Things are starting to heat up in my prep for India. Thank you to those who sent money to help with the cost. Thank you even more to those who could not afford to send money but committed to pray daily for this ministry. If you have not yet checked out what Reaching Indians Ministry International (RIMI) is about, you can click here to see their web site. Tour the site to see the orphanages they operate alongside the training centers.
This pic of Raju was scanned from a snailmail newsletter I got from RIMI. But the newsletter got mangled in transit. Anyway this gives you an image of the man to pray for (in addition to me and everybody else). In addition to the damage done to the original, I was advised today to black out part of the face and remove references to the actual city where he and I will work. Does that tell you anything about the need for prayer?
I'm scheduled to leave Portland on Friday, October 26, and fly into Mombai (formerly Bombay) then on to J______. The module (6 hours a day for 5 days) I will teach in J______ is called "Principles of Worship." I think I've already blogged about this. But perhaps there has been a great groundswell of readership for my blog. Anyway........
Then the next week Raju and I travel by train (36 hours) to Nagpur in central India. Where I will teach (1 1/2 hours each day) on Prevailing against the Gates of Hell. Also during this week, I hope to interview some of the orphans in the mercy home there. Maybe I can also interview some 1200 of the pastors/leaders who will gather for their annual leadership conference.
I finally got an email back from Raju (shown at right) who will be my translator in J____. Please join us in praying for Raju and his ministry. We have been praying especially that the Holy Spirit will knit Raju's spirit and my spirit into a team. We pray that he and I will understand each other's spirit even more than the words that we speak.
This pic of Raju was scanned from a snailmail newsletter I got from RIMI. But the newsletter got mangled in transit. Anyway this gives you an image of the man to pray for (in addition to me and everybody else). In addition to the damage done to the original, I was advised today to black out part of the face and remove references to the actual city where he and I will work. Does that tell you anything about the need for prayer?
I'm scheduled to leave Portland on Friday, October 26, and fly into Mombai (formerly Bombay) then on to J______. The module (6 hours a day for 5 days) I will teach in J______ is called "Principles of Worship." I think I've already blogged about this. But perhaps there has been a great groundswell of readership for my blog. Anyway........
Then the next week Raju and I travel by train (36 hours) to Nagpur in central India. Where I will teach (1 1/2 hours each day) on Prevailing against the Gates of Hell. Also during this week, I hope to interview some of the orphans in the mercy home there. Maybe I can also interview some 1200 of the pastors/leaders who will gather for their annual leadership conference.
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