Seeker's Conferences and more

I am sitting in an Internet Cafe in Goa. This is the first I have used public Internet access during this trip. Yesterday I had written this post and thought I had saved it, but my connection was not good through my wireless access modem. So I am writi8ng again following my first post from Goa.

We finished up with our trip to West Bengal and went as far south as Balesore. There we stayed overnight at a hotel we have used before (my third visit). It is nice to go to a place where people remember you and you remember them. Following a good nights rest we then continued south to Cuttack. It was good to be back after our several day excursion.

That afternoon the guys did some final video work in the Good News Office. It is great to see how they work with the radio ministry here and follow-up with the seekers. It was impressive to see their record keeping system so that they can track each person who writes for information and the response that has been given.

It is because of this work that they are then able to schedule regional Seekers Conferences to follow-up with people who desire more about a walk with Jesus. The Church in Orissa does this follow-up work and soon they are planting another congregation in the regions where the Gospel is being proclaimed through radio. Pray for this joint ministry of Gospel Tide Radio and the Orissa Brethren in Christ Church.

Along side of the Seeker's Conferences that grow out of the radio work are Seeker's Conferences that are a result of the direct outreach work of the Church. We were told that there may be up to fifty seeker's conferences throughout the year as they follow-up these two areas of ministry. We were part of three of them just in this time that we were here. In the Church Outreach work Brethren in Christ World Missions is pleased to partner with the Orissa BIC.

Thursday evening we made our final excursion downtown. It is quite something to experience the evening markets. For those of us from NA it is likely closest to a county fair with multiple booths set up where you can find almost anything. These are out on the street or along side of walls. In addition you have all of the regular stores. There is a lot of activity.