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A Knock on the Door

Line for the Logos Hope in Kochi, India Only ten people had registered for the Channels of Hope AIDS workshop for church leaders on Logos Hope in Kochi, India. Help Ministries Manager Sandra Fahy (Switzerland) and the team were discouraged, as they had hoped to sell 40 tickets for the event, find someone who was living with HIV to share during the programme and find a translator with a medical background.

Just a few days before the workshop Sandra was introduced to a doctor who was willing to translate. She asked if she knew someone living with HIV who would be willing to share their story, and the doctor told her about a man who knocks at her door once a month and she would give him money, but she had no way to contact him. So they prayed that he would call on her before the programme, and the very next day he knocked on her door!

Two days later the man shared his story. He is a Hindu whose wife had died of AIDS-related causes, but he has two healthy daughters. He had to leave his family and village in Tamil Nadu when they learnt he was HIV positive. Now he lives in the state of Kerala-where Logos Hope was visiting-which meant he could come on board to share his story. During the event a pastor stood up, walked to him and invited him to his church, which set an example for the other church leaders to also open their doors to people living with HIV.

After the event, this man told the doctor's son that only on Logos Hope had he felt comfortable sharing his story; he felt accepted because Jesus is present and the people showed him unconditional love. Sandra was also amazed to learn that when they counted the number of people who came to the programme, there were exactly 40 attendees! Praise God for this man who shared his story and opened doors for ministry to others living with HIV. Please pray that he will find spiritual healing in Jesus.

AIDSLink International is an OM ministry, transmitting hope by mobilising and equipping people for holistic and transformational ministry. AIDSLink is presently involved in Southern Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean and South and Central America. South Africa, Mozambique. AIDSlinkk Founder – Rose Hack – will be in Melbourne between September 20 – 26 and available to share about this vital ministry. For more information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

30 June 2011

Different Kind of Life Transformation

When OM’s ships leave any port at least one thing always remains: the books that were purchased on board. Often the impact of these books, who read them or how they shaped a person’s life, is never heard. Yet during the recent visit of Logos Hope to Sri Lanka, the crew on board had the encouragement of hearing first-hand how a book bought on the original Logos impacted a life. Ivor Poobalan recounts, in his own words, the significance of this single book that was purchased during a visit to the original Logos as a young boy.

Logos came here to Colombo in 1974. I was about nine at that time. I came to the ship with my mother. The day we came to Logos it was raining cats and dogs. We were struggling to make it up the gangway with all the rain pouring. My mother bought the book The Man God Uses by Oswald J. Smith. This book then sat on our bookshelf for years. It was the only serious Christian title we had. It was totally neglected. We had no interest in it.Then I came to Christ when I was about 15. About a year later I was starved of Christian literature. I read the book through. It was the first Christian book I read after the Bible. That was the book that changed me. By the time I finished it, I wanted to be a man that God uses. I decided that whatever I did would be for God. At the time, I wanted to study medicine so I decided that when I finished that I would be a medical missionary. That showed my desire to go out and be available to God’s call. My mother didn’t read the book but it changed my life. I can’t understand what made her buy it. Now I am the Principal of Colombo Theological Seminary. I have been at the seminary 16 and a half years, 14 and a half as principal.

16 June 2011