10th batch was the largest full-timer’s batch. In that batch, I happened to notice an Ahamadabad guy Nelson. Serenity and glow on his face made him unique from all the others. In looks and deeds, he was a matured and disciplined person. Yes that is what Nelson is! Who spent his commitment days at Manipal.
In Manipal, the JY activities were mainly based on professional colleges. His main duty was to help these prayer groups to run in a smooth way. He very much desired to form a Malayali prayer group among the parishers, since the majorities were malayalis. The main barrier was that he doesn’t know how to speak Malayalam. He got the parish priest to start one and keeping all his confidence in Jesus, he went there to start a Malayalm prayer group. In Bible its written- “ Those who seek the face of the Lord will not ashamed” (Ps 36:5) He met a nun who was Keralite and she helped him with the prayers. He claimed that that sister was send by Jesus himself other wise he would have never succeeded in starting a Malayali prayer group there. Now in Manipal that prayer group is very active. Once Nelson had to collect some pro-life materials from Kerala for conducting an exhibition in Manipal. Though he was ignorant of local language, he personally comes down to Kerala. He did not even know to read the bus boards. He was misguided by a person that materials are available in Trichur which is at the northern side of Kerala but only later on he come to know that is available in Kottayam that is in the southern part of Kerala. His financial condition was that not sound. He had to economise in all possible ways, and surrendered all his trials and tribulation to the lord to make this exhibition success and that exhibition proved to be an out standing one. Nelson concluded his sharing by saying this –“ Friends, what ever you do in word or deed do it Lord’s name, He will bestow his blessings upon you. No doubt! You check it out and find out the difference.” Why don’t we try? Praise God! Priya Cochin/ India **************************************************************** 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] ****************************************************************
