After the first Lord’s Day meeting was established in Hulhundu in Ranchi, we were to leave for Ranchi main city for the distribution. It was then that Lord gave me the burden to call up a brother who could be of help in the distribution. As I did so, he responded and joined us for the two days distribution in Ranchi.
This brother was known to me some ten years ago when I first visited Jharkhand. He was our translator in a Christian meeting. Since then, he has been gained by the truth concerning Christ and the church.
In Ranchi, on the first day, we attended a Pastors' conference and introduced the ministry literature. Then, we had a time for fellowship with a brother who is an evangelist serving in the city. Then, we visited the two main Christian bookstores and they both placed order for the minsitry literature.
On the secondth day, we had a time of fellowship and Recovery Version introduction to one of the key Christian leader. Then, with some Reverends of the mainline group, one of them was the managers of another Christian bookstore. Then, we had a time of fellowship with our local brother and his daughter over lunch, and later, with his relatives. Finally, we left for Khunti.
For the following two more days we were in Khunti in our local brother's house. From there, one day we visited Chaibasa where we met the key Christian leaders of mainline groups, then on our way back, we met the main leader in Chakradharpur. The following day, we had a time of fellowship and ministry literature introduction to a brother who is a retired Engineer. We spent the whole day fellowshipping over coffee and lunch, and visiting his fields and gardens. Then, we were taken to visit a sightseeing spot called Rani Falls. After all these, we concluded the ministry journey in Jharkhand and left for Chattisgarh from Hatia by train.
In addition to the ministry literature distribution, the Lord brought us to Khunti to fellowship with a brother and his wife. On the secondth night of our stay in their home, we had a time of family fellowship where we allowed bith other to open up fully. Then, we fellowshiped with them the biblical view concerning husband and wife and emphasised the need to be in oneness by exercising the spirit to live Christ and partake Christ as the tree of life. We exhorted them to take the way of forgiving and forgetting the things of the past. We also gave our own testimony of our marriage life and the way we took; the way of prayer personally and prayer as couple.
In this way, I believe the Lord’s purpose in visiting Jharkhand, especially the brother's family, was accomplished.
May the Lord bless His move in Jharkhand!
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