India and the Call of the Lord

Last summer I went to India for a just over 4 weeks. It was a revelation to me, no matter how much I had been expecting it, that the contrast between my culture and Indian culture was so huge. Ever since my visit I have had a special place in my heart for India, I have often prayed for India, began to read up on her history and generally had India in the back of my mind. This became more apparent since my move to Cornwall and settling in down here. Over the last few weeks I have begun to think and pray about going back to India on a missions trip. I even looked up flight costs and started to search for local in country churches to work with.

Yesterday evening during a chat with my friend Andy Frost I ventured to ask him whether he would like to come with me and a small team to India on a missions trip. (Normally it is Andy that does the asking!)



He said he would like to and we talked about his one Indian contact (I have none) a man called Peter Perrera. So we agreed to make some tentative suggestions and see where it went.

Then today Andy sent me an email that he recieved at lunchtime from a pastor in India asking him to come over and preach the gospel!! When I read it I was stunned, but at first assumed he was asking for money, but then I got through it and the pastor was actually asking for... "Dear Friend, If it is possible to you please come to India and share the love of Christ with the needy and spread the word of God as you led by the Lord ". The pastor then explained why he had written to Andy..."Dear Friend I am writing this letter to you by the leading of the Lord for your prayers, encouragements and fellowship for leading this lord’s ministry in Jesus name."

Unbelievable. I was totally shocked and stunned, this sort of thing only happens in great stories! So we have contacted the pastor back and who knows, this could be the start of an amazing adventure with Jesus! Praise God!