IMPACT--- SEPTEMBER 2013
MARRIED TO THE ENEMY!
Throughout
northeast
India, God is
using MFE to
train dynamic
young
leaders, like
Pastor
Thangkholal
and his wife
Angam. They
are impacting families throughout Guwahati, India, a city of almost one million
people! Their growing and dynamic congregation of several hundred (grabbed a
few for a photo opt) is filled with young professionals and university students.
There is a HUGE interest in MFE’s premarital program!
Pastor Thangkholal and
Angam attended our
training last year and have
been putting the MFE
Curriculum to good use.
First in their personal
lives…….and then in the
lives of the people in their
congregation. Here you see
them giving their report as
to
how God is using MFE to impact their lives and their ministry. AND……you will see
why we titled this “MARRIED TO THE ENEMY.” The next page gives their report.
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Lessons learnt from the last Seminar:
1. We grew in our understanding and loving each other more.
2. We were encouraged through the resource persons to live an exemplary life.
3. We shared what we have learnt to our church members.
4. Serving God together with my wife—her involvement is more after the last seminar.
“Our perspective on marriage has changed. We preached, prayed and sang together and
yet, inside we were married just for the sake of our children. This Marriage Enrichment
seminar came as God’s remedy for us.”
“How we got married”:
My Name is Pastor Thangkholal Haokip and my wife is
Angam Haokip. I belong to Thadou-Kuki tribe and she is
from Tangkhul Naga Tribe. There were tribal wars between
our tribes, where nearly 2,000 people died and 1,500
houses were burned down (1991-1998). In one of the tribal
war, even we lost our house and belongings.
We met in a Bible College where we both studied. After my
graduation, I proposed her and we decided to get married.
We informed our parents but parents from both sides were
deadly against our marriage. We prayed for seven years and through the help of some
godly elders of the church, her parents agreed along with my father. We got engaged
however we had to wait for another year to get the approval of my mother. She said, “How
can you marry people who have killed our people and burned our tribes’ houses.” These
were the very words we both heard from our parents and people of our own community.
But by God’s grace, on January 24, 2006 we
got married. Her sendoff ceremony was done
in Imphal (Capital of Manipur state) and not in
her village due to security reasons. On our
marriage day, sixty of them came to my
village. We provided volunteers for security
and took permission from all social and
militant leaders. As we look back today, we
are amazed at how God has brought us
together thus far and as we continue to serve
him, we are blessed with three children.
(Angam is on Jeannine’s right)
This couple joins with us in thanking you for investing in their lives and in their ministry!
In the Joy of Jesus…………Tom & Jeannine