Paul’s team shared the following examples of some of the people who received Project Joseph food parcels.
Nazeer
Nazeer is a young man from a Muslim family who lives under a bridge in India.
His clothes and hat were limp and dirty. His beard was black as coal, interrupted by large patches of white. Somehow, he had managed, at least for that day, to keep his beard trimmed evenly around his chin.
Nazeer spends his days among overflowing dumpsters. He picks through the discarded and rotting refuse to find items of paper or plastic, which he can trade for coins.
A co-worker of our partners in India, Paul and Molly, was distributing Project Joseph food parcels and sharing the Gospel as the Lord led him when he came upon Nazeer.
As he approached Nazeer to offer him the parcel of food, he saw Nazeer’s glazed eyes were an unhealthy yellow and reflected the utter misery and hopelessness the young man lived with. The small gift of desperately needed food opened up the opportunity for this believer, discipled by Paul, to have a conversation with Nazeer.
Nazeer explained his personal situation. “I don’t have hope to live in this world. My family does not accept me because of my sin,” Nazeer told Paul’s teammate, opening the door for sharing the Good News.
Nazeer searches a dumpster.
Sekar
Sekar lives in a slum in India. In the slum, people mostly live in shanties made of any material they can find leaned up against each other to keep it standing.
Living in one of these colonies is difficult enough. Everywhere filth and squalor overpower any effort to keep one’s body and small living space comfortable or clean.
Shacks lean against one another in rows, offering protection only from a fraction of elements, but no privacy or safety.
Noticing Sekar’s blindness, Paul’s teammate offered him two food parcels.
The blind man replied, “One is enough for me. Please give the other parcel to others.” Paul’s teammate was touched by his concern for others, and used this open door to share the Gospel with Sekar.
Revethi
Revethi sat on the crumbling curb of some street or alley in India. Her family disowned her during the pandemic, and now she lives under a bridge.
A flattened cardboard box served as a cushion and barrier between her and the filthy street. Her white hair was cropped very short. Her eyes were glazed and yellow. Revethi is blind in one of her eyes.
Paul’s disciples from his church bring her meals often. On this particular day, their small gift of a little food made tears well up in her eyes.
“Thank you that I could eat this day because of your help and care,” she managed to say.
She had never heard of Christ or the enormous sacrifice He made that people might have the opportunity to be reconciled to His Father until Paul’s team’s outreach reached her and she learned about Jesus.
These open doors to plant Gospel seeds are provided by your gifts supporting our Project Joseph initiative. Your continued support allows for the watering and cultivating of these seeds, growing them into a fruitful harvest as the Lord sees fit.
