Sri Lanka Connection

A brother from Sri Lanka came to learn and observe the proofreading works of the New Testament Recovery Version in Hyderabad. When he was to come I had the opportunity to coordinate in working out his visa by requesting a local brother to invite him formally. Then when he did come, I again had the grace to pick him up from the Airport.  And finally, when he left India I had the privilege of dropping him to the Airport. 

While he was here he learned and picked up typesetting skills. After a few days later he became ill with a contagious flu spreading around. Then, I had the opportunity to serve him with food. As he was getting sicker, out of suspicion I had to do a home test for a common virus infecting him. Negatively, the result was positive. Therefore, he had to postpone the date of his return journey. He stayed for another week, literally in quarantine. During the entire period of his quarantine I had the grace to care take of for his food and his health. And finally, after a week when he became fully healthy again, a test was done for his going back. With the healthy report of the test, he could leave the country for his home country, Sri Lanka.

While I went to drop him, I got to fellowship with him personally. In fact, that was the only time got to fellowship. He was in his early fortys and yet to be married. I shared the vision of marriage and how to look to the Lord for His leading concerning who his wife should be. This fellowship was never planned, but I believe the Lord had this very thing in His heart. Therefore I became the messenger to him for this purpose. As he opened up a little bit about the brothers' fellowship to him in Sri Lanka, I basically joined myself to those brothers and continued the same line of fellowship. In fact, a sister had been proposed to him but due to lack of clarity and self denial, he could not accept the proposal. I did not propose another sister to him at all but simply asked him to reconsider the brothers' proposal again. I shared my own testimony of how the Lord led me in my marriage and particularly in amening the Lord’s arrangement through the brothers' fellowship. I also testified to him of how much blessing I have been receiving from the Lord from day one of my marriage life and still the blessings continue to flow. Then, we prayed together for his marriage, took selfie with him and dropped him off.

The Lord sovereignly arranged every situation to be able to participate in his visiting India and also took care of him while he stayed for about two weeks. With this, I have been blessed to have a Sri Lanka connection; a brotherly connection

May the Lord lead him on and on and grace him to be one with Him in his service, marriage, and church life.