The rhythm of the streets of Kolkata never stops — it only crescendos during rush hour. Experience it first hand …
Her dead body rests on a four-poster single bed adorned with flowers.
We’ve just walked into a cremation ceremony.
I’ve been to funerals before. But what’s different in this funeral, other than it’s a cremation and not a burial, is the utter lack hope.
Most of the funerals I’ve been to were for believers who’ve walked with the Lord. They’re in heaven, worshipping with the Bridegroom.
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. The way to Aabidah Bose’s* heart was also through her stomach.
For six years, Aabidah harbored anger against her husband for leaving the Muslim faith and becoming a Christian.
Aazim Bose* chose Jesus after he learned from a traveling evangelist that the Quran points to the Bible and Jesus.
His family threatened to kill him. His wife fought with him.
Aabidah Bose* is learning her second language. She’s living in a much larger city than her home village. She’s experienced persecution for her faith. Please take a moment to pray today for Aabidah and her husband Aazim* who are serving in Kolkata. Pray their house church would continue to multiply. Pray for a quick mind [...]
Volunteers from Kingsland Baptist Church in Katy, Texas, are following in the footsteps of Mother Theresa in Kolkata this week. They are volunteering in two of Mother Theresa’s 12 homes. In the mornings, the Kingsland team volunteers at a home for adults who cannot take care of themselves. In the afternoons, they volunteer at the [...]
Pray for house meetings for Muslim background believers. Many risk persecution and abandonment just to attend. Join these believers in praying for other Muslims for healing from illnesses and other problems. Answered prayers are one way hearts open to see a Living God who listens and responds.
It’s not unusual for women to go secretly to Amna Vastrad* asking for prayers of healing. In her neighborhood, word’s gotten around that she’s found a religion offering real peace and a God who answers prayers. Praying for others is how Vastrad introduces other Muslims to her personal Savior. Her own conversion experience started with [...]
Join an Indian brother as he prays for the city of Kolkata in English and in Hindi.
The yellow bus pulls to the side of the road, opening the door for students to climb on board. Some students rub sleep out of their eyes and trudge to the back, while others bounce up the steps screeching, “Good morning.”
(A few days ago, we met a schoolteacher burdened to take the Gospel to mothers of her students from the slums of Kolkata. Today, we join her small group Bible study.)
From her high perch in the fourth floor apartment building, Chitta Thakur* looks into the trash dump next door. She smiles and points out a friend walking the maze-like paths through piles of trash and shacks made out of scraps.
“See her, the one wearing red,” Thakur says. “She’s coming to our cell group. She is now a Christian.”
Thakur’s eyes shine bright as she spies even more women snaking their way up the path to learn Bible stories.
