One of the spin off’s of the tennis evangelism was the story behind a volunteer named David Man Singh, a man who was listening to Pastor Jay Raines of First Baptist Cameron speak of the trip to Romania. He somehow felt the nudge of God and decided to go on this trip to Europe. Now this was strictly from having an obedient heart because his heart is for the people from India not Romania. But David did come on this trip, this tennis EV trip. (The one time he did try to play he hurt himself!) Monday morning we walked on to the courts and instantly the manager saw David and said, “See those apartments over there…they are full of people from India.” I decided to have David go over with a translator and invite these people to come to our big event scheduled for Thursday. Well he was rejected. The security was tight to say the least. I tried also and was rejected by more then one guard….more like four or five! They said I had to get permission from the boss. Well, it turns out that the apartments were owned by MITTAL steel company. We would have to go to the big steel plant in town. It employed 40,000 people during communist times but now “only” 18000 people work there. Well, long story short we were rejected on Tuesday. We tried again on Wednesday and this time it went great. We met the guy in charge, Mr. Singh from India. So Mr. Man Singh from Missouri meets Mr. Singh here in Galati, in their native tongue. It was great to see this. We thought Mr. Man Singh was probably Hindu but through the conversation we found out he was a believer. He had a Bible in his desk, he listened to Charles Stanley devotions on his computer and he believed in the Trinity. When I asked him if he believed in the Holy Spirit, He said, “Who do you think brought you here today?…this is a big city!” He said that Jesus was the “Mt. Everest” of all teachers. Well, I replied that is because he made Mt. Everest. We prayed with him before we left. Later that day, after forgetting to ask permission...the very reason we went to him....the guards were not going to let us back in to the apartments until they heard me talking with Mr. Singh on the phone. He told me to have his guards hand out all the invitations for us. This is a great example of how God used an obedient heart. None of the people from the apartments came but they are still there and we are a giant step closer to them! Who did show up…about sixty Gypies from Zone 6, their roots….India and a special guest Mr. Singh!
Check out the story on our web site. David also had his testimony put on the local EV television station and translated for many, many more people to hear.
