Ministry of the Word to Leh

Leh is famous for tourism and is located at an altitude of 3524 meters, 11562 feet above sea level. 

This is my second visit to this town. We were received by the pastor of a Moravian church who also happened to be from the same Rongmei tribe in the flesh as mine. He also made arrangements for our hospitality for our three days stay. 

On the Lord's day, we were given the opportunity to introduce the ministry books to the entire congregation of the Moravian church who were on their final day of Youth Meet. It was indeed a timely visit so that the ministry books can be introduced and distributed to all  who came from some other parts of India as well.  After the Lord's day meeting, we introduced the ministry literature to the Moravian Church Committee members and they placed orders for the entire selected set of title books by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee for the church library. This was a great opening for the Lord's move to Ladakh. This church being the one and only church since its very inception some two hundred years ago, anything Christian has to be in reference to this church. To this church, the Lord has opened the door for the ministry literature to be made available. 

By the way, the Moravian Church in Leh located in the border area of Pakistan, China, and Tibet is a Protestant Church that was established in 1885 by Moravian missionaries who came from Herrnhut in Saxony (eastern Germany). 

After the Lord's day, we were given hospitality in a guest house owned by one of the local Ladakhi believers who we had no idea about. But one morning as we went out for breakfast, we chanced to meet him. Then our relationship was established right then. We made an appointment for meeting with his family in the afternoon. When we had a time of fellowship where we shared the meaning of human life and God's purpose in creating man, we realized that some of the family members were not yet baptized. Therefore, according to their need and the Lord's leading, we expounded the truth concerning baptism. After an hour-long fellowship, the Spirit moved in a strong way as to lead the local brother to repent and prayed a prayer of confession, repentance, and revival. They testified that the Lord sent us to them as they were in urgent need of fellowship and revival as they have been backslidden and distracted by many world things. They sincerely invited us to visit them again in the near future so that many other Christian families could be visited and shepherded. This fellowship was so precious to all of us; the Lord directly implied to us the need for shepherding in this area. The Lord does want to gain his family and many more for His testimony in Leh among the local Ladakhis.

Lord, raise up Your testimony in Leh!

 

An Indian army Commanding Officer whom we met on the Lord's day also invited us for a time of fellowship over dinner love-feast at his army base camp where we introduced the ministry literature. He purchased the ministry books and the Holy Bible Recovery Version as well. We learned from him that he dearly loves the Lord though more of a Peter-kind and was very burdened for the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray that through the reading of the ministry books he would see the vision of Christ and the church clearly and one day take a stand for t the Lord's testimony wherever the Lord places him as an officer.

On a lighter note, as we were fellowshipping with him inside his living room, some stray dogs came and devoured our leather shoes kept outside of his house. We lost our shoes yet this brother gifted us matching shoes.

Overall, we worship the Lord for His sovereignty in all our visits in this ministry journey to Jammu, Kashmir, and finally to Ladakh. May the Lord accomplish His heart's desire in these places!