GREETINGS

JOY TO THE WORLD,
THE LORD IS COME!
LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING.

Go, tell it on the mountain,
Over the hills and everywhere;
Go, tell it on the mountain
That Jesus Christ is born.

WISHING YOU PEACE, LOVE, JOY, A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

THANKS
 

• To our Lord and Savior for taking care of all our needs, especially forthe Mizo Leadership Training (MLT) session. Thanks to our brothers and sistersat Liberty Christian Center (LCC) who are providing housing, etc., for our Mizoteam.
• To Bruce Logan for allowing us to attend Perspective Lectures. Theseare unique presentations of what the Lord is doing in world missions today.Hopefully, the lectures will be presented in Mizoram.
• To Bruce Moore, Bruce Logan, Vijay and Scott Cammauf, and Gopal and Michele Singh for their interest in starting a Mission Center in Mizoram. We are overwhelmed by this prospect.
• To Gopal and Michele for their interest in going to India.
• To individuals and families for opening their homes to the Mizo team.
• To Carolyn Fitzgerald, once a missionary in Asia and an excellentteacher of English as a Second Language, for giving her time and talent to teachEnglish to the Mizo team.
• To our Mizo team for trying hard to do good in their training in spiteof being in a new cultural setting. May God bless their efforts.
• To everyone involved in so many ways in providing for the needs of the Mizo team. Liana and Ngeni Mualchin are deeply grateful.

This is the first time MCGN-USA has hosted a small team from Mizoram, India. Weare grateful for Liberty Christian Center, Fairfield, California. Without theirsupport, we would not have been able to do it. Not only has LCC supported thepresent training, but they are willing to support and work with us in futureministries. Liana and Ngeni Mualchin are overwhelmed by LCC's generosity. TheLord pours upon us showers of His blessings! We don't quite know how to receive it, and so we need your prayers. Regarding our Mizo team members, each came with different expectations. Somecame hoping to receive new ideas to help them in their ministries. Some came not knowing really what to expect. They were all encouraged by the speakers messagesand the love expressed by members of LCC. And from the speakers and theTransformation Videos, the Mizo team learned the importance of working together. We hope that when the team returns to Mizoram their training will be usefultools in the Lord's ministry. We trust that their work with any group or anychurch will build up and equip our people in Mizoram for extending the Kingdomof God. Revival speaker and evangelist Pu Vanlalzauva already had a plan for a future ministry. Liana Mualchin contacted Nicky Cruz Outreach office in Colorado Springs. We willwrite a letter to Nicky Cruz inviting him to visit Mizoram sometime next year. Please pray for a positive response. We all agreed to establish a short annual training session in the USA for asmall team of leaders from Mizoram. Participants will pay their own air fares, and MCGN and supporters in the USA will provide accommodations and local transportation. In the future, anyone or any organization interested in participating in thetraining will sign an agreement before coming to the USA. Final selection ofparticipants will be made by MCGN International HQ-USA. This is a result of ourexperience in the present Mizo Leadership Training.Liana and Ngeni Mualchin think the MCGN Executive Director should have specialtraining here for several months, especially in the computer field for MCGNministry. They also feel that we need one or two people, trained in the USA, todo big projects they have in mind.

INDIA - MIZORAM:

We have received five short e-mail communications (Oct. 27 to date) from ourExecutive Director (ED), Pu Lalbiakdika Varte. We apologize for not being ableto share his e-mails in detail mainly because we were occupied with the MizoLeadership Training. Some of the important points are:

Pu Lalbiakdika had a difficult time in starting his job as Executive Directorbecause of uncompleted tasks left by our first ED, the late Pu Rina Sailo.Telephone service had been disconnected and without a telephone Pu Lalbiakdikahad no internet connection and could not send e-mails, etc. It is difficult to understand why the phone bills were not served regularly so the MCGN officecould pay them and avoid the inconvenience of the disconnect. Pu Lalbiakdika had to start everything from scratch, and you can imagine his frustrations. He hasarranged phone connection and the office seems to be running. Pray for him.

Pu Lalbiakdika has many good ideas for more effective use of informationtechnology such as introducing a counseling section on the MCGN website, posting news of Mizoram on a regular basis, and improving our Newsletters. Weagree with our Executive Director that we should do more through the internet,especially sharing the ministry work around the world.

We are overjoyed to let you know that the Rev. Fr. Stephen Rotluanga, CSC, wasappointed by Pope John Paul II on Nov. 7, 2001 as the first Bishop from Mizoram.We met Pu Rotluanga in Toronto, Canada during our summer vacation of 1996. Wehave been working together for Mizoram, such as writing articles. He had achance to visit California and his keen observations of California Gold Rushhistory were enlightening. The Lord has blessed Pu Rotluanga in many ways with multi-talented gifts. He is loving, kind, and humble; ever willing to serveothers. We are fortunate to have his loving leadership in that part of theworld.

Pu Rotluanga will have more responsibilities in the affairs of the church, andhe has asked for our prayers. Therefore, let us continue to pray for hisstrength and wisdom so that he will be a faithful servant of the Lord as Bishopof the church.

There will be an Episcopal Consecration of the Rev. Father Stephen Rotluanga on Feb. 2, 2002 in Aizawl, Mizoram, in conjunction with the opening of the newCathedral. We are thankful to receive his personal invitation for the occasion.

We reproduced below (with spelling corrections) the news report about him:

The Assam Tribune: Guwahati, Sunday, November 11, 2001:Rev Fr Stephen Rotluanga is bishop elect of AizawlGUWAHATI, Nov 10 - "John Paul-II, has appointed Rev Fr Stephen Rotluanga, CSC,as the new Bishop of Aizawl. This was made public in Rome at noon, correspondingto 16.30 hrs IST on Wednesday. He is the first Mizo to be elected a Bishop. Hebelongs to the Congregation of Holy Cross. He will be the second Bishopbelonging to the Holy Cross Congregation in NE India, stated a release. RevStephen Rotluanga, CSC, was born on June 8, 1952 at Aizawl, to the late LukeRobula and the late (Mrs) Lucy Darhmingliani. On completion of his schooling, hejoined the Holy Cross Fathers in their formation programme at Brookdene,Shillong. He then moved on to Bangalore where he completed his graduationobtaining a BA degree in 1974. He had his Philosophy and Theology training atJnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, after which he was ordained a priest at Kulikawnon December 8, 1981. He spent the first thirteen years of his priestly ministryin Holy Cross Parish Champhai. In 1998 he pursued advanced studies in Visual/Fine Arts at Toronto in Canada and at Florence in Italy. At the moment Fr Stephen teaches Arts at Holy Cross School, Agartala. He also serves as Council Member of the Holy Cross Fathers District of NE India. Further details on the episcopal ordination and installation will be announced soon, stated the release."

JAPAN:Rev. Joseph Raltong e-mailed us that he has obtained a missionary Visa for thenext three years. We are grateful to God and the Japanese government for that.May the Lord bless his ministry in Japan.

NEPAL:We received an encouraging e-mail from the new Secretary of MCGN-Nepal, Rev. K.Lalthangmawia (Puia). The following is a summary of the letter:

As planned, a general meeting and picnic was held on November 11, 2001 inKathmandu. Altogether, 83 attended the occasion, including 77 MCGN members. Thenew leaders, or responsible persons, were elected and they are:

President:             Pu JM. Vanlalhriata
Vice President:     Rev. V. Kapenga
Secretary: Rev.     K. Lalthangmawia
Asst. Secretary:    Tv. Vanchuangpuia
Treasurer:             Pu H. LaltlankimaAsst.
Treasurer:             Pi Zirthangi (wife of Rev. Kapenga)
Advisers:              Pu Lalringa, Rev. P.C. Lalhmachhuana

Executive Members: Pi Vani Tochhong, Pu C. Lallura (Pokhra), Pu Lalthantluanga,Nl. A. Lawmsangzuali, Rev. Subash Lalengmawia.

Note that most MCGN members in Nepal are missionaries coming from differentplaces. They are very busy in their work and so it is difficult for them to gettogether. We do appreciate their determination and creativity in having anothersuccessful picnic and meeting. We have so much to learn from our brothers andsisters working in the Nepal harvest field. May God richly bless their work!

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Mizo Leadership Training will proceed according to God's will.
• Mizo team members of MLT will return safely to Mizoram.
• Mizo team of MLT will continue to work as a team and with others as Godprovides projects with groups, organizations, churches, etc.
• The Lord will open the hearts of the people in Mizoram to worktogether.
• For strength and wisdom for the Rev. Fr. Stephen Rotluanga, CSC, in hisnew position as Bishop of the church in North-East India.

                                                            MCGN International HQ: USA: Lalliana Mualchin (Email: mualchin@hotmail.com)
                                                            Webmaster: Jeff Mead (Email: jeffmead@innercite.com)
                                                            News Compiler: Ngeni Mualchin (Email: mualchin@hotmail.com)
                                                            Editor: Patricia Macy (Email: pamacy@d-web.net)

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