Preparations for LEAP 2

As I shared earlier about Vankateswami of India, he was searching how to get forgiveness of his sin. When he finally received forgiveness from God through Jesus Christ, he realized that he wanted others to also have forgiveness of sin. but he did not know how to communicate to others. That was solved one day when he visited a family and the wife was very sick. He prayed for her and she immediately was healed. Soon the news spread about him and others were coming to him to find out about this power. Eventually he because a powerful evangelist traveling all over India.

When he saw the great need of the Indian people, he wanted to get training to establish a bible training center in India . He did not know how he would get that education. God worked that out. He set his heart on going to an American school, Moody Bible Institute. A friend from the American military had previously told him about MBI when they met in India. But how would he get there. He wrote to the friend, James in Chicago, via another army friend in Los Angeles. He did not have James' address. His Los Angeles friend got an application from Biola University and sent that to Vankateswami or Paul.

The short story is that he was accepted but how would he raise 2500 rupees to pay for it? He had never seen anything close to that kind of money.

Before long, He and his wife, Devi, had raised that amount and they sold bicycle and jewelry to make the trip. They go to the ticket counter to purchase their sea passage to Los Angeles, the agent asks to see the $50 in travelers checks. The agent explains that all Indians must have $50 so that they will not be on the streets of America begging money. Paul explains that he never knew of that rule but the agent would not give him their tickets without. He and Devi walk around the station praying to got for a solution. As they pray a messenger delivers a telegram to the ticket agent. When the agent reads the telegram his eyes widen and his face paled in apparent shock. He calls Paul and Devi and tells them that the telegram is from American Express in New York ordering him to give Paul $50 in travelers checks. "You are a remarkable man!" the ticket agent said. "Thank you Lord! Thank you Lord!" Paul kept repeating! Again the ticket agent: "You are a remarkable man!"

After their education at Biola, Paul and Devi move back to India to establish Hindustan Bible Institute.