June 2, 2009
On June 2, Prabhu Kumar wrote the following account of an interesting experience: “On Saturday, May 30, 2009, early in the morning at 4:00 a.m., I started to go to the WEI class in Samalkot. But the atmosphere was not good. Suddenly, there were thick clouds, and heavy rain fell with a wild wind. But I did not stop. I started my bike and reached the Vijajawada station by 5:50 and caught an express train named Ratnachal to go to Samalkot.
“I reached there by 11:30 and taught a class for our WEI students. I found 14 students [of the twenty-five students] in this branch. In fact, I was a little disappointed at that time, when suddenly a 46-year-old man came to me and asked me to baptize him. He said he had a degree and a good job with a private company, but he still had not married anyone because he wanted to know the truth before marriage. I taught him, and he made a decision to go for baptism.
“Instantly, we took him to a local pond where there was water (but a little bit dirty), and I baptized him. After getting baptized, there was happiness in his eyes. On that same day, I returned and reached Vijayawada by 10:00 p.m. in the night.
“Thank God. If I had feared the wild rain fall and postponed this class visit, it would have been my mistake in saving this soul. God is great.”
So many exciting reports are coming in from Prabhu that we can’t mention them all. In April, he wrote, “Yesterday, while everybody was celebrating Easter, WEI teachers were celebrating the new births of two very important souls: K. Solomon Raju and G. Vajaya Raju.” More recently, Prabhu wrote, “We are so happy to inform you about two more baptisms of our last batch of WEI students at Kankipadu and Tenneru. Their names are K. Sundaram, 42 years, and K. Sarada Kumari, 36 years.”
