Hindi Fellowship

There used to be a regular Hindi meetings in the new ones' home for years in the past which somehow have not been faithfully continued. To some, they have been lost, it as it seems, but to me, deep within, they are our own spiritual children and cannot be lost by any means. Though I myself stopped visiting them for over a year with the hope that some other saints would pick up the burden which never actually happened. But in my personal prayer life, church prayer, and family prayer I have been praying for them, simply trusting in the God who cares. The Lord indeed is faithful to preserve these ones for His testimony till date. 

Since last week I have revived the burden of shepherding them one more time with the faith that the Lord would establish them this time, solidly. It was indeed amazing that the Lord does care, though they have been through so many turmoil in their lives. How it all began was sovereignly of the Lord. 

It was two Saturdays ago that I was about to go for gospel preaching. But the burden within me was for these saints who long have been neglected. For some reason a thought came to me that I have been preaching the gospel to gain new ones, that's good, but how about those that have already been baptised? Yes, I am burdened to gain many new ones more, but how about the ones already gained and not being kept? Should I indeed fish and let the fish out of the vessel and keeping fishing and let the fish jump out of the vessel? That definitely is not wise. Better shepherd the gained ones first, and still preach the gospel but not at the cause of safeguarding those that have already been gained. 

I called up first and went to meet a brother. To my surprise, he has become a big business man, holding 50% shares of a branch of a famous sporting school in Gurgaon. I was glad that the Lord has been taking care of him. And as we met, we had a friendly yet brotherly talk. He took me around his 2+ acres campus of sporting school, introducing all his business activities. Besides, he proposed a Bible study in his school on a weekly basis and also was burdened for the gospel in his own way. Deep within I was very happy for the Lord's sovereign care for all His children. 

Meanwhile, as we talked, another brother turned up to the campus for His personal work. I took no time to introduce them to one another. As they discussed their own businesses to one another it turned out that they could be in partnership in one of the sporting activities, Cricket. They both were glad and they immediately acknowledged it as God’s arrangement; He who cares for the soul and spirit also cares for the body as well. 

Later, after all the brotherly and friendly talk, we all prayed together and dismissed for the day with a consent to come together regularly, at least once a week. And thus, the fellowship for shepherding was restored. 

Similar incident transpired with a family who has now started a saloon business in DLF-1. In this case, Monday was first fixed for Bible study with their employees. The first Monday, two of the employees received the Lord and the following week another two employees. The saloon has now become a gospel hall for employees to hear the gospel. So far, in two Mondays, two boys and two girls received the Lord. Besides, recovering this family, new ones were gained weekly. Praise the Lord! 

My one draw back is, I still preached and ministered in English with a brother translating for me. It's a bane or a boon, only God knows. Now that I need to coordinate closely with another brother to translate, I count it a boon. But the fact that I could not minister directly in Hindi may perhaps be a bane. Nevertheless, the gospel is preached. And these are Hindi speaking ones and Hindi fellowship. 

May the Lord grace them all, and stabilize them as pillars for His testimony in Gurgaon, these local indigenous brothers.