Dear Friends, This is a short report on our visit to a village in Tahalsari in Dhanu on 23rd Feb. 2002. This village is in a remote area, which is just 10km before Gujarat border, a group of Adivasi people and their love for Christ. We were a group of 8 people (6 boys and 2 girls).
First of all let me tell you that our lord is a mighty god. He works in different ways. When we reached there we could see god’s glory already present in that place. People were getting ready for receiving from the lord. Before we could start, we had no idea about what we are going to do and how the program will go through out the night. (Yes it was like a night vigil). And also we had no idea about how we are going to interact with these people who were of tribal area who knew only Marathi and we were the people of major language barrier. We neither knew Hindi Properly, and Marathi was out of Question. But we waited upon the lord and his spirit. For his Spirit teaches us everything. The Program started with heavy anointed Praise and Worship in Hindi. Then we had the Sharing of the word in Malayalam, which was translated in Hindi and in Marathi by the Parish Priest who also was present for the program. At the end we had a full one-hour of Adoration, which was the most awesome and glorious experience. We saw that all those who came were a group of people who really had the hunger and thirst for the lord. This reliasation came when we heard that people had come to attend the night vigil even though they had to go for their Marathi retreat in Tabor the very next early morning around 6.00 am. These people were praying for many days for the night vigil to be conducted in their area, which at last took place on 23rd February 2002. We were greatly touched by the HUMBLE, LOVING, CARING, and SHARING nature of the people of the tribal area. There were many testimonies and miracles that took place during that night. We would like to specially thank Fr. Baptista Lopez for giving Jesus Youth Of Mumbai an opportunity to spread the WORD OF GOD and bringing in more laborers in the lord’s vineyard. This sunday (8th of March) we are going for another outreach programme. so please keep in your prayers. Union with Jesus and Mary Sojan K. J. ===== MUMBAI ,INDIA PHONE (R) 91 - 22 - 884 3879 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. To unsubscribe, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to this mailing list, visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet For automatic help, send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
