eddieandme: Prayer Point for Jodhpur

I should have mentioned this previously when asking for prayer for Jodhpur. But I'll do it now. Raju and his staff have been praying for 5 years for one specific need:

They need their own property and buildings on/in which to minister. The Christian faith is growing in Rajasthan.

In this first pic, you can get a little sense of the room they use for training new pastors. Perhaps 1 or 2 of these men will go on to earn their B.Th. (Bachelor of Theology) and maybe another degree. But most will go directly from this training to start a new church which will birth additional home churches and additional mother churches.

The people you see in these pictures have followed Christ for only a few years. Most of these young men have families still deeply entrenched in tribal versions of Hinduism. But they have come out of that life to follow Christ. The gentleman in the pic below is Keshav. He is illiterate as is all his family. Still, he has a sharp mind and a tender heart for Christ.

This is Prakash. His literary skills are limited. But he gave the best answer when I asked them all, "What is worship in your view?" His response: "Worship is making God glad." I'm proud to call these men my brothers in Christ. But they need better training facilities. And even more: The ministry in Jodhpur needs a place of their own.

This is the house they currently rent from a Hindu landlord. It houses 2 married couples (1 with a young daughter); 13 orphans; 3 evangelists; and the classroom. The 11 Bible school students live in a similar rented house a short distance away.

Will you join me in praying that the God who owns the universe will provide them with their own property and buildings? Here is some info that may boost your faith in this regard: In the pic below, you see my roommate while I was in Nagpur (John, in the middle). On his right stands Mr. James and on his left stands Mr. Bani. They are businessmen in another state in far Northeast India. They had never heard of RIMI/Mission India. But when leaders were looking for property in their state where they could build a Bible school and orphanage, these 2 men donated 17 acres in 2 separate parcels. The properties are prime locations on which they could have realized significant profit. But wanting the best for Christ, they gave these locations to Mission India/RIMI.