{"id":9461,"date":"2020-10-26T11:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/?p=9461"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T16:02:45","slug":"india-prolific-in-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/zh\/india-prolific-in-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"India: Prolific in a pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>By John Maust<\/p>\n<p>Indian author Babu Verghese usually travels nine months out of the year preaching across his nation of 1.35 billion.\u00a0But when COVID-19 set in, he had to stay put in Mumbai, which made headlines as India\u2019s worst-hit city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;By God\u2019s mercy, the shut-in has been a productive time,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0Babu said in a massive understatement.\u00a0In the past four months, he completed three book manuscripts, a booklet and two Gospel tracts, with his daughter Sneha serving as editor.<\/p>\n<p>Even by Babu\u2019s fast writing standards, this seems like off-the-charts productivity. &#8220;The books are\u00a0powerful stories of conversion, mission and persecution,&#8221;\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n<p>A long-time friend and trainer for MAI, Babu and his wife, Elsy, have so far avoided infection, even though India led the world for new, daily COVID-19 cases reported in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we are most concerned about the millions of precious souls in India who live in shanties and slums,&#8221;\u00a0he said. <strong>&#8220;May the Coronavirus compel us to draw nearer to Christ and share about Him.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Babu\u2019s own life was threatened after his recent TV interview on Christian contributions to India, the subject of one of his books. The man who had threatened\u00a0Babu called and harassed him repeatedly, but\u00a0always listened.\u00a0Recently he asked for forgiveness, wanting to meet and read his books.<\/p>\n<p>Creating evangelistic materials is Babu\u2019s focus for the pandemic and beyond. &#8220;The plan is to produce 5 gospel tracts in 12 languages, 3 booklets, the Gospel of John, and 1 or 2 conversion testimony books.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;What a joy!&#8221;\u00a0he said. \u00a0&#8220;Even amidst shut-in, we can communicate the Gospel.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&gt;&gt;Learn how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/zh\/do-you-love-to-read\/\">pray for writers<\/a> like Babu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6737\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/John-headshot_Nov18-150x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"225\" 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