Touching Times
Around 250-300 women
gathered for our day conference at the Mount Zion Pentecostal Church in
Bangalore. Most of the women had been fasting and praying from early morning
before coming to the meeting.
This year there was a
large team from England, 15 people, and eight of them were women. Each of the
English women shared in some way, either by giving a testimony or by preaching
from the Word of God. We also heard an inspiring message from Joyce Lynn
Peters.
It was my privilege to
introduce each of the women who spoke and to know that our Indian sisters were
encouraged by their stories.
The day was interspersed
with times of praise and worship and the English women sang some songs to the
Indian women.
I spoke a message about
receiving a new anointing from God based on the story of Elijah and Elisha, and
that we can receive a double portion from the Lord. At the end of my message it
was our privilege to pray for and anoint the women with oil, after which we
were anointed by some of them. There was a lovely sense of the presence of the
Holy Spirit and his anointing during this time.
Once again God had
blessed us as we gathered together to worship him and learn from his Word. Our
time together concluded at 4.00 pm when the women were served with a hot meal
before returning home.
Workers at the Pickle Making Unit - Talitha
Cumi
For the English team
there was time to visit Pizza Hut for a delicious meal before accompanying
Joyce Lynn Peters to the Women's Project, Talitha Cumi. The project was set up
by Joyce Lynn to provide for destitute women, as a result of a God-given
burden. Joyce Lynn believes that if we join hands, "together we can change the
world, one woman at a time." Talitha Cumi currently hosts 15 women in three
homes and is located on the outskirts of Bangalore, which is the capital city
of Karnataka, in Southern India. The project is a rehabilitation programme
providing housing, three meals a day, love care and hospitality, as well as
training to empower the women to become self-sufficient. This was to be such a
moving experience that we returned to England burdened to support this
wonderful project.
Tina
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