On February 14th evening, I met a 24-year-old boy named Shridhar who is very passionate for ministry.
He comes from a poor family. He lives with his mother who is not a believer. He father, who lives in a separate house, has regular contact with and is a believer in Christ.
4 years back Shridhar was addicted to drugs and alcohol. He was also very active politically. He was struggling to get started in life, so his father got him an opportunity with his friend who owned a business. His father’s pastor would often come to the business and share the Gospel with Shridhar. Due to his lifestyle, he would smoke even when around the pastor and often strongly argued with him.
During one discussion, the pastor asked Sridhar to explain about the gods of Hinduism. He said if he could make a convincing argument for Hinduism, that he would convert from Christianity.
Sridhar started by saying they have 33 crores (330 million) of gods. He was stopped in his tracks when the pastor made one simple statement, “How can you possibly please that many gods?” The pastor’s question made him think and he was up the whole night think about it. Though he was shaken to the core, he still couldn’t accept Christ.
He continued in his sinful ways and continued arguing with the pastor. One day the pastor gave him a video to watch which starts with a Sanskrit slogan ‘asthoma satgamaya…’. This is the first line of a commonly recited prayer/mantra and translates to “lead me from illusion to reality”. This immediately got his attention since this is exactly what he was searching for. After watching the video, he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ.
Now he is actively sharing Jesus Christ while he works as a Zomato delivery boy (a food delivery business like DoorDash, Uber Eats, or GrubHub). He is also taking responsibility to take care of his past financial debts.
Pastor Amzi
MI Youth for Truth National Coordinator
Below Photos – Training the youth to become more like Christ
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Reena was raised by her grandparents, but her grandmother was very brutal to her. She did not go to school and was forced to do all the work in the house. She would receive one meal a day. Her grandma tortured her daily. One day, Reena was weak and unable to get up and do the chores around the house. Her grandma became furious with her and threw scalding hot water on Reena’s face and she had to seek medical assistance. Fortunately, no serious damage was done to Reena..JPG)
At the September board meeting, and with much discussion with the India staff, we have made getting the hospital nursing school up and running a priority. In order to be ready for the next academic year (June 2020), we must have the funds for supplies and equipment for the new departments by the end of November this year (just one month away). According to our best projections, within 2-3 years of starting the nursing program, the hospital can become self-supporting. Therefore, we need your help to raise the $216,000 needed to accomplish this goal. As always, this is a big dream, but with our Great God, nothing is impossible!.jpg)
There continues to be a serious doctor and nurse staff shortage in India, and we hope to help supply some of the nurses needed through our training program. The WHO recommends a minimum of 2.5 nurses per thousand people. India right now has barely 1.7 per thousand – a shortage of nearly one full nurse for every thousand people. With a population of roughly 1.4 billion, that means an additional 1.4 million nurses are needed today just to provide the minimum care. We also provide employment opportunities for those being trained which helps boost the local economy. We will be able to offer degree programs in General Nursing and Midwifery and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In addition, the tuition fees from these programs will allow the hospital to become self-supporting..jpg)
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings in Jesus’ name!
The village leaders passed a rule that they wouldn’t give any help for pastors or pujaris of temples.
There are currently 600 million people in India struggling for water due to lack of rain in many states. Almost every day we are receiving requests from the field to help with water. Due to the high demand and lack of supply, many providers are greatly increasing the cost for water. In fact, in Chennai, a tanker of water actually costs more than a gram of gold! This picture is from one of Chennai’s biggest reservoirs, Chembarambakkam Lake. As you can see, it is now nothing but a dry, cracked wasteland.
