The Women's conference

We are involved in a gospel meeting of sorts. We ladies, especially Janet, teach the children's classes similar to a VBS minus the luxury of visual aids. The men have classes where a lesson is taught and questions are discussed.





The women have a separate gathering where Hilde and I spoke.










On Tuesday we had three college girls who asked to be baptized. On Wednesday, there were two more young women.








Later in the week, two elderly women and one young man were baptized.

I was most impressed with how familiar the women were with the scriptures. Almost all of them had their Telugu language Bibles with them. As soon as a verse of scripture was mentioned, they had found it and were ready to read it aloud. They sat for about two hours without a break while the two of us spoke. At one point, a group of young boys came through carrying a tray of small plastic cups of hot tea and served everyone doting the lesson.

Attendance was good and increased every day, from 56 the first night to around 140 on the last day.



- Laurel Sewell

Location:Jack Nelle Institute, Vijayawada, India