Day 3 Visit 1

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On this day, we were all hiking in an area underneath a huge temple. We figured we would find the soil of hearts to be pretty hard to our message, but we were wrong!

My team this day had made really good time and opted to keep going around to another section of the mountain. We had walked a long time and had seen no people or any houses. We had just had a conversation that maybe all God had in store for us this day was to pray for the people in this area. Not long after this, we met two older gentlemen on the trail.


Conversation began and they were willing to hear a story. One of the guys with us started sharing the story of the prodigal son with them. They were listening very intently. When the name of Jesus was mentioned, these men were asked if they had ever heard the name Jesus before and their response was no. Even though we went into this trip knowing we would encounter this, it was heart wrenching to hear those words verbalized and realize in a deeper way the reality of it.

A third man had joined us. He had heard the name of Jesus before and shared what he had heard. It was quite a bit...his conversation was not fully translated for us, so I'm not sure what all he said.


While more was being shared with these men, those of us not speaking were praying for the Holy Spirit to blow through this valley. As we prayed that, a big wind blew through where we were sitting (and continued through the rest of our visit...even after we moved to one of the men's house.) It was such a visual reminder to us of God's presence with us, and how He longs to be at work in lives.

The best news of all is that these two men accepted Christ and were taught other stories from the Bible. They have also had follow-up visits from those living in India. We praised God for allowing us to see the eternities of these men changed after their first exposure to Jesus!

Prayer Requests:
* Pray that these men will rid their lives and homes from any false gods/idols. Pray that they experience God in such a mighty way that false gods will not even be a temptation to them.
* Pray that the daughter-in-law and grandson who overheard the sharing will surrender their lives to God.
* Pray that these men will begin a house church and become spiritual leaders of their community.
* Pray that they will impact the city, where they will move for the winter. Pray that follow-up can be continued despite the move (or that God would send someone else to disciple them during this time.)
* Pray for their safety and for protection from persecution.