praise & pray for Manjit (PUN)

- i met Manjit, one of an increasing number of Indians i've come into contact through public transport -- queing up to get on the bus, & felt some 'prompting' that i should talk to him. i got in the bus ahead of him, he sat opposite me, as if to confirm this was a Divine Appointment in-the-making! [there were plenty of other seats he could've chosen to sit in .. ;)
i just gave him a friendly smile & [hesitantly!] moved across to sit next to him . . . i asked him where he's from & the conversation just flowed...
amazing how far a little friendliness can go!
he's been here 4 (?) months but says he still has no [non-Indian] friends :( i was the first non-Indian to approach him during his stay in Aus . . . sadly, he's the norm rather than the exception. :(
i see in these 'foreign strangers' such a ripe harvest field of souls , just like our Lord said in
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"The harvest is large, but the workers are few.
So ask the Lord who gives this harvest to send workers to harvest his crops." Matthew 9:37-38
near the end of our short exchange, he wished me a happy Christmas. i asked him if he knew why we celebrated Christmas. he said he didn't know, which sent me floundering around my messed up bag looking for a Christmas tract .. but i had none on me. we swapped phone numbers, i told him we'd have to meet so he can find out why - Christmas is so important!
i left him with a gospel tract i had on me
[not so explicitly about Christmas but still the gospel nevertheless!]

it was good to have a friendly encounter with him, left e wondering why i hesitate as long as i do when i get these promptings to talk to people :[

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:D rejoice with me! :D
:D He's bringing precious souls from the mission field here - COME ON BROTHERS & SISTERS!! OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND TO REACH THEM WITH THE NEWS OF ETERNAL LIFE -- LET'S GET ON WITH SEEKING & SAVING THE LOST WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!!
:D anywhere we go can be used in Divine Appointments!
*PRAY*
* The Lamb of God who was slain would receive the reward for His sufferings in every precious lost soul from the mission field He's brought here caught up in deception!
"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
* give Manjit open eyes to see Jesus, The Lover of his soul & ears to hear Jesus calling him by name, drawing him to Himself & a heart to respond to His Word in faith to pass from death to life!
I can guarantee this truth: Those who listen to what I say and believe in the one who sent me will have eternal life. They won't be judged because they have already passed from death to life. - Jesus John 5:24
* God in His mercy would not let these precious Punjabis 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!
* give us grace to embrace these 'foreign strangers' & lovingly show them the way to the Fathers' love, not wasting a moment in our selfish precoccupations & distractions but redeeming the time - Judgment Day is coming soon! (yes, i too easily give in to selfish indifference to the fate of lost souls too :-( )