india after 2 weeks

Here i am, right in Pune city which had the first death from swine flu in India, and with schools closing and people thronging hospitals and other states quarantining Maharashtra, there is a mini-panic going on. But praise God, other than a bout of vomiting yesterday, i’ve been feeling mostly fine. By God’s grace i’m in a place that is not too heavily traveled, so the honking noises are not too severe, and there is no visible huge trash pile within 50m, so there are not that many crows or stray dogs or cows, and being of a higher elevation than many Indian cities, it is very pleasant temperature wise – 27/23C (81/74F).

I found out that we still have around 5,000 English 1858gc, 3,000 Tamil, and 3,500 Punjabi books left. I went to the Oriental Watchman Publishing House yesterday and met several people. The place is run-down terribly. Electricity was off, as it usually is for most of the day on Thursdays, so the people were sent home. I’m not sure what the managers are thinking, but i did find out that several workers there have not done any work for several months. Actually, it looks like the Divison is trying to shut it down, as things have been deteriorating for a long time. If only the missionaries who sacrificed to put this plant in order could see it now! So basically no progress was made on distribution of these books. Surely there are some faithful Literature Evangelists (or former) who would be happy to have inspired material to sell to others. It looks like i will have to work church by church tho…

The plan was to make a 3D animated movie of the 1858 Great Controversy book when coming, but, while continuing a few more tutorials in Bryce, and reading a bit more on the internet, and talking to 2 people who are both slightly interested, i haven’t made any progress in that direction. May God please lead the right people to me.

My friend has asked me to homeschool his children, and while on the surface of it, it looks to be a great departure from my goals of coming here, the idea of being with children, training them up on the way of the Lord is very appealing, and i believe will contribute a lot to my sanity. Instead of spending 16 hours a day looking at a computer screen, hopefully this way i can keep it at a healthier 10 hours or so. Also, i want to have a part in training up young minds to serve Christ. Who knows, he may lead others here too! If we do the little things that lie near at hand, i believe God will work out the “great” projects

Just today a young Brother came up from Mumbai by train. I met him 2 weeks ago there, and was very happy to see him again. He is studying to become a doctor, but is troubled about having to prescribe drugs/exams on Sabbath etc. By God’s grace i was able to show him several quotes from the inspired writings where a medical missionary can do tenfold more labor for God’s cause than a minister can. If he stays true to Jesus, he will be much more powerful in reaching hearts than even a pastor. It was touching to see him rejoice in hearing these words, and immediately calling up a friend who had just quit the medical doctor course at college this week, encouraging him to hang on 🙂

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