‘[[=========================================== _________________________________________________________________________ Dear and Respected Respected Elders, Deacons, Ministers, Saints, sponsors of the Home Children and Widows and special donors and their families here at East Cullman Church of Christ, Greetings to you all from Ryali Church of Christ, Bud and Joy Children Home,Song of Joy School, Preachers training School, Ryali area Congregations, and from all the staff in India who are working for the Lord through all of your prayers, encouragements and regular support. I am very happy to give this brief Report and information about the Ryali area Lords work and activities briefly. Thank you for your prayers and support for the children’s home and Evangelical work. This will go a long way in helping us to take better care of the children, orphans, needy, poor and widows, aged people, who are in dire needs. We are helping our co- preachers to the cause of Christ and the ongoing work. We need more and more laborers in His vineyard. It is truly unique work with zeal and optimistic dedication for His cause. Some of the women have continue to pray together for one hour every Monday 8.30 P.M to 9.30 P.M. for you and all of our supporters, sponsors and prayer partners in USA in India. Please pray for our ministry (Evangelical work) among many pagan people, communities, Non Christian, denominations, Hindu and Muslim groups that many more may come to the Lord will be soon. Our preacher’s team is involved in intensive zeal to seek and save the lost, and start the worship True God with New Testament pattern and service everywhere in this Ryali area. Pray for protection for newly baptized people who are facing opposition and troubles from their family members, Ex-community and from other religious groups before they were.

As you know we are doing so much with so little through all of your prayers and wonderful support. “LIKE” “then He took the Five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He bless them, and brake and gave to the multitude…and they eat, and were all filled”. (Luke 9:16). We hope and pray that our Lord will bless us will get through the noble saints like you. If we may get some more loaves and more fishes, we will save many more souls help the poor and Widows. The Ryali Church of Christ was started 1973. Mr. Palanati Venkayya (Late), who worked as a Government School teacher, he was converted to a Lutherans group, they changed his name as the (Stephen) because he was converted from Hindu religious group, and they hope he is working as like a Stephen who Martyrdom from false leaders, actually his name was Venkayya (a famous Hindu god name , Venketeswara). So he changed his name as Stephen. He was appointed as one of the local Lutheran Church so-called-Pastor in my childhood, by the Grace of God he is my father. After many years he learned the N.T. Truth and he converted by Brother J.C. Bailey who came as first brother (missionary) from Canada who brought the N.T.Truth along with Brother Joshua Gootam, my father obeyed the truth after much Bible discussion and debates with them, at last he was surrender the truth according to the Scriptures and recognized the True Church and Doctrine of the New Testament, and his baptism of sprinkling was not correct and buried with Christ by the water Baptism we will union with Christ, so he was converted into Christ by water baptism, and joined as a Bible Student for Six weeks at (KSP) Kakinada School of Preaching, of course he was faced many problems when he was started the New Testament Doctrine in their Lutheran church, once again he was executed from the body of Lutheran pastors group. And he separated from Lutheran church and started the N.T. Church, as Church of Christ in Ryali, with 17 members including my family members and who were obeyed the Truth according to the Scriptures. My Mother name is Subbamma (one of the Hindu goddess name), she worked as an Government Employee on those days as a Royal nurse. She also worshipped idols that many so called gods and goddesses, HERE IS A GREAT STORY OF MY MOTHER SAID, WHEN SHE WAS PREGNANT IN 1956, SHE HAD a DREAMT THAT HER SON (ME) WILL SERVE THE LORD. So my parents told the story how they dedicated me for His Service through their dreams, because they were Hindu converted and Denominational thoughts and feelings, when I was born, BUT NOT NOW.

After my college I received an appointment letter for the Government job, which is security, family benefits and many facilities, etc. But my parents not happy with that, so I rejected it and choose to serve the Lord in my humble thought, my parents sent me for Bible Training at Kakinada School of Preaching 1973 -1976 batch, which was the Third batch of that School. I had successfully completed with good grades, I received my Bible graduation Certificate from the great warrior of church J.C.Bailey. In 1978 I was married to Shoba, and continued to lead the Ryali Church of Christ because my father had gone to receive his reward. I have faced lot of problems, struggles and trails from Hindu groups, because we are living and grownup among them and establishing His Church among Hindu community where I was born, brought up to serve the Lord and converted more than thousands, since on those days. Of course we have so many Saints there in Heaven from Ryali along with my father and so on now. At present the Population of the Ryali Village: # 20,000 Members of the Ryali Congregation, more than thousand were Baptized in Ryali: Regular attendance in worship Service 400 to 425. Several members are moved for their lively hood like daily labours, doing small businesses in other areas, settled in small jobs and works in other towns, and migrated to other countriesALSO. Many of them became Preachers, some of them leading Sunday schools and ladies classes, and became Leaders. Some of them started new Congregations wherever they settled in various parts of Andhra Pradesh and other States. We always praise the Lord, and very thankful to you all for your ENCOURAGEMENTS, REGULAR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.. Ryali Church of Christ have 3 Elders, and 5 deacons Preachers of the Ryali Church of Christ, P.S.R. Jaya Paul, and Praveen and our trainee preachers shared the work. Minister: P.S.R. Jaya Paul Associate & Youth Minister: P. Praveen Assistant minister for local meetings: Sudhakar. N. Weekly Timings of Services Sunday school (for children) - 09:30 to 10:30 am Sunday Worship - 12.30 to 03.30 pm Evening Worship - 07:30 to 09:30 pm Wednesday Bible Class: 08:30 to 09:30 pm Friday Ladies Bible Class: 08:30 to 09:30 pm

Preachers’s (Jaya Paul) background? i.e., Father, Mother, Education, Wife, Children, etc. I am a Bible graduate, My father was a Government School teacher and Preacher, My mother worked as a Government Nurse, my wife Shoba is a faithful women and serve the Lord and assisting me in many ways, she works with the women in the Congregation and leads the Ladies classes as the Women ministry, and assisting in our Children Home maintenance etc. I have four Children - 1. Praveen, Minister, 2. Srikanth (Baptized and married) he was completed post Graduation and completed Master in Law degree at present working as an Advocate here in our local session’s court, 3. Venkata Reddy (Baptized and unmarried) completed Degree BCA. 4. Daughter Pearl Helms (baptized and married) Son-in-law is Civil engineer living at our nearby city Rajahmundry, One grandchild, Four and off years old, all are along with my son-in-law are the members of the Church and serve Him in many ways in His Service. My grown up area is as a child? I was born here in Ryali, brought up since Lower School and High School graduation was completed here in Ryali, and Junior College at West Godavari Palakollu, and Degree and Bible Training was at Kakinada, East Godavary, State of Andhrapradesh. When was the Bud and Joy Children’s Home established? November 1992 without any support or sponsors as it was sudden happened due to heavy flood effect. So many were died and so many lost their properties and belongings. Some small children lost their parents, so the local Congregation took care of the Orphans and poor for food supplies and accommodated through our Prayer Hall which was newly opened for the Church facility this is a long story, but simply this is a great plan of Almighty God. We started this Orphanage, but we know one family who is the sponsor of the Jaya Paul family as His Servant Brother Mr. Bud and Sister Mrs.Joy McDonald who were living at Katy, Texas. Prayerfully we conveyed this important and immediate news about these orphans and poor children to them. Their prayers and encouragements provided some help as one time gifts, because this was not a project. We started as a temporary option, but by the Grace of God Mr Bud and Joy pass this news of need to their daughters Mrs. Donna and Diana, who are living at Birmingham and worshiping at Riverchase Church of Christ, they pass this important and emergency need to provide food, shelter to orphans and to the victims by the disaster so God opened their hearts and hands through loving Sister Carol Echols who are at present here in East Cullman after many years encouragements from Riverchase,.

Now it is a great Centre to help the poor and Orphans through all of your prayers and support from the Riverchase saints through the Loving family Mr. David & Ellen Wagner and from Creekwood through Bud and Joy McDonald’s family, and from East Cullman Church of Christ through Mr. Bob and Mrs. Carol Echols family who are dedicated their time, money and taking responsibility about this Orphanage, School, Preachers Training School and for the Ryali area Lord’s work. We are always thankful all our Respected Elders, Deacons, Ministers, and special Donors and Children Sponsors of these Three Congregations. And our special thanks to Sisters Donna and Diana. Thank you all once again. The children are currently live in our Home is: Number of the Bud & Joy Home Children for 2014 -2015 River chase Church of Christ Children sponsors: 56 Creek wood Children Sponsors: 52 Ryali Church of Christ: 8 Total Number of Home Children: 116 Day Care children 35 in School Times The Song of Joy School was established: Thank you for your fervent prayers. India is a country that Satan does not want to loosen his grip on. There are so many rituals and fears. There is a god for about everything if we seen in India. Now a days the children are raising in our Bud & Joy children's home and through our Song of Joy School who were grownup already and Baptized into Christ from Hindu background children and go out dedicatedly and radically reach their parents and people for Christ, we have that an idea we started this Children education center In 1998, Our Home Children had nearly 30, if we used to send them to Government or other private Schools where there is no way for Moral and Christian value teachings. So prayerfully we feel it is better and important that we will bring up these children as good Christians with moral values. We started as a Tuition Centre appointed one teacher, and two more teachers and we started as a School for our Home Children in our Church building facility, then prayerfully conveyed this need to Sister Carol Echols, and River chase Sponsors of the Home Children through Sister Ellen Wagner. We purchased two little bit of Sites, supported by the Riverchase Church and some other individuals of that Congregation, the year of 1998. Sister Carol Echols family, David & Ellen Wagner and Frances Lewis, John & Diana Kelley and East Cullman Church are greatly help us and raised some more money to complete our Song of Joy School Building.

The children are currently in our school: Number of the Children in our Song of Joy School for 2014 - 2015

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Students 53 52 48 36 45 39 22 26 18 16 15 18 10 398

The Ryali Church have been established 172 Congregations in different areas and places, There are 52 Preachers working in 75 Congregations and who are getting some support from Ryali Church of Christ through all of your prayers and encouragements and regular support, that are given support every month $ 25 -35. We need to raise their support according to all prices are goes to very high, even our transportation rates are goes to very high. Please pray. We need more and more laborers in His vineyard. It is truly unique work with zeal and optimistic dedication for His cause. Baptisms in 2014 January to December 1,055. Working Preachers (supported by Ryali Church) are working to introduce the N.T. Truth and the N.T. Church to the new villages and towns as our regular work and commitment. We never dare to make our requests to you that you may consider increasing support for the ministry: Even we have in a great deficit. But we continue our prayers for the preachers’ support that we need to increase, whenever we raise the funds for preachers support for betterment of the Ryali area Lords work and we reach some more new areas and places where Christ has not preached, and Save the Lost. The Preachers Training School was established In 2002, we started this Preachers training school for our local preachers who are converted from denominational and other religious back grounds and for the local congregational youth development. I worked as a Bible School teacher for 22 years at Bikkavolu Bible School; with that experience we started the Preachers Training School for one day (Saturday) in every week due to our limited funds. Currently we have 42 Trainee Preachers. We have nice building facility for Preachers Training School as it is Wendell J. Kelley Memorial Bible School. And we have a Evelyn Kelley Christian Library for Trainee Preachers, Home & School Children.

I am Sure, there are so many things that we have to do and doing in His Kingdom. If any information or any clarification do you want from us please kindly let us know. We always thankful to you and praying for you all, once again and one and all, especially to our Respected Elders, Deadcons, Ministers, Missions committee and all our Sponsors of the Orphanage and special donors of the other projects in His Name for His glory. Our personal thanks to Brother Bob and Sister Carol Echols and their family for their love, and special donations of collectively and personally for the Song of Joy School Building facility as the Blair Hall. God Bless you all. Yours in His Service and task, P.S.R.Jaya Paul, Minister Ryali Church of Christ A poet that is” Franklin D. Roosevelt” once said, "Happiness is the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. There is nothing in the world that helps a man overcome his difficulties, survive his disasters, and stay healthy and happy like the joy of a life task worthy of his full dedication." Righteous responsibility is a mark of spiritual maturity. We don't serve the Lord by feeling or emotion, but by duty and devotion. There is no happiness without righteous responsibility. Thanking you all again and again in His Loving name.