There were many special moments during the journey. Here are a few which are outstanding in my mind.
* The 13 hour death defying taxi drive through the snowy, icy, blustery cold mountain pass from Srinagar to Jammu. We had the opportunity to share Christ with the taxi driver from a minority community along the way. The road was closed before we started our journey and was closed shortly after we made it through. On the news we heard about people being stranded on the snowy mountains for days in the freezing cold without food and water and of avalanches. It was truly God's grace and the prayers of his people that got us through.
* The morning beach prayer walk in Goa with three local pastors. There was an un-seasonal light rain that morning which they considered to be 'showers of blessing.' One pastor thanked us for coming and said that he was touched to know that someone cared for Goa. Another pastor said that he expected the ruling government of the state to be changed due to the prayer walk and the prayer of local believers and a few days later, it happened, the government was changed to a more favorable one.
* Putting our feet in the ocean at Kanyakumari where 1,000+ people had died during the tsunami and putting my arms around a bunch of Hindu pilgrims and a Sadhu who had come to take a holy dip to wash away their sins. They wanted to take photos with me so I embraced them and prayed for them at the same time. I felt that it was a prophetic moment pointing to a tsunami of salvation for this community.
* Receiving royal treatment and special offerings from the churches in Andhra Pradesh. These are the same churches we worked with closely during the early years of our ministry in India. They had started as poor house churches but now they are thriving, growing churches reaching hundreds every week and soon thousands.
* The closing rally, receiving flower garlands and trophies. Hundreds crying out for the salvation of India.
A great big thank you to all those who helped make this possible.
Blessings - Scott & Team
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