Thursday, January 17th

On Thursday, January 17th(2008) our group was waiting for our flight to Chennai from Delhi. I sat down between a young woman and a businessman.
I asked him what he did for a living. He's a banker and CPA in Calcutta. I told him I'm a Lutheran pastor. He went on to say he's Hindu. He said it helps him when he's sad or upset.
The girl said she is a college student. Her name is Lea, and she was born Hindu, but now she is a Christian. There are just 2 Christians in her class. Had she always been a Christian ?
No, she said. Her father died when she was a young teenager. Later her mother was dying.
Her younger sister told them that if they trusted Jesus, their mother would be healed. So they did.
The banker got up and offered her his card. She wasn't interested.
I told her about the 55 poor kids in my church's Jesus Club who eat, learn and worship. About the lonely elders I serve, and the caring Barnabas ministers I serve with.
I asked her if the Lord had placed a mission in her heart. Not yet.
She asked me how she could contact me. I gave her my card.
I asked if her mother was healed. She is.
Lea's last words to me were, Would you pray for me? We closed our eyes. I prayed for her safety - and for the Lord to place his purpose in her heart.
Chuck Olson