Lamka : A Revisitation

A couple of years have elapsed since I last visited this town. Despite being a Christian dominated town, there is hardly any sign of Christian testimony as far as the communal, social and religious life has been going on. Nevertheless, the Lord has reserved some remnants here for His testimony.

The local church here is growing in life and also in numbers too. As per the brothers' fellowship, I ministered on the Lord's day after the table meeting. The Lord burdened me to minister on the experiences of Christ with my testimony and the truth and necessity of being broken with experiences on Genesis 32, on the life of Jacob in his being broken for growth and maturity in life.

After the meeting, we enjoyed a whole day family visit and fellowship. Whomever I was burdened by the Lord I could visit them and fellowshipped with them too. Even a brother who tried to avoid the saints and would not even picked the phone calls was somehow brought face to face with us, surprisingly arranged by the Lord.

Another noteworthy visit was a brother's family who used to be one of the leading brothers in the initial day of the church life there. But for some reasons, the relationship with the other saints were not maintained. He also could not get through with many of his old religious beliefs and practices. Nevertheless, the Lord burdened me this time to visit him and He arranged for the visit. Almost with tears we had fellowship and prayer together. And I encouraged the brothers to visit this family for shepherding and recover them into the fellowship of the Body.

Another matter was the introduction of a brother who fellowshipped with me in Imphal to the brothers there in Lamka. They all were of the same age group and had similar experiences in truth and also in life. May the Lord recover this brother who has been enjoying the ministry of the word.

The revisit to this locality was a cherishing visit to me and a nourishing to the saints. A decade ago we met first, a year later the church was recovered and now the Lord has been blessing all the saints both physically and spiritually. They even had their own meeting hall now. May the Lord continue to shepherd them.

Besides all these, I also visited my grandmother's tomb; she had gone to be with the Lord about two months ago. My plan was to meet her this time but it was too late already.

Overall, I discharged all my burden for this visit and thanked the Lord for His timely leading.

What the Lord had initiated, He faithfully grace it on for the His testimony.