ONE Prayer Update: India...

See below for a field update from India and the progress of ministry there with the ONE Prayer movement. -sj

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Here is brother POOVARASU, which means King of Flower, who was sick from birth. He had multiple problem, heart problem, puss coming out from ear, and "un-healable" wounds. His poor parents could not care for him during his childhood due to the poverty they experienced, and could not afford to take him to the nearby town hospital. Once, while he was studying 3rd standard in a free government school, they took him to a hospital and the doctors said he needed to undergo different operations which exceeded the potential savings of his small family. Since they did not have the resources, and since bad smell used to come from his body, his parents eventually just left him outside the house, not knowing what else to do with him. People used to pass by him so often that his plight became "routine", and he was eventually completely forgotten. While he was in 9th grade, he became so sick and his pain became so unbearable that everyone expected him to die.

Since Jesus loves him, however, he had a different plan for him. On an eventful day a Christian woman passed by the village, saw the misery of this man, and it broke her heart. She immediately knelt down and touched him with compassion and prayed for him. God also touched him, healed him, and he became a new man! All the wounds and pain slowly disappeared from him. People who saw him earlier were amazed by what had happened. God filled him with a love and joy that he never experienced.
He then received a Bible from the lady who prayed for him, and started reading the Word of God. As he was reading the life of Jesus, he was moved by the love of Christ even to the persecutors and the thieves on the cross. He wanted show the same love to his parents, even though they abandoned him. He started learning from this lady about Christ. Then he started sharing about Christ to his parents and relatives. When his parents saw what had happened, they believed in Jesus as well. Few of the relatives and village people have accepted Christ. Now, if anyone is sick in the village or close by, they call Poovarasu to come and pray for them.

Now he is the most wanted man in this area for people who long for peace, healing, and meaning in life. God is using him mightily to touch many people in this community. Now he has joined our ONE Prayer KGT ("Kingdom of God") Training to plant churches in the villages around him. He has completed the first module, and is using a simple Bible study booklet that we have provided to share Christ along with his living testimony. He is so happy that he found a right training to shape his life and ministry. He is thankful to the ONE Prayer Movement for the opportunity!