Ministry
Friends, Merry Christmas! The preparatory season of Advent, with its emphasis on waiting and hopeful expectation, seems pointedly relevant this year. We, including our brothers and sisters in Asia, are wearily waiting for the Covid-19 pandemic to subside. We wait for vaccines to be distributed, ushering in some new form of normalcy in 2021. Our […]
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful, despite all the challenges this year has brought. If you’ve been reading our updates, you know Harvest Bridge’s ministry has been focused on food distributions for those most in need during COVID-19 lockdowns, flood relief, hygiene and sanitation education, caring for children’s educational needs, prayer, remote evangelism and discipleship, and […]
Throughout the last four months of the COVID-19 crisis, I have been newly struck by how powerful the church is when we take seriously God’s call to be citizens of heaven (Philippians 3:20). We work in a world where true persecution is a reality. This past month one of our pastors brought help and comfort […]
Harvest Bridge’s ministry is to come alongside local South Asian believers who are reaching their own communities for Christ; we join with men and women who have done much with little, equipping them to do even more to share the Gospel in word and deed. This approach has been crucial in responding to COVID-19. We support […]
“Back to school” looks radically different in 2020. For many, 2020 will mark the year they never return to school. “Since people’s economic status has been severely affected by this Covid-19 virus, most of the parents over here are thinking whether they should send a child for begging and collecting rubbish and waste on the […]
As we look back on June, our directors in Bangladesh and northern India share a few stories of the hundreds of families and thousands of individuals they have provided with life-saving food packets during lockdowns. In Bangladesh, our local coordinator Pastor Darpan* shares about a couple, Padma* and Bakul*: This couple has some land […]
“I want to begin this letter by saying thank you to you and the donors for providing these food items for the people of Myanmar during this time of difficulties and hardships. Thank you for standing with us at this time.” ~Pastor Khaw* As Covid-19 and its ripple effects have spread throughout the world, Myanmar […]
When lockdowns began in March, our local missionaries began carrying out small-scale food distributions in their communities, even before receiving additional support. As your support has grown, so too have their food relief efforts. As this work continues, below are a few updates and thank-you notes for the impact you are making along with our missionaries, […]
We know this is a trying time. If you are not in a position to give financially, we understand. Please know you are not in this alone – Many South Asian believers are praying fervently for the US right now, and specifically the supporters of Harvest Bridge. We want to join you in prayer. If […]
“As we should not touch each other because of Coronavirus, the whole Church should begin to greet each other the way we Christians do in Nepal! With a small bow we say, ‘Jai Mashi!’, meaning ‘Victory in Jesus’.” ~ Jandi* in Nepal Updated March 19th, 2021 Friends, In these unprecedented, uncertain times, you are on our […]
