The work is going great! Steve and Aaron are in the area of Mysore and will meet me in Kurnool early Wednesday morning. After we work together for a few days in Kurnool we will leave for Markapur on Friday afternoon. This is where Amantha will be by that time.

Amantha has taken to the work like we all knew she would take to it; masterfully. She flew (by herself) to Bangalore this morning and will leave for Markapur where we have a children’s home. During Amantha’s first 7 days she has spoken over 10 times. Twice her audience endured a two hour lesson. Not one person complained, however a few children did fall asleep!

I am still in Hyderabad finishing up some campaign work and decided to take a few brief minutes to update everyone. My journey to Kurnool will be a 5 hour car ride. The roads are becoming noticeably better and this is helping India ’s economy. Do not confuse better with the level of our standards. Many, if not most, are still compressed dirt, some are paved and in the area of Hyderabad they are actually very similar. Most of India is not like Hyderabad .

Again, thank you for your constant prayers while we are here in India . There is a funny story that I will share with you when I return to the States. I am sure that your prayers helped me personally today. Do not worry it was nothing life threatening or even courageous. Just a common everyday problem that you help me through and likely did not even know about it. I truly mean thank you.

Steve and Aaron left today (Monday) for Khamman and we will likely meet up in about 10 days. Ron Clayton and I will be leaving for Bidar shortly and return in time to see Amantha and Keith Ball arrive at the airport on Wednesday. Ron, Keith, Amantha and myself will all be in Hyderabad for one day and then Keith will be going to Bidar and several other hard to spell areas. It is likely that we will only see Keith once on this trip. Amantha and I will be together for about 3 days and then after Sunday I will go to some areas on my own while Amantha works at Markapur with the children's home and several ladies classes. After that I do not know the schedule for sure. In India the schedule can change several times and to be honest the schedule of events I just wrote is likely to change. I have found that India schedules are similar to weather in West Virginia; it changes often and without warning. Besides the great success of the Gospel this is one of the reasons I like this work. There is always something happening and it is very exciting to be a small part of the adventure . From my meetings alone (this does not include Steve and Aaron's meeting) over 127 people have obeyed the Gospel. Thanks for letting me be apart of it. ---Peter Ray Cole

Last night we arrived in Puna , India for a series of classes during the day with Denominational preachers. Our lessons will focus on areas we are divided in and apply the Word of God to mend the division. I realize this is only my 5^th trip to India , however it still greatly impresses me when many of the Denominational preachers are willing to accept the Truth. It shows me they are very sincere in their desire to follow God’s will. It is also exciting because when they convert and begin studying with our local preachers, these converted men will take the message back to their denominational places and then teach those individuals out of error also. It is a very satisfying and exciting process to watch. I wonder aloud, “What is the difference between people who want to serve and worship God here as opposed to back home?” Near the end of the week, likely Thursday, we will be taking a train back to Hyderabad and hold Gospel meetings in that area. This will be a train ride that lasts about 10 hours. In case you are wondering, yes, I have several appropriate train songs on my iPod.

We expect Keith Ball and Amantha to arrive on Wednesday of next week (they will be leaving on Monday) and we are not sure what area we will be going to next. Thanks again for your continued prayers. As always please excuse any grammatical errors. Time is very limited and I do not have much time to proof read and honestly you know that would likely not help that much!

10-03-2008
Supporters and Friends of the Work,

This has been an interesting trip so far. We arrived safely and the flight was possibly the best we have had so far. Although it was crowded there was little turbulence and truthful I would rather be crowded over falling out of the sky. The work as always has been tremendous. Already we (Steve, Aaron, Myself) have had over 120 responses from just 2 nights of Gospel meetings. I have only a couple of internet access due to several power failures here in , . This is my third attempt at emailing an update. Next week Aaron and I will be conducting a preacher training class and many denominational preachers will be invited to listen and study with us. These are typically very successful. As always continue to remember us in your prayers.

---Peter Ray Cole