About this episode

Dr David Petts shares his experiences from a missionary trip to India after leaving Mattersey.

My Story Talk 33 Life after Mattersey (3) India Our last trip beyond Europe during the years following our departure from Mattersey was to India in 2010. Like my first trip to Ethiopia in 2005, this came about through Arto Hamalainen, the Overseas Missions Director for the Pentecostal churches in Finland. One of their missionaries had asked him to recommend someone who would come and teach about the Holy Spirit and Arto suggested me. The Finns said that they would cover my airfare and, as Eileen had never visited India, I was happy to pay for her. Our destination was Machilipatnam on the eastern coast of India, stopping briefly to minister at Mumbai before flying home. However, as several of our former Mattersey students were from India, we decided that we'd like to visit them as well, if at all possible. So I contacted Lawrence Arumanayagam in Coimbatore and Victor Palla in Palakonda and they were keen to have us come. So an itinerary was arranged for us to arrive at each place on a Monday and then stay for six days before moving on the following Sunday evening or Monday. I made it clear that it was important for me to abide by the Sabbath principle of resting one day in seven…

People in this episode

Host: Dr David Petts

Topics covered

• missionary work
• India
• Holy Spirit
• Pentecostal churches
• personal story
• travel

Keywords

• mission
• India
• Holy Spirit
• Pentecostal
• travel
• ministry
• Mattersey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pentecostal churches in Finland

Places: India, Machilipatnam, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Palakonda

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