Amazing People of God… Strong in Spirit
This post is written in the early morning after a tough night. My main speaking partner for the conference, pastor Joe Durai, had been missing for two weeks! I thought he perhaps he was out preaching somewhere, but it turns out the rumors i had heard about him being in an accident were true. I got a call from pastor Mohan of Chennai’s Assembly of God Church and he told me that Joe had been hit while riding his new motorcycle back from a prayer retreat and was taken to the hospital for head injuries, and was unconscious for 12 days. I was able to see him right away and when I did, I saw a man, a friend in a miraculous state of recovery! He was sitting up and had been conscious for 2 days. He was filled with fire from God. He immediately asked about our ministry dreams together and spoke of what he saw the Lord doing with us in his absense this week. One way to know about Joe’s attitude toward healing is to check out his School of Divine Healing website. This man is literally in authority by God’s Spirit over his body, and recovery is already a given. He’ll be going home in a week. We prayed together and I left rejoicing over this hero of mine whereas an hour before I was in shock.
Now, we are faced with having to rearrange the whole speaking schedule. Pastors Joel, Joshua, Aruldas and I met right after the hospital and went to work on it. We now have the bases covered and we are trusting God that He knows our need and has already determined to bring breakthrough despite the attacks on our efforts. We are not unaware of the spiritual forces that want to keep pastors from hearing from God together to build partnership for their cities. We are right on the front lines and the adversity we feel is making us all stronger as a team.
Joel (us team) and I preached on Sunday with the team and it went well. It was a good introduction for the 4 first timers to Indian people, church culture, and eating soup with your hands!
We all can really feel you praying for us. I feel like the tip of an arrowhead, ready to penetrate God’s target, and your prayers are the weight behind the impact. God is carrying us through the battle and we will prevail. I can’t even list all the other challenges we are facing beyond what I mentioned. All I can say is to pray for the supply lines of the team… their friends and families… as this is where we historically are vulnerable in mission trips like this.
Love,
Indi-Andy
