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Series Code: JFAN
Program Code: JFAN000186S
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00:21 - Hello, and welcome to Jesus for Asia Now. 00:24 I'm Natalie Wood and I have Jon here with me today. 00:27 Hello, love. - Hi, darling. How are you? 00:29 - I'm doing fine. How are you? 00:30 - I'm doing great. - Good. 00:32 I want to comment on your clothing, my love. 00:36 You look very handsome today. 00:37 - Thank you for the word handsome. 00:40 I am doing this for the people of India. 00:43 'Cause I love India. I love the people there. 00:46 We have like family there 00:49 and this is what some of them wear at certain occasions. 00:52 - Right, it would be a very dressy occasion like a wedding. 00:56 - Yes. And this is traditional. 00:58 This is not modern, so to speak. 01:01 - We wanna know, I wanna know where we're going today 01:04 and I'm assuming it's India because of how we're dressed. 01:07 - Yes, we are going to India 01:08 and India of course is located in Asia. 01:11 It's the largest population 01:14 of any country in the world today. 01:17 - Wow. 01:18 - It's more than four times the population of America, 01:20 almost five times the population, 01:22 but about one third the landmass. 01:25 So you can imagine the population density that's there. 01:28 And so we're going to the western coast of India, 01:33 which is the city of Mumbai. 01:35 And we're gonna go look at what we consider a victory. 01:38 Okay, so I hope our viewers 01:41 will give us a little patience as we gloat. 01:46 'cause we're so happy about this victory. 01:48 This is a long battle with a hard fought 01:51 and hard won victory. 01:53 - Right. 01:54 But it's not really us gloating, it's us rejoicing 02:00 for a victory for God's kingdom. 02:02 So it's really not about us at all. 02:05 - Sometimes we take it a little bit personal 02:07 because it feels like the battle's a bit personal. 02:10 - Right, because there's been a lot of prayer invested. 02:13 - Yeah. - A lot of prayer invested. 02:15 - And, you know, Satan wages his war against God. 02:18 But he goes after us to hurt God. 02:21 And so it sometimes feels personal. 02:24 - Right. 02:25 - And people that are dying without knowing who Jesus is. 02:29 I take that personal. - Yeah. 02:31 - And when we get a little bit of a victory, 02:35 we like to celebrate. 02:37 - Right. - Rejoice. 02:38 - Okay. - And so this is in a city 02:40 on the western coast of India 02:43 and there's 20 million people in this city. 02:47 - 20 million. - 20 million people. 02:49 - Okay. - Okay. 02:51 Now we're looking at this little map 02:52 and you can see it looks like there's like a blank spot 02:55 in the middle, right next to the green spot. 02:57 The green spot's a big golf course. 02:59 But if you zoom in on that blank spot, 03:01 you'll see hundreds of houses. 03:04 And then you zoom in on this little corner 03:06 and you'll see right there, 03:08 you see in that little tiny corner is our church. 03:11 - Wow. - Yeah. 03:13 We first visited there, this is 2011. 03:16 And these are the people that we met. 03:19 Now notice the lady in the center, just to the right. 03:22 Just to the right of the center. That lady. 03:24 Okay, we're gonna see her again pretty soon. 03:26 Do you remember what it was like there? 03:27 - Well, I remember we had a beautiful worship time 03:30 with them. 03:31 There were a few of the local, 'cause it was a weekday. 03:33 There were a few of the local members 03:35 and then a few of our Bible workers. 03:38 And we got a chance to talk to one of the Bible workers 03:40 and do a more extensive interview. 03:42 And she said, because this is right at the end 03:46 of when we hadn't been able to pay them in full. 03:49 - Yes. 03:50 - For several years because funds were so low. 03:52 We had been sending anywhere from a third 03:56 to three quarters most months. 03:59 It was somewhere between there, 04:00 it wasn't full pay for years. 04:02 - And sometimes we'd miss a month. 04:03 - Mm-hmm. 04:04 She said, "God first, money second." 04:07 - That's right. - And so that's why 04:08 she wanted to be a Bible worker. 04:10 That's why she continued to be a Bible worker, 04:12 even through this hard time of lack of pay. 04:15 - Yeah. Incredible. 04:17 And so we had such great memories from that place. 04:19 Then I went back in 2019 and discovered, 04:23 now this is the walkway going down to the church. 04:28 'cause you have to go down this little tiny alleyway 04:30 passed some houses to the church, 04:32 and I walk in and look at the entrance. 04:41 You can see it's not been kept up. 04:43 This is walking up the stairs. Quite dangerous. 04:46 - [Natalie] Yeah. 04:59 - [Jon] Very steep. 05:03 And then here's the main door into the- 05:06 - [Natalie] Sanctuary. 05:07 - Yeah, the sanctuary is on this level. 05:11 Then locked. 05:13 And then they had this balcony and that's the church, right. 05:17 What is this place? 05:18 - This is Chembur. 05:20 - Chembur. - Chembur. City camp. 05:22 - Okay. Very good. 05:31 On the other side, 05:33 the neighbors are right up against sharing the same wall. 05:37 And so we discovered that the city had come in 05:40 and condemned the place in 2012. 05:42 So we were there in 2011, the next year it got condemned. 05:46 It was unsafe and we were heartbroken. 05:50 And it's like what happens to the people 05:52 that were worshiping there? 05:54 They had a nice group. 05:56 - Yeah. 05:56 - We got to go inside, 05:58 you can see this is the inside in the sanctuary. 06:03 And so I had talked to the president of Mumbai Metro Section 06:09 and asked him, what's your plans? 06:09 He says, we can't afford. 06:11 Well you haven't even priced it out, 06:13 but we know we can't afford to replace that place 06:16 or to fix it, it'd be too expensive. 06:18 And you remember we'd found another church 06:22 that was falling apart and to rebuild that one was gonna, 06:25 and add a second floor, was gonna cost $7,000. 06:29 And they couldn't do it. It's just too expensive. 06:32 And so it's like, well we did it. 06:34 And we raised the money, people were happy to donate 06:36 and we were there at the grand opening, 06:38 it was just packed out, it was awesome. 06:41 And so this one being that much larger is- 06:44 - And that much worse. 06:45 - Yes. - And yeah. 06:46 - And so we asked them to get a quote 06:49 and they got a couple bids 06:50 and we're looking at $80,000 to rebuild the whole church. 06:54 And we thought, wow, that's a lot of money, 06:56 but we prayed and we felt impressed, 06:59 we should let our viewers know. 07:01 - Right. - And so people, 07:03 a little bit came in, a little bit came in. 07:05 And then one trucker said, I didn't wanna donate to this, 07:11 I wanted to donate to another project, 07:13 but God told me to donate to this one. 07:15 - Yes. 07:17 - And so he started donating 07:19 and I think he donated probably two thirds 07:22 of the total amount. 07:23 And when we got close to that amount, 07:26 we said, let's go forward, let's start building. 07:29 And they couldn't find the, they couldn't, COVID happened. 07:33 and the contractor just wouldn't move forward. 07:35 He couldn't get permission, 07:36 I mean, it was just one thing after another, 07:38 just getting stalled and stalled. 07:39 And then we were told about another church. 07:41 - Yes. 07:43 - Gokulpur. 07:44 And we were taken to this church in 2019 again. 07:47 You can look at that, this is the church. 07:49 The bottom floor is split in half. 07:52 And the right side is the church. 07:54 The left side is just storage, 07:56 but there's a wall down the middle 07:57 so they can only use one side or the other for the worship. 08:00 Upstairs is the living quarters for the family, 08:02 pastor's family. 08:04 This is the church from the inside looking 08:07 towards the front door. 08:08 You can see how narrow it is. 08:10 And this is the doorway between the two compartments. 08:13 - Scary. - Yeah. 08:14 And this is the other side of the downstairs, 08:17 you can see those trusses are rusting out 08:19 and starting to bend and the family's living upstairs. 08:24 - Scary. - Scary. 08:26 And so they found a different contractor 08:29 that said, we can rebuild Gokulpur. 08:31 Now, Gokulpur, the second church, 08:34 seemed to me to be a slightly larger church 08:37 than the first one, Chembur, okay. 08:39 And he bid on Gokulpur at $28,000. 08:43 And I thought 28,000, that's a great deal. 08:47 So why, why don't you go ahead and rebuild that church 08:52 while we get permission for rebuilding the other church 08:55 and just trust that God will provide by the time it's built. 08:58 - Replace the funds. Yeah. 08:59 - Yeah, and so they went and rebuilt Gokulpur, 09:02 and check this out. 09:04 - [Natalie] Beautiful. That's beautiful. 09:07 - Oh man. 09:08 And I got a picture here comparing the before and after. 09:13 This is inside, so they took out that middle wall 09:16 and now the whole- 09:17 - [Natalie] The whole thing is the sanctuary. 09:18 - [Jon] Yes. I got to preach there. 09:20 And this is the group that showed up. 09:22 - That is beautiful. - It's awesome. 09:24 I was so happy. 09:25 Now this is a before and after. Which one would you choose? 09:27 - (laughs) The after. 09:30 - Yes. - The blessing from God. 09:31 - Yes. Huge blessing. 09:33 And we want to say thank you to our donors. 09:36 And I hope that they're rejoicing with us, 09:38 because this is a shared victory. 09:41 - Right. 09:42 Yes. It's beautiful. 09:44 - But you know who's happier than anybody? 09:46 - Right. - Yeah. 09:48 The angels in heaven, - Right, God himself. 09:51 - Yes, and so this is a real witness, 09:52 because the neighborhood is very densely populated, 09:56 a lot of people really close. 09:58 And so it's a witness for God on an ongoing basis. 10:02 - Right. That's awesome. 10:03 - So then we thought if that building, 10:05 which was slightly larger than the first 10:07 one only costs 28,000, 10:09 maybe we should ask that same contractor to bid on Chembur. 10:16 And so he went and looked at it and he says, 10:17 oh yeah, this will cost about $29,000. 10:21 So we're getting two churches 10:23 for less than the price of the one original contractor. 10:27 - Wow. - And I can't help but wonder 10:29 if that original contractor was not being untruthful. 10:34 - Yeah. 10:35 - Was gonna make a lot of money. 10:36 And maybe it was God 10:38 that actually stopped him from rebuilding, 10:42 from from doing the work. 10:44 And so now we've got the two churches 10:46 for less than 60,000 with money left over. 10:50 - Wow. 10:51 - So guess what we did with that money? 10:53 - Then we built another one. - Yes, exactly. 10:55 That was in the Wadala slum, and they added another floor 10:59 and it's beautiful. 11:01 So this is Wadala before, and this is Wadala afterwards. 11:06 - Wow. 11:07 (hopeful music) 11:12 So we got three churches for the price, the original price 11:17 that we were given for just the one. 11:18 - Exactly. - That's God's multiplication. 11:21 He's the one who says, 11:22 let's give this other person the work. 11:24 Let's give him, he's got the heart to do the work. 11:27 - Yes. - And wow. 11:29 - Yeah. - Praise the Lord. 11:30 - So now we get to the victory point, Chembur. 11:32 Chembur was the one that we had been praying for 11:36 from the beginning. 11:38 So I wanna take you with me in January of 2025, 11:42 I'm gonna go there and be at the grand opening. 11:45 - Okay. - Get on the plane. 11:46 This is a picture of the seat in front of me. 11:48 You know, I have the TV in front of you 11:52 and they have a camera. 11:53 Some airplanes allow you to see cameras 11:55 from different parts of the airplane. 11:56 So this airplane had that. 11:58 This is leaving Atlanta, rainy, cold. 12:01 This is arriving in France. 12:04 And then this is getting on my next flight from France 12:07 to landing in Mumbai. 12:09 I spent a couple days in a hotel to get over jet lag. 12:13 And then the day of the grand opening, they said, 12:15 can you be there at one o'clock? 12:17 So I'm trying to figure out how am I gonna get there 12:19 and what time should I leave and everything 12:21 to make sure I was there a little bit early. 12:24 So I figured out if I leave, 12:26 it's about 40 minute ride and everything. 12:29 So I left about 12, 12:10, hired a local taxi, 12:35 which is like a three-wheeler thing. 12:38 Call 'em auto rickshaws and driving down the road. 12:42 This is normal India. 12:45 (engines rumbling) 12:54 (horns honking) 13:05 We didn't end up hitting that truck. (chuckles) 13:07 - Good thing you said that. 13:10 Looks like it. - We went around him. 13:11 - Okay. 13:12 (hopeful music) 13:43 - So then I arrive and they're all looking at me anxiously. 13:47 And they said, you're late. 13:48 And I'm like, I'm early. 13:50 Now usually in India, 13:53 if they say the time is like seven o'clock 13:55 for the evening meeting, people start showing up at 7:30. 13:59 You know, eight o'clock things will start to get rolling. 14:01 The kids will be early, but the adults will be late. 14:04 But what I found out is that people had started arriving 14:06 at 10 o'clock that morning. 14:09 The program was supposed to start at one o'clock. 14:12 People started arriving three hours early. 14:14 I'm like, what? What's going on here? (chuckles) 14:18 And they had the big- - They were excited, I think. 14:20 - They were so excited. 14:22 Look at this hallway, this is the same alley 14:25 with all the neighbors. 14:26 Remember how dirty and dark it was? 14:28 You can still see where the neighbors are. 14:32 It's all cleaned up. 14:34 That's the president on the right of the union, pastors. 14:39 That's the president of the Mumbai Metro Section 14:42 on the right. 14:43 You can see they're all welcoming me, so excited. 14:47 - They have no heads. - Sorry. 14:50 I was trying to shake hands and video at the same time. 14:52 - Yeah, it doesn't work. - Yeah. 14:55 Good to see you. 14:56 And there's the ribbon. 14:59 - [Natalie] Awesome. 15:00 - You can hear them singing upstairs. 15:02 And so they got to cut the ribbon 15:05 and then they have this plaque that they put in every church 15:10 commemorating it and saying who built it and all that. 15:12 And they asked me to pull the cord. 15:14 (worshipers speaking in foreign language) 15:18 For the glory of God 15:19 and on this rock I will build my church. 15:22 So then we go around and go upstairs. 15:25 The stairs are much cleaner, much more safe. 15:29 And this is the group that's worshiping there. 15:32 - [Natalie] Beautiful. 15:33 - [Jon] They've done it a much more open plan. 15:35 They have windows along the side 15:37 and they put the sanctuary on the entire top floor. 15:40 - Okay, there's not that balcony anymore. 15:43 It's the whole thing. - The whole thing. 15:45 I think they had about 150, 15:46 almost 200 people up there that day. 15:48 - [Natalie] That's a lot of people. 15:50 - [Jon] That's a lot of people. 15:51 And they did the whole ceremony. 15:55 (worshipers singing in foreign language) 16:17 - So these people have been sitting there since 10 o'clock. 16:20 - Wow. 16:21 - And so you can imagine they'd be tired 16:23 sitting on the floor, but look how energetic they are. 16:25 - Yeah. They're excited. - So excited. 16:26 - I think they're happy to have their church back. 16:31 - So happy. 16:34 - Praise the Lord. - Amen. 16:40 (pastor speaking in foreign language) 16:45 - There was another slum 16:46 that we were wanting to build a church in. 16:49 But with this church built, 16:50 now that takes care of that slum also, 'cause it's nearby. 16:54 - Wow. Praise the Lord. - Nearby only. 16:57 - Nearby only, yeah, they say that in India. 16:59 Oh, it's not far. It's nearby only. 17:01 - Yeah. (chuckles) 17:03 And so the president of the union was there 17:06 and he used to be the president of the Mumbai Metro Section. 17:09 And he was the one that took us around 17:13 to Mumbai originally in 2016. 17:17 Didn't take us to Chembur, 17:19 but he took us to many other places 17:21 and we fell in love with Mumbai. 17:23 And he told us the story of Mumbai 17:25 because he actually grew up in Mumbai 17:27 when the missionaries were there. 17:29 And he tells us a story 17:32 that when the missionaries were there, 17:33 they lived downtown Mumbai, 17:35 but they did all the evangelism in the outskirts. 17:39 So they established churches in the slums 17:43 on the outskirts, but nothing downtown. 17:47 So they only had one church for downtown Mumbai. 17:51 And that was an English church, okay. 17:53 Now guess how many people live in downtown Mumbai 17:56 versus the surroundings? 17:59 - I don't know. I don't think I can guess. 18:00 It's millions, I'm sure. 18:02 - 12 million. 12 million people. 18:07 Now this is the cultural center of India. 18:10 You know, you've got Bollywood there. 18:12 And so the movie making, financial capital, 18:16 it's a very strong downtown. 18:19 And to think that there's one church for 12 million people 18:25 and it's in English, it just broke my heart. 18:29 - Yeah. - And so I was there 18:31 and I was praying, Lord, there's only one church 18:33 for 12 million people. 18:35 How can we let that be? 18:38 How can we be okay with that in the 21st century, you know? 18:43 We need to do something about that. 18:45 - Right. 18:47 - And so as I was praying in my mind, 18:49 just walking in that church downtown Mumbai, 18:54 the Lord says, "$2 million." 18:58 I'm like, wow. 19:01 And I know how expensive it is in Mumbai. 19:04 Land is extremely expensive. 19:07 You know, a little place like this, 19:09 this set would probably cost $50,000. 19:13 And so I went to the president and I says, 19:16 could we build another church like this one 19:18 in downtown Mumbai for, 19:20 and in my mind I'm thinking 2 million, 19:23 that's that's way too much, for a million dollars. 19:26 And he thought, he says, 19:27 "For a million dollars we could build six churches." 19:31 - Whoa. - Yeah. 19:33 And so I thought, well for for $2 million 19:36 you could build 12, one church per million people. 19:41 That doesn't seem like too many. 19:43 - No. 19:46 Also doesn't seem like enough. 19:48 - Right. Right. 19:50 So we have been working on a plan 19:54 to reach the downtown city dwellers. 19:58 And we're praying about it. 20:01 We just haven't had the funds to follow up on it. 20:04 But there is a man who's a pastor in Manila 20:09 who's doing church planting among the big high rises 20:12 of the financial districts of downtown Manila. 20:15 And he does it by starting out 20:16 with stress management classes. 20:18 He says, they're like clubs, 20:20 and they meet in little restaurants or coffee shops 20:24 and they talk about, teach people, 20:26 that are like young professionals 20:28 that come in from the countryside to get an education, 20:31 to get a job downtown. 20:33 The family's depending on them, a lot of stress, 20:35 new job, separated from their family, on their own. 20:39 They fall into problems and difficulties. 20:42 And so they have these stress management classes, 20:44 attracts them, they make friends. 20:45 And of course one of the best ways to manage your stress 20:48 is to build your trust in God. 20:50 - Mm-hmm. 20:51 - And we were there when they baptized 20:54 some people in a jacuzzi. (chuckles) 20:56 - Right. Yep. 20:58 - 'Cause they had church in the activity room 21:00 at the bottom of this big skyscraper. 21:02 And somebody wanted to give their life to Christ, 21:04 so we're thinking if we could do that type of approach. 21:07 Now, it's very difficult for our pastors 21:10 and Bible workers in Mumbai to reach the upper class 21:14 because they only earn a hundred dollars, $200 a month. 21:18 - Right. And they're not from that same caste, most of them. 21:22 - Correct. 21:23 And so we need to bring in some training, some classes, 21:27 and provide extra funding to rent places 21:31 in better district where our target group lives 21:34 and we're talking, you know, $250 a month 21:37 for a nice apartment in a luxurious neighborhood. 21:43 - Yeah. - So not a huge amount. 21:45 But there is some cost involved. 21:47 But once we get that going and we get fruit from that, 21:51 then that can support all the other work in the area. 21:56 This is what Mrs. White tells us, is the city work 22:00 will support the work that needs to go everywhere else. 22:04 - Interestingly enough, 22:06 they do actually have now a second church 22:09 that meets in that same building, but it's overcrowded. 22:13 - Yes. - So it's in Marati, 22:15 which is the local language there. 22:17 So that's neat. But it's overcrowded. 22:19 They don't have room. 22:21 So now they're asking for a church building 22:23 for the Marati church. 22:24 - Exactly. - So we need more churches. 22:26 More churches, more churches. 22:28 - Which is a good problem to have. 22:30 - Right. 22:31 - I love how they value the church. 22:34 I love how they value the things 22:36 about being able to worship together. 22:39 They put a big value on that. 22:41 Being able to meet together, sing together, 22:43 pray together, hear the gospel together. 22:46 They just love that. - Yeah. 22:47 - And I wonder if we haven't lost something 22:50 in our not valuing the ability to go to church. 22:54 - Right. - And to have a nice church. 22:56 - Yeah, it seems like a lot of people 22:58 after COVID especially lost that. 23:01 Many more people stay home and watch online. 23:04 'Cause it wasn't as convenient, 23:06 not as many churches did the online thing. 23:09 And this, there is no online thing. 23:11 But even still they value it so much. 23:15 - Yes. When we first started Jesus for Asia, 23:17 we were not going to build churches 23:19 because we just wanted the movement to keep going. 23:22 But then we saw congregations rise up 23:24 and they're looking for a place to worship. 23:27 And we'd say, we'll just have a house church. 23:28 A lot of times it's very difficult 23:30 for a Christian to rent a house. 23:32 - Right. 23:33 - And then when they have a gathering together 23:36 and they sing songs about Christ, 23:38 the owner will kick 'em out. 23:40 - Right, 'cause it disturbs the evil spirits. 23:43 - Yeah, it does. 23:44 And so having the church, it's their place 23:46 where they can go and worship God freely. 23:48 - Right. 23:49 - And so let's go back to our church in Chembur 23:51 and the celebration that we had there. 23:54 Do you recognize that lady? - Yes. 23:56 - [Jon] It's the same one that was there in 2011. 23:59 - Right. - Still our JFA Bible worker. 24:02 - Wow. - Yeah. 24:03 - That's awesome. - She was glowing. 24:07 I have a picture of her, this young lady, so excited. 24:10 She's got her son. 24:12 This is the president and these young people, so excited. 24:15 Okay, there's our bible worker in the orange dress. 24:19 So happy. - Yes. 24:21 - Another one of our Bible workers, this young lady, 24:24 she told me later that she's very sad 24:26 because she got engaged and her fiance broke up with her. 24:30 - Oh. 24:31 - And so she asked me if we could pray for her. 24:33 - Right. - So her name is Prethi. 24:36 So if our viewers could please pray for Prethi, 24:38 who is looking for a godly husband. 24:40 - Yes. - She had an offer of a man, 24:42 but he was not a Christian. 24:45 And so she's asking for a Christian husband. 24:47 - Yeah. - Then we had food. 24:49 - [Natalie] Mmm, food. 24:51 - (chuckles) So good. 24:53 Everybody sat down and we all had a meal. 24:55 You don't have a real good celebration 24:58 unless you have a good full meal. 24:59 - Yeah. - With some spice. 25:01 - [Natalie] Yeah, of course. 25:03 - Some more pictures of the group together. 25:06 And here we are leaving. 25:08 Now this is the same place 25:10 that we saw the other pictures that look so bad. 25:14 Look at the before and the after. 25:17 Which one looks better? 25:18 - [Natalie] Oh, of course, the after. 25:20 - When I left there, 25:21 I was so elated that it's like I was dizzy. 25:25 I was actually feeling kind of dizzy. 25:27 Like it was too much joy to bear. 25:31 Too much fulfillment, too much happiness too. 25:35 I'm like, I kept pinching myself. 25:36 Is this real? Is this, I mean, am I, 25:39 I was afraid I was gonna faint. 25:43 Yeah, it was almost too much to bear. 25:44 - Overwhelming. - Overwhelming. 25:46 So the thing is that there is another church 25:51 that needs, we just learned that it's roof is leaking 25:54 and then another church beyond that, 25:57 that is right on the edge of a big, you know, 26:00 bank going down into the canal. 26:03 And the roof is really low, sloping. 26:06 The quarters for the pastor is very small. 26:09 And so they're asking that we need 26:11 to reinforce the foundation on that bank 26:14 to make sure the whole thing doesn't slide into the, 26:17 and I'm thinking it'd be awesome 26:19 to put a second floor up there and do an evening school 26:22 or a sewing school or something to serve that community. 26:25 'Cause the community is incredibly densely populated. 26:28 It's one of those communities where you just, 26:31 there's a lot of neat people around here 26:34 that you wish you could serve. 26:36 A lot of children, all that kind of stuff, 26:37 so here's some photos of that. 26:39 So there's that one. There's other churches. 26:41 But then my heart again goes back to the downtown of Mumbai, 26:46 the Bollywood of India. 26:48 The place with the financial district, 26:51 the center of art and craft and culture. 26:55 - Yeah. - Who's reaching that place? 26:57 And the thing is that if we don't reach that place, 27:01 nobody will. 27:02 - Yeah. - Yeah. 27:06 - So we have need to pray. - Yes. 27:08 - Just like we prayed for Chembur for so many years. 27:11 And then we saw God work. 27:14 Just like we prayed for so many other places 27:17 and saw God work, 27:19 we will be praying for downtown Mumbai still. 27:22 We've been praying for downtown Mumbai for a long time. 27:25 And we will keep praying and God will work 27:27 because time is short. - Yes. 27:29 - But he is bigger than all the obstacles we can see. 27:32 - Absolutely. Praise the Lord. 27:34 - All right. 27:35 Well I would like to invite you to pray for Mumbai. 27:38 Pray for this dream for the downtown, 27:40 that there can be more churches there. 27:42 Pray for more Bible workers that can serve in these places. 27:45 And if you would like to be involved, 27:47 please contact us at Jesus for Asia PO Box 1221, 27:52 Collegedale, Tennessee, 37315. 27:55 Call us at 423-413-7321 28:00 or visit our website at Jesus4asia.org. 28:04 May God richly bless you until we see you next time 28:07 on Jesus for Asia now. 28:09 (hopeful music) |
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