Suryapet Festival | Day 1
Today we began our journey from Hyderabad to Suryapet where the crusade was held. We loaded up in the bus early this morning after breakfast and embarked on the 3 hour drive.
Upon arriving at Suryapet we visited the gypsy colony first. There are around 3,000 gypsies that live there. These gypsies worship and pray to rocks and they don’t have knowledge that Jesus Christ is the only way. Right now there are only 50 or so gypsies that have become Christians and committed their lives to serving Jesus. There is such a need to evangelize in this community of people. We drove into the heart of the colony and with only a small tent, one speaker and a mic, Dr. Pete began to clearly present the Gospel. Gradually people began to come out and listen to the white man speak. Several lifted their hands in response as Dr. Pete asked them if they would like for Jesus to come into their hearts. He then invited them to the crusade and asked them to spread the message throughout the colony! We believe that those that committed their hearts to Jesus today will be used to impact their own people and that salvation would spread like wildfire throughout the colony.
Next we headed over to the crusade grounds to pray over the empty field and for the crusade. We experienced such a feeling of anticipation and excitement looking over the altar area knowing that it would be full of new converts!
Our team gathered together at 5:30pm to pray and intercede for the crusade until it was time to leave at 7:30pm. When we pulled up to the crusade grounds there were still so many people walking in and finding a place to sit. The crowd was large! This meant… more people would hear the Gospel!
Dr. Pete presented the Gospel so clearly explaining to the crowd that there isn’t anyone that can die for your sin, only Jesus! He is the way, the truth and the life. So many gave their lives to Jesus, the altar was packed! After the prayer of salvation Dr. Pete prayed for the sick. One woman said she had a hole in her ear drum and wasn’t able to hear out of that ear for 10 years until the prayer and she could hear again! Praise God!
In closing we want to thank all of you again for your support. The facebook messages, the twitter responses and retweets are so amazing!
It is so encouraging to know that you are praying, interceding and agreeing with what God’s called us to do in India. Now is the time.
