North India Ministry Tour of Bro.Othniel

Ambala, Haryana: Soon after returning from Punjab, I had to rush to a house meeting at 7pm in Ambala Cantt. There were a few families gathered in a small house in a slum area. Some sat on the cot and some on the ground. After some time of sinigng, I shared the Word of God in Hindi, on How God can use them and bless them from Luke 5. A few people repsonded for prayer at the end of the meeting.

Here people need a lot of teaching and ministry as they are so backward in so many ways.

A Wholeday Seminar for Youth: A hotel hall was hired to hold a whole day seminar for youth at Ambala on 20th Oct. However, all believers, including pastors of several churches attended and were blessed. I spoke on How to be A winner in life based on the lives of Joseph and David. There was group discussion in the afternoon and all discussed about how to help young people overcome temptations and win over challenges. Then, the closing message was on making disciples.

The only drawback was that people here do not want to pay anything, even the minimum registration charges! They want everything free and all want to attend! This is the same situation wherever I went in Haryana. It is very sad and depressing. A lot of teaching is needed to help people understand the value of spiritual knowledge and the blessing of giving for the Lord's work.

There is a disproportionate ratio of men to women in Haryana. Many families are killing the baby girls in the womb. So the Pastor/missionary has a lot of social change to bring about in the attitude and living standards of people. It appears the pastors are not doing much in terms of teaching, except that they only pray for the people's problems and healing, etc. That's why there is a great need for discipling in the north India ( of course, in south India too!).

Ambala lunch
All enjoying sumptous lunch at the hotel

Group photo of the participants in the Seminar