Such As I Have
"...We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen;" John 3:11
Praise the Lord,
I am grateful to God for the report I am fixing to give to you. May God receive all the Glory.
In the past 2 weeks I have graduated 3 School of Christ personally. There have been many more than that but 3 where all I could attend. Totally, there where 62 graduates in all. What testimonies we heard as man after man told of there life being changed. One man said I was going to church but living in sin. I thought I had sinned to much for God to take me back. In the School of Christ I learned He still loves me. Since that revelation he has filled me with the Holy Ghost. I am going out to tell everyone about this great Love.
Many men testified of God calling them into full time ministry. One 20 year old man said God has called him to the slums in his area. I told him to be true to the calling. In Tuni it was 123 degrees. We sat through a 3 hour school graduation there. It was great to see God moving on so many young people.
It has been my hearts desire to have Brother B.H. Clendennen's books translated into as many Indian languages as possible. This week we got the first bundle. 1000 "Such as I have" in the Tamil Language. We gave them to the graduates and they where all reading them. On the train today we just walked past a young couple and handed them one. For the next 1 hour the man and woman read it. Right before I got off the train he came to me asking me to pray. He wants to do ministry but he has a family. I prayed with him, and as I got off the train the woman had finished the book and was in tears.
In India it is almost impossible for everyday people to afford Christian literature. But thanks to your contributions we are able to give them free of charge. They cost us .25 cent each. If you would like to invest in this let me know. If we buy 5000 or more the price comes down to about .15 cent.
I would like to finish by telling you what is going on here. By next April we should have a graduate in every state in India. We are graduating around 20 schools and 300 people a month. We are starting 2 full time schools in North India in the next month. In April we sent some disciples of the school into the village in Orrissa where Gram Stains and his 2 sons where killed a few years ago. They started the school of Christ there but the men of the village rose up and literally kicked them out of the city. So the just started the school on the outside of the city. We have a small door open into Bihar, a tribal state in North India, where a pastor said he has 15 young men ready to go through the school. It is a great opportunity for us to reach these tribals there.
I challenge you to find any denomination, bible school, or movement doing what we are in India. The Lord spoke to brother Clendennen and said "I am anointing you for India." I believe it. No way could these doors have been opened without him. To God be the glory.
In Christ,
Josh Hamby, Director SOC India
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