COVID-19 Second Wave in India Prayer Request

On 16th April 2021 the Global Relationships team received the following update and request for Prayer from the General Secretary of the Church of South India, you can find the full report update here

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Greetings from the CSI Synod Secretariat. Hope this letter finds you well with the Grace of God! 

The Church of South India completes a challenging year of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2021, the whole year has been tough for the country - medically, economically, in terms of human crisis.

We have just started to rebuild after the COVID-19 first wave / lockdown restrictions and now India is in the clutches of COVID - 19 second wave and also the affected rate in India has been rapidly growing day by day. On 14th April, India saw the biggest single-day jump of 200,739 new cases, pushing the cumulative tally to 14,074,564., according to Union Health Ministry Data.

The Bishops, Pastors, Missionaries, Congregation Members and our fellow brethren in the community are also affected by this second wave. As we battled in the first phase, we have to combat the second wave as the situation goes worsening day by day. 

We are sending herewith the COVID-19 second wave status in India as an update. In this situation we have to pray to each other for our God's protection / healing from this pandemic. We are grateful to our global partners for their prayer and support extended during COVID-19 first wave. We request you to uphold our Nation as well as the Church into your Prayers.

We pray to God almighty for HIS accompaniment with the suffering people globally during this pandemic situation.

With Prayers and Hope,

C. Fernandas Rathina Raja

General Secretary, CSI

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