Dear
family and friends,
I
have made it safely to Dharamshala .Wow,
I have had a pleasant yet a challenging journey. Yes it was a tough time
in the long 42 hour train ride and to share one seat with 3 people. But I thank
God that I got to travel with my brothers. One of the highlights during our
train ride was that we got to share the love of Jesus with a Buddhist guy. He
was heading back home after he had visited his daughter who lives in south
India. He was very much interested in the gospel and had an open heart to the
things we were sharing with him. We believe that we have planted a seed in him
and it is God who is going to make it grow. (A the scripture says
in1Corinthians 3:6-7, “I planted the
seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow .So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is
anything, but only God who makes things grow.” I had to split up with my brothers at the
Delhi station, it was not so easy to travel in such a huge city alone but I had
a fun time exploring this city.
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| Traveling with my two brothers. |
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| Our new Tibetan friend who heard the "good news"! |
I
had a warm welcome back to my second family up here in Dharamshala. It was
really cool to hear different stories from them what God has been working in
their lives too. God has been speaking a lot to me from the book of James. In
James 1: 2-4 “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face
trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces
perseverance. Let perseverance finish
its work so that you may be mature and
complete, not lacking anything.” It has been a new start for me and I know that
I will have to face a lot of things working up here. Sometimes it may be really
good but in other times, I know that I will have to hold on strong to my faith
and my love for Jesus.
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| Sunset at the village |
For
these past few days I have had a blessed time meeting up with my team members
and processing a lot of things for the
up coming month. I have also got time to attend the local church that is in
function and in the process of helping out the villagers in their need of
different kind. I have also been able to go to other village across from the
one that we are living in and meet up with them and pray for them with my
group. It has also been cool to have fellowship with one of the first believer
and his family by spending time with them, listening to their problems and also
praying and encouraging them especially when they have lost one of their
relatives. God is really moving in this family’s life and he is bringing them
out of their problems so that they will grow more.
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| My team mates |
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| Home Fellowship with some believers |
Here
are my Prayer points :
1. Please
pray that God will give me strength to stand strong in anything that I come
across.
2. Please
pray for the up coming month and the things planned out that it will go as
God’s will.
3. Please
pray for the family that has accepted
Christ, that they may stand strong and
not live in fear. That they will feel loved and they will attend the service on
Sundays .
4. Please
also pray for this family as they have lost one of their relatives, that they
would not turn away from God, but in stead they will take this chance to seek
his love more.
5.Please
pray that God would keep me in good health, and that the weather would be good
also as the harvest time is very near
and its been raining which will cause destruction to the fields.
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| The harvest is near! |
