Ministry of the Word to Reckong Peo and Kalpa

The first time I heard about Reckong Peo was when I first visited Shimla. I saw bus at the bustand with Reckong Peo written on the upper front wind screen. Upon inquiring about the name, I was told that it was one of the hill towns on the far east of Himachal Pradesh not very far from Indo-Tibet border. The very name itself painted a burden in me to visit one day. Now, this time, the Lord opened the door, after four years of receiving the burden. 

The brother the Lord arranged for us was introduced to us by the brother in Ganvi. True to his word, he waited for us at the bustand. The moment we met, we were quite comfortable with one another as though we knew each other much before, though we only met for the first time. As we walked around the market place for sightseeing, we were very impressed by the scenic beauty surrounding the hill station. A beautiful view of the snow clad mountains was simply breathtaking. Later, as we were driven to the hotel owned by the brother, the view from our window was even more pleasant, a mountain range covered on the top with snow, and dwindled down as the snow melted. 

Later, we met a group of young ones who have been shepherded by an ex-catholic priest and his sister who are in the church life. These ones have been shepherded so well that we were impressed by the constitution they had of the truth being presently pursued in the Lord’s recovery. Though they had never been to any physical meeting in the Lord’s recovery, they have actually been already in the church life virtually. When we visited them the next day, they shared their testimony of how they have been shepherded by the saints in the church in Mumbai and how they daily enoyed morning revical and pursue the Life-studies,  all online. We marvelled at what the Lord can do to people who loves Him and the ministry of the word. These young saints are a testament to the effectiveness of the ministry of the word! 

The brother, our host, was also prepared by the Lord for His testimony. He is a retired Government engineer. He happened to be one of the firstfruits of the gospel work in Reckong Peo. Though he was initially with a group of Chirstian missionaries, now He and a few brothers are taking care of the local church which he called it as the "Body of Christ" based in the revelation he had seen concerning the church. As we introduced the ministry books to him and a few other brothers in Kalpa, which is another ten kilometers up on the mountains, he placed order for two full sets in Hindi and a Holy Bible Recovery Version for himself. In both the localities, we could already foretaste the Lord’s testimony. 

Our visit to Kalpa required us to walk up and down on the rugged hilly roads as vehicle could not enter iur exact destination. Outwardly, we exerted a lot of energy with the heavy bag full of books we carried, but it was worth all the pain as we introduced and distributed the ministry books to these local believers. It was for this purpose that we went there too. In fact, we were full of joy to bring the ministry to all these local himachalis.

We also met a missionary who established his ministry among the local people there. This brother was from Nagaland and as we introduced the ministry literature, he received them willingly and also purchased the Holy Bible Recovery Version for himself.

Thus, in this way the Lord brought the ministry to Reckong Peo and Kalpa. May the Lord continue to work in the seekers through the ministry of the word and raise up His lampstands in these localities soon.

Lord, raise up the church in Reckong Peo and Kalpa!