Spring 2023 Update
The latest update from Palani Mission may be read here:
Palani Mission Spring 2023 – New believers and new housesRecent photos from Palani show worship groups meeting in the newly repaired and constructed houses:
Spring 2022 Update
We’ve received the following update from Palani Mission, with news and photos of the houses and roofs we are helping to repair to ensure they are weatherproof.
Palani Mission Spring 2022 (Roofs Update)November 2021 – Letter from Revd John
The following letter has been received from Revd John Abraham, with an update on the work Fleet URC has helped to fund in the Palani community:
Palani News Update November 2021September 2021 – The Long-Awaited Well is finally in Place
After much debate and several permit submissions to the local authorities by Reverend John, the drilling machine was finally allowed to position itself over the chosen site adjacent to Palani Mission Church.
From the very outset, and with God’s help and grace, we had hoped to transform the lives of as many people as possible within the local community, and none more so than with this project. The well supplies fresh water every minute of the day, tested and safe to drink, free of contamination and disease.
Reverend John coordinates the regular chemical analysis from his pharmacy at the hospital.
The need to walk a great distance upstream along the river for a container of invariably soiled water has been removed, at a cost of just over £1,000. Everyone, Christian Hindu, or of no faith, is welcomed to the well.
Below – some photos of the well as it was being built:
Some Recent Photos from the Mission
We have recently received the following photos showing the continuing work of the mission: children’s ministry, leaders’ meetings, cottage meetings in different fields, a wedding and a baptism.