The Voice of the Poor
Hello Friends,
Welcome to my cottage! This is a place where I want to meet with those remnants the Lord intends to use to change the future; a place where I can share my heart with likeminded people and relate God’s extra-ordinary stories in my ordinary life. The journey is going to be awesome!
I have been a speaker at the great Orissa Convention for the past several years. It was my privilege again this year to minister to thousands of people and to witness the amazing move of the Holy Spirit. Over 30,000 people gathered for 4 days in a small town in southern Orissa: 7 – 10 March.
CONVENTION BEING INAUGURATED
The convention is a wonder in many ways. I encountered 9 wonders:
ONE: A small village community became the host of this annual convention. Most of the villagers are menial laborers.
TWO: The little local church had also undertaken for a colossal need of fixing a huge tent, PA system, water supply, electricity connection, and other logistics of such a giant event.
SPEAKING AT THE CONVENTION
THREE: People who attended the convention were mostly poor. But they travelled from all parts of the region spending their own money and made provision for their 4-day stay in the village. All they needed was an open field.
FOUR: A small stream was the source of water for the village. It gets dry in summer; water is not enough even for one village. Only God knew how the water was enough for the use of thousands of people.
FIVE: People woke up very early, finished their morning chores, cooked their food and went fully determined to sit through the meetings. There was not a break for tea, coffee or water. The meeting commenced each day at 9:00 A.M. and ended at 7:00 P.M. with just a two-hour free time for lunch.
MAN WITH EPILEPSY SOLICITS PRAYER
SIX: There were no chairs to sit. People squatted on the ground the whole time.
SEVEN: There were no fans or air-condition. People sat under a huge tent. The weather was warm and humid, 90 degree Fahrenheit. A piece of paper or a hard cover in their hands served as the fan.
EIGHT: Nobody felt like eating food or drinking some water during the meetings. It appeared as though nobody needed to go to the bathroom (if fact there were no bathrooms; people had to nurture God’s creation everywhere they found a tree in the open field).
NINE: There was great hunger for God’s word that only God could satisfy.
I was greatly overwhelmed by the warmth of the people and their desire for spiritual things. I wish some of you could go there with me some day to see the amazing movement of the Spirit.
Thank you so much my friends for praying for me. The Lord has heard your prayers and prospered my journey. Blessed be the Name of the Lord!
Joab Lohara.
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
Tags: convention, nineth, wonder
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