Prayer House: 9B
When my husband was telling me the incident happened that day with that stranger in His office, I saw the hand of God, and the fulfillment of the promise He had given to me Numbers 32:24 and an answer to those three days fasting prayer in my house.
This is promise for the ministry here, in Eluru, the place which was in His thoughts was revealed to me in 1985 and it was taking place in reality in 1997 after 12 years of the period of time.
The next day we had contacted the one who was in charge of HQ She told us that she would come and see the place as she was conducting Children Retreat in Vijayawada .
When Mrs Kamala Paul , daughter of Mr. N. Daniel the founder of the LEF and sister of the President Joshua Daniel and In charge of HQ of Lef centers in India, gave her consent to come and see the place, we were happy to receive her.
No sooner she and Maryamma of Singhnagar arrived, even that gentleman and the script writer, we all went to see the place behind our house. We walked through the road which was around the place.
Once we reached there the elders of the place/slum started to shout at us saying that the place has no approaching road, and that they were not willing to give any road to it through their slum.
They were illiterate and all most drunkards, and their shouts were so frightening, I was afraid to stand along with the group of our friends, I slipped a bit away from them and stood in a corner nearby a wall and a hut ,observing them.
Then a woman from the thatched house where I stood came out and said," Leelamma garu, what you are here?"
Immediately I recognized her , as Chaya,(her name was sai, but I used to call her as Chaaya, who worked in our house as a helper, and her mother and grandmother too worked in previous years.
I said to her, "What chaya, is this your house? we came to buy the place here to construct a Prayer house, and why these people were shouting like that?"
She told me, that transactions on that place to buy had never been materialized since 50 years, even Maganti Ravindhranath choudhary came to establish a factory there but the elders of this slum area did not allow them to build any thing here. But I will try to tell them now that it is for you and to build a prayer house."Thus saying she took the lead and ...
She at once shouted to her pitch of her throat,
"Oh Kameswarrawa, you know this place is for Leelamma garu, not for any one else, think of it, and do sell it to them"She called her husband by name and told him, as he was one of the elders of the slum area.
I donot know what happened later, but the two groups of people came to an amicable solution like payment of some amount for the way to approach the gate of the place to the elders of the slum to build a community hall , say 18000 rupees, and then and there everything settled and we proceeded to our home.
On the way back home Mrs. Kamala paul asked my husband, "What do you think brother? How much rate we could bargain with them?
He answered,' Ask for Rs. 500/ per sq yard sister"
I overheard their conversation, and my heart jumped up and down in speed,
' What ? how can they ask him like this for such low price? two years back it was rs 800/- now 500/-? on what basis? ooph the party will not give us this site and they will go away, just because they came all the way to sell it for us, should not take advantage of them, at least it should be Rs750/ or 700/-. ' I thought very perfectly.
I called my husband aside, and talked to him thus. After hearing my pleas, he said, " You do not know Leela, you do not speak any thing now."
Saying thus he joined sister Kamala on our way home.
When he says, 'you do not know Leela' I dare not to speak any further, it was my habit of not arguing with him . So I kept quiet and while sulking in my heart I followed them to home.
They settled in the front room in sofas, I got coffee ready quickly and served them, and I dare not to sit with them , as Kamalakka was there, so I hide myself behind the curtain, and keenly listening to them.
I heard, Kamalakka politely asking
" Sir, How about if we ask you to sell it for Rs. 500/- per sq yard?"
My heart stopped to pump the blood, my whole body became so cold, I thought this would be the end of the transaction.
But I heard the gentleman answering her, at the same time I lifted up the Bible which was on the table behind the curtain where I was standing and listening to them.
I just took it with my both hands and opened and looked into it, still keenly listening to his answer, I could not believe my own eyes for what I saw in it,
The Book was opened at Ezra 6 chapter and I found myself reading the last verse in it,
"....the Lord had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel."
I was reading at the same time I was rejoicing while reading and also I heard the voice of the
Mr. Subramanyam Choudhary, saying
," Mam can you say another rate for this?" His voice was polite and gentle.
I was following their conversation not leaving my eyes glued to the verse I read just then,
She said, ' Sir, how about Rs,550/-?"
I was in a magic maze when I heard the answer from the man, he said,' Mam, actually this place belong to me and my two sisters, one is a lecturer and another is a doctor, Tonight I will call them and talk to them about the rate, and surely I will try to give you less rate than you asked for"
What ? No one can believe their ears. The owner /seller telling us that he would try to give the place for lesser price than we asked for? Is it a dream? No no the Lord of the earth, who had promised me that the heart of the king Assyrian changed the situation.
There were wide grins on the faces of everybody. He also was telling,' "Mam one thing more, I will cut and clean all those thorny bushes, and send some trucks of gravel to fill it and clean the ground, and cut all those palm trees, and give it to you the best way possible."
Can you imagine what was really going on there, in that place? I was shocked, we were shocked, how come he would do all this for the house of God, he being a heathen how can he do this for us, unless God changed his attitude?
Further he said, 'Mam, Mr Yesuratnam is a rare person, his life is a challenge to me, one thing I want to tell you, and seek your permission to do so, because he would not give permission to me" he laughed.
( Testimony and Witness can be given by any one, but only the life which was sanctified by God will be a blessing to many and it would have power in it )
Kamalakka asked him to proceed, and he said
" You are building a prayer house in that place, I myself want to give Rs.10000/ as my part to build it, and I will get some palm leaves too for your roof"
My husband immediately said, " Sir, we will take that amount into accounts and give the receipt too."
" I know you would do it so.." he laughed and everybody does. I did not understand much of the underlying meaning in it.. but my heart was light as a feather..
We could not believe of what was going on there. The God of Abraham, the God of Jacob, The God of Isaac was there in that room, He was there in this transaction.
Do you know how much was the rate , which was fixed by him that night after he talked to his sisters? It was for 525/- per sq yard. The cost of the whole land of 1200 sq yards was Rs. 600000/-approx.
Is not this the HAND of God which parted the RED SEA to the Israelite to go through? Do you think only in those days God did miracles of such and not now?
How can our christian pastors come and beg for money to build their churches leaving this astonishing Great God? Not trusting Him and begging the human beings for the fund? Who is your Boss? One pastor said, "my boss is so and so who come from USA"
Be careful , do not make our big God as a small idol which heathen keep it in a shelf or a room and worship. He is not , He is the God of heavens and sea and dry land like Jonah said, in first chapter verse 9th.
We have to feel ashamed of ourselves if we do not prove this God in our lives, He is able to do anything, and we can see His hand in everything.
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