Pulivendula, a small town in Kadapa district was well developed beyond many metropolitan cities I have visited in India. The reason was obvious. It was the home town of the present Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. I wish all the cities and towns in India would be developed in the same pattern.
Our first meeting in this town was with two professors from JNTU, one from the English and the other from the Computer Science department. They both were Christian leaders in the campus and one of them a Bible teacher and preacher among college and university students. After a detail and meticulous explanation and their patient and careful hearing, they both appreciated the Recovery Version Bible so much and purchased both the English and Telegu versions!
In the evening, a group of Christian leaders, seekers, and saints were invited for a meeting where I ministered on God's Economy. In fact, the Lord burdened me on this truth while on the way to this town. Verse by verse, point by point, I ministered on God's economy of dispensing the divine life to His children and the processes He took in creating man with body, soul, and spirit and His passing through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and becoming the life-giving Spirit to dispense into man's spirit. And then, the dispensing from the spirit to the soul and to the Body and God heading up all things in Christ. Though the topic seems high and difficult to understand, but with the enjoyment of God's economy subjectively day by day, the message was delivered in a very simply yet profound way, enjoyable to the audience. Now, I practically agree that the high peak truth is understandable and enjoyable depending upon the minister himself understanding and enjoying the high peak truth.
The following day, we visited a village evangelised and shepherded by a brother located at about half an hour drive from the town, a rocky valley village, Kondagattupalle. Then, we had family visits, shepherding the saints. As the main leading brother requested for a word of love for his family, I ministered on the importance of reading the Bible, prayer, seeking God’s will, family prayers, Life-study pursuit, the need for secular education too to encourage the young people, and then prayed for the saints. We also visited the YS Reddy's family, introduced the ministry, and prayed for the family.
Thus, the burden for Pulivendula was released.
May the Lord strengthen the church life in Pulivendula!
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