GFA Missions Update

09/13/2005: Comforting the Brokenhearted

With every tract he hands out, every prayer he utters, Kulwant brings
comfort to hurting lives.

And Kulwant knows what it's like to grieve and have nowhere to turn.

Kulwant was born into a poor family in Punjab, North India--but was
blessed with a mother who dearly loved him. To his deep dismay, his mother
was very sickly in his growing up years. Yet despite the pain she
suffered daily, this nurturing woman saw that her children were well cared
for.

In despair over his wife's critical condition, Kulwant's father spent
large sums of money, hoping to secure her healing through medical care.
When she only grew weaker as time passed, Kulwant's father was left
with no other choice: He finally resorted to selling his business to raise
more funds.

Yet nothing availed to save his dear wife--and the family was left to
pick up the pieces, to try to somehow make sense out of life without
their beloved wife and mother. Kulwant watched as his bereaved father,
weighed down with grief, became an alcoholic. Daily life and survival for
the family had become almost more painful than they could bear.

But their lives began to change when Kulwant's sister, Sunita, sought
help from a godly man who not only counseled her, he also prayed for the
whole family and brought them comfort from God's Word. He also invited
them to home prayer fellowships.

Through these visits, Kulwant, his sister Sunita, and the rest of the
family began to grasp the reality of a God who loved them. Each family
member trusted in Christ as Savior.

As Kulwant spent time with the Lord, he sensed His call to missions
work. Responding to this special call, he enrolled in a Gospel for Asia
Bible college to immerse himself in studying God's Word and learn how to
effectively evangelize the unreached. Today, supported by the gifts and
prayers of faithful friends in the West, he is laboring to bring God's
comfort to hurting people in his native Punjab.




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