Formerly a Temple Priest; now a Shepherd of Souls!

In India there are still temples that have temple prostitutes. This practice has gone on for thousands of years as we read throughout the bible. The darkness of sin destroys so many lives.

One of our Serve India pastors, before he came to know Jesus, used to be a priest at one of these temples dedicated to temple prostitutes. The lifestyle of such a priest is very wicked, and through this debauchery, he contracted HIV and his health started to deteriorate fast. He became extremely thin and was dying. The doctor gave him only a few days to live.

As he lay dying, his grandmother, who had a Christian friend, brought him a bottle of oil and anointed him and said he would be healed. The miracle happened. Gradually he was healed!

Today he is healthy and at a normal body weight with no signs of HIV. He is now married and has two healthy children. He has a congregation of 80+ people in the same village where he was temple priest. The Lord is using him to heal many people. What a privilege it is to serve this brother who has taken on the challenge to plant five more churches. *****This is a new mission field for Serve India; please pray that we are able to find the sponsors to support this field. *****