praise & pray for Gurgun _______ _____ ______ & friends (Punjab & Gujarat - IND)

- met Gurgun _______ _____ ______ [had a really long name, Gurgun for short!] @ train station last night .. amazing what a simple smile can do :) got talking, he's a Sikh from Punjab state of India .. in the course of conversation his other Indian friends (from Gujarat state of India) rocked up. I felt inadequate to share the gospel with a Sikh, but in reflection I remember Paul Washer's words
"i don't preach the gospel to muslims or jews or hindus, i simply preach the gospel to lost men as sinners who need a Saviour"
how true! ultimately this is the reality.

so WHY do i forget it in the silliness of of my own "perceived" inadequacies?!
anyway Gurgun got caught up in his Indian buddies .. train was delayed so Gurgun went to the nearest bus stop .. i was left at the train platform with a few of his friends wondering if we should follow him, thinking the train's been delayed 3 or 4 times already so might as well give it a shot. dumb move!
it was raining with gusty winds .. an adventure ;)
got to the nearest bus stop to discover we'd missed the last bus :P
.... walking back to the train station saw the train leave as we were coming up to the platform. D'OH!!
... or not ?? with another 30 minutes until the next train (it was 10pm!) = MORE TIME TO SHARE THE GOSPEL!
these Gujarati guys were studying nursing so i told them of the great respect for nurses i had due to my 4 months i hospital. :)
why was i in hospital? what happened??
showed them photos i carry with me everywhere of me lookin' really messed up & how Jesus Certainly saved me from near-death :)
they seemed almost too accepting ...
[silly stereotype i have of people from India burning people who try to share the gospel with them, memories of Graham Staines & his two sons being burnt to death stay needlessly in the forefront of my thinking about precious soul from this state! to read the story: www.wogim.org/stains.htm)
inspirational quote from that webpage:
It was a long time ago that he had decided to follow Jesus Christ no matter what the personal cost. Having read the Acts of the Apostles a great many times, he knew that nothing significant was ever achieved without opposition.
- shared an IQ test tract with them which, though the IQ test flopped, the 2nd IQ test on the back didn't ;)
SEE:
http://wayofthemaster.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_32&products_id=80
time flew, the train came & got to share a little more with them about the gospel. one of them mentioned he had Christian friends back home in India who brought him to church a few times! he assured me there were many Christians in India!
.. what a beautiful confirmation from one outside The Kingdom of all I've heard & invested in with GFA [partner with them too in impacting eternity TO THE MAX! see www.gfa.org]

my stop arrived, we parted ways.
... entrusted them to The Good Shepherd who laid down His life for them!
:D PRAISE! :D
:D He has children ALL over the world!
:D the very same Good Shepherd who laid down His life for them also seeks & saves lost sheep!

*PRAY*
* The Lamb of God who was slain would receive the reward for His sufferings in every precious lost soul caught up in the deception of Sikhism, Hinduism ..
You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power. for You created everything, and it is for your pleasure they exist and were created - Revelation 4:11
* God in His mercy would not let these precious souls waste their lives giving glory to anyone/anything else but save them so they might bring pleasure to Him!
* have mercy on them, send them back 'home' eternally-changed souls, to join the missionary force He's raising up there!