Today I met up with my travel partners for the next week, Pastors Jeff Gipe and John Knapp, from Orange County and Las Vegas respectively. But we all got to meet for the first time a 35 year-old Indian man named Jose. That’s right, an Indian man named Jose!! It is actually pronounced Joss, but he says everyone calls him Jose. Anyway, he is a brilliant, articulate young man who wants to start a Calvary Chapel church in Mumbai. Many years ago he attended a Calvary Chapel Bible College in Hungary. Since that time he has been a successful businessman. But it is now time for him to head in that direction. He was really wanting to meet someone from a Calvary Chapel. He was told by a friend of Jeff that we just happened to be in Mumbai, so he made plans to stop by the hotel. We just spent 4 hours talking with him, having dinner together, and getting to know him. It was a very nice time of hearing his remarkable story and encouraging him. He is hoping to accompany us to the conference on Tuesday.
Well, tomorrow we fly to Kathmandu for a visit to the orphanage and meetings with the CC Bible College Director, whom I met last week in Thailand, and Pastor Baburam, who will meet us on Monday morning. We’ll return to Mumbai Monday evening, then go to the city of Pune. Looking forward to this next week’s activities.
Thanks for praying!
David