamil Nadu, she is the second wife to her husband as the husband is living with another woman.  We are yet to know all the details of the family.  Both the mother and baby are keeping well.  Please keep them in your prayers as they hear the Gospel in our home.

Children's Care Center:  God has helped us to rent another house for the Children with HIV.  We have seven children staying at the hospice now.  But we will take more children once the house is ready.  We need finances for buying the furniture for the house.  Please pray with us.                

The present hospice house is going for sale. We are praying that God will provide the finances to purchase the house. The cost is approximately about US$20,000.  

Christmas Program:  Christmas is approaching soon.  We are planning to celebrate with all the inmates we visit regularly as well as the home based care families (75 families in all).  We want to bless them with presents.  We also want to give presents to the HIV victims in the hospital (400 patients).

If you would like to give to support any one of these programs you can send it to Across Ministries (see address below.  People in the US will receive a tax receipt) with a note that it is for the AIDS Hospice ministry in Chennai. 

You could also designate more specificly for:   Children's Care Center,  Women's Hospice, House purchase, Prison, Hospital and Home Visitation, the Christmas Program - or "where needed most".

Thank you,

In His Service,

J.D. Wilson
Ministry Director