10/03/09: Vignettes from the Vineyard of India

The Village of M. Kulakudi By God’s grace, I was able to visit a village called M. Kulakudi in our Tamil Nadu state. Last year I visited them and gave them a little Bible study. The next visit I made, I came with the plan of organizing a church. The contact person, Brother Jayaraman, was available there and we had …

Letter from Cody: India – September 2009

A comfortable easy chair is probably something all appreciate. Aching and fatigued, plopping into a favorite easy chair brings great relief; but sometimes easy chairs are a dangerous enemy-beckoning loudly when work is calling. There is an even more dangerous easy chair-Satan’s easy chair. “Do not sit down in Satan’s easy chair of do-little, but arise, and aim at the …

04/25/2009: Seeds & Fruit

 The last day of 2008 saw us in Mangalore, India which is in the state of Karnataka west of Salem. We had been planning to visit the brethren there for very many years, but just could not find the opportunity to do so. The opportunity presented itself because of the marriage of one of our old friends from Kuwait. Their daughter was to be married on the 30th of December.  “It is a …