Testimonial of Pastor Israel Kodamala of LFHMI.

My Testimony

I was born in Christian family. My father electrician in Government job, my mother house wife and helping to my father in the ministry work. My father one side doing Government Job and other side going to other villages and change the villages with the word of God. We are ten children to my parents and followed my father way for the Lord’s work.

From my childhood, I had more interest about physical games in my school but not well in my studies. My collage studies also no good I failed every year, but I came to degree then post graduation discontinue.

I like to Karate fight from my childhood, every day exercise more and more with my own ways. I like Bruce-lee and bought his pictures and studying him.

Everybody was praising me there because of my hard work in karate.

I have desire to be great fighter in my youth I was given more time for exercise and fight desire that became small problem came in my body. That problem became big problem, it leads me end of the death. One month I fought with death in the Hospital. Doctor said that no hope. My father and mother were everyday wept and praying to God for my healing. After closed my body moments I begin confess the Lord Jesus and delivered from the power of death and healed. I decided to live for God. Then I went to Culcatta for Bible training (youth with a mission) and did 6 months course and again I have plan to go to Singapore or Hangkang for school of evangelism.

But my father was sick and died. We are 10 children, (3boys and 7 girls). I am 6^th one in the children. No one was willing to take my father’s job for look after the family members.

Finally, my mother said to me “take your father’s job for the family”. I obeyed and done it the job nearly 10 years as good in everywhere.

I am also worked what my father done it. I led all the family in Christian way. after complete my responsible about family members that I was resigned to my Govt job and came to full time God’s work.

  In this way English father found us and accept us (Indian family) and led us for the kingdom of God in few years.

After that God gave me vision (from the Bible Isaiah 61: 1-3, Luke 4: 18, 19 and 1Corinthy 13) to establish a Ministry that is LOVE, FAITH & HOPE MINISTRY OF INDIA which was registered on 1993 March 31^st. we have 7 members of executive body. They are helping me for ministry work.  

English father John Austin encouraged me and financial support me from BCF and other ways. So God blessed this Ministry very well and special way, Crusades, pastors seminars, Bible classes, Bible school for short time (40 days) for Basic Knowledge and social service.

Especially, I focused on unreached people. I brought the light of gospel in the forest areas, over the mountains and valleys  where the people were bounded there is deliverance of message of Jesus, I made a team members where I go and showed the gospel work in different of places save souls and build the churches etc.

The forest areas are not only wild animals but also diseases. Always is fighting between police men and naxals.  Sometimes, they questioned us; if not give right answer they kill us. But the love of God gave me the zeal to suffer and save them. Some of our pastors (team) were killed in this way.

This ministry was not only spread in the Andhra Pradesh but also Orissa and Madhya Pradesh states.

The state of Orissa: Here gospel work very hard and dangerous. Many times Religious and political people tried to kill us. We run away from one place to another place, one side they were searching for us to kill and other side we preaching the gospel and saving men and women as continue. We visited many schools and shared moral classes from Bible and tracks distributions. Photos will give you more information.

In some places, tribal people also dangerous in the forest they do not know good and bad. If we entered in their land they will kill us or if we see and laugh at them that they will attack us with arrows because they are naked. In the forest there is no Government, the wisdom and the knowledge of God helps us to reach the people with gifts to make them happy and build the kingdom of God.

Conclusion: This Ministry worked as gospel as well as helping widows, orphans, poor, sick people, medical campaigns, boring pump where there is no water in the village, help to pastors and their children needs, visiting leprosy camps who are hatred by village people in Orissa. Sunday school in the slum area, children ministry, helping to prostitute to change her life, Love, faith school in Guntur. Small congregation in the house church at Guntur.

Israel Kodamala