Greetings from Kolkata, India. Thank you very much for your kind prayers and support for our ministry in Kolkata. Because of your sincere prayers and support, God blesses our ministry. This year, we could start two more churches and eight house churches. Thank you very much. Please watch this video, I hope this video will help you to pray specifically for our ministry. There are so many unreached people who do not know the salvation of Jesus. We need to go to these people, and for that, we need your prayers and support. I praise God that you open your hearts for this work. God bless you all.

Thank you,

D.K. and Choity Sarkar

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They arrived in Indiana earlier this week and will travel to Colorado on May 13.

D. K. shares a few updates below:

• Towards the end of April, we were in northern Idaho and very lucky to have Maurice Roberts, our coach, take good care of us. We were able to have a good visit with Anthem Hayden.
• Last weekend we flew to southern Idaho and visited Boise Friends Sunday morning and had an event at Meridian Friends that evening. We also met new supporters at an event on Saturday night. We are thankful for Edee White (Jan Cammack’s Aunt) for hosting us during this time.

Thank you for being part of this journey with D.K. and Choity. You are not only a blessing to them but also to those who are being reached for Christ through their ministry. The Lord bless and keep you as well!

Your fellow servant in Christ,

Dan Cammack
Field Director

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We are excited to share that D. K. and Choity have a new ministry video that can be used on a Sunday morning, in a small group, or anywhere you find it to be helpful. You can watch it aquí.

D. K. shares a few updates below:

• We had very good visits with Netarts Friends Church, Vancouver First Friends Church, and West Chehalem Friends Church. We are looking forward to visiting Friendsview, attending a Spring Rally put on by Friends Women, and attending Newberg Friends and Rosedale Friends Church this Sunday.
• On Easter Sunday, we attended service at Tigard Community Friends Church. We were able to talk with some people about our ministry in India and the challenges we face there. It was a very good experience for us.
• Jan Cammack is taking very good care of us, and we are thankful for her. She has helped Choity and I get dental and doctor wellness visits and is making sure that we get to all of our appointments with churches and partners. We are grateful for her.
• Ministry in Kolkata continues while we are in the U.S. Kolkata Church shared an Easter breakfast together and seven people made a public testimony of water baptism in the river Ganges. I have included pictures to the right.

D. K also shares a prayer request:

• One of our most senior pastors, named Tapan Mondal has got a stroke. He took lots of responsibility in my absence during the Holy Week. Please pray for his recovery.

On April 18 they will head to Idaho to begin the next part of their deputation.

Thank you for being part of this journey with D.K. and Choity. You are not only a blessing to them but also to those who are being reached for Christ through their ministry. The Lord bless and keep you as well!

Your fellow servant in Christ,

Dan Cammack
Field Director

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D.K. and Choity Sarkar | West Bengal, India

Dear Praying Friends,

Greetings in his precious name. By his grace and because of your ceaseless prayers, the ministry of EFM Kolkata has grown up. We are grateful to God for all his mercy, and we are also grateful to you all for your prayers and support. God bless each one of you. There are a few areas, in which our ministry has grown.

Muslim Ministry – Murshidabad is an unreached district. Seventy-two percent of the population is Muslim. We have been working there for a few years but did not get good results. In 2021, we held a program praying especially for the Muslim community. The title is “How to Reach the Muslim People.” It was a one-year program. We targeted for ten young people to come to the Lord from the Muslim community, who were willing to work voluntarily for one year. Seven young people committed their lives for one year. We trained them and sent them in the district of Murshidabad and Nadia where most of the people are Muslim. By God’s grace, we got good results. Sixteen people from the Muslim community came and accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. They made a public testimony of baptism on May 6 Kolkata. There are few more who are waiting to do this. Sixteen house churches were started by these people. Praise the Lord. Please pray for this ministry.

Moarjem Ali, a leader (on the left) 

North Bengal Ministry – After much prayer, God opened a door in the North Part of West Bengal. We got a good couple from Siliguri which is the gateway of Northeast India. Their names are Asis Tinku Lal and his wife Dorji Lal. They live in Siliguri, and they will work in the entire district of Darjeeling. They have two kids. They have started a church in the city of Siliguri. Please pray for them.

Left: Moarjem Ali, Niamuddin Shaik, Morlem Shaik, Nurhaque Shaik, Rahim Box, Subarna Mondal and Kamrul Islam. Seven workers for Muslim Community. Middle and Right: Asis Tinku Lal is preaching in his fellowship named Siliguri Friends Church and then after the meeting food is ready for the believers.

Sending Missionaries – In our last Annual General Meeting, we took a decision that EFM Kolkata will send missionaries beyond West Bengal. Our churches will contribute as per their strength. A few churches will contribute 500.00 Rupees per month and most of the churches will contribute 1000.00 per month. From July to December 2022, the money will be gathered and in January 2023, a new missionary will be appointed. There are two places – Tamil Nādu and Nagaland. Please pray for God’s guidance so that we may choose the right place and right person.

We are preparing ourselves to visit America. May God bless us to get visa, tickets etc.

Thank you very much for your support and prayers. Let the Holy Spirit bless us, strengthen us, and guide us. God bless you all.

D. K. Sarkar

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Greetings in his matchless name. Thank you very much for your prayers and support towards EFM Kolkata’ ministry. Because of your prayers and support, we could move from 2021 to 2022.

2021 was a year of difficulties. We could hardly organize any meetings, but by his grace we kept ourselves protected. Also, the government was strict on COVID-19. But by his grace after December 2021, we were a little relaxed. We could have our Christmas programs and other outreach programs. God blessed the ministry of EFM Kolkata. Let me give you a brief report of some of our ministry fields.

Siliguri Friends Church
We started the ministry in Siliguri district in December 2021. Our evangelist, Brother Asis Lal and his wife, together started the ministry there. His wife is a guitarist and a worship leader. God gave them some fruits in the beginning of 2022. They have one church and a few house churches.

Shyamnagar Friends Church
This church is a fruitful church. In 2021, God gave them eight souls and in 2022 they got four souls. All of them tokk a public testimony of baptism by Pastor Chandan Mondal.

We had an outreach program in “Rifle Factory” in Shyamnagar. Around two hundred people attended the program in Christmas time. I was there as the speaker.

Chhoghori Friends Church, Murshidabad
Murshidabad is a Muslim populated district, 72% of the population is Muslim. Our church over there took a special project to reach the unreached neighbors. Seven young leaders came forward and enlisted them for the project. The project is within one year of time they will work and their target is to establish fifty house fellowships. They already started the work and they already reached one hundred fifty unreached neighbors; fourteen house fellowships have been started and four persons committed their lives to the Lord. Please pray for this project.

Nazatt Friends Church
It is a very poor and backward place. The cyclone has done lots of destruction in this area. Thank God we could provide some house building materials to the poor people. We have a church there among these people. The surprising thing is, this church could build a very simple church building by their own effort. One person gave the land and others gave the other things for the building. Other churches such as Kolkata and Gosaba Friends Churches also gave money and tins. Each year some people come to Christ by this church. I praise God for this church and the pastor.

Coaching Classes
In five places, our coaching classes are going on. The classes are held in our church building. Local non-Christian, poor students are attending the classes. The churches are Gopalpur Friends Church – Malda, Krishnapur Friends Church – Malda, Habibpur Friends Church – Malda, Shyamnagar Friends Church – North 24 Parganas, and Nazatt Friends Church – North 24 parganas. The children and their families are receiving the good news and also the education. Please pray for these children.

Please pray for these churches and also pray for the pastors and evangelists for their hard work for Christ and for their protection.

His servant,

D. K. Sarkar
Kolkata, West Bengal

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