A Heart that Doesn’t Stop!

Towards the end of 2023, Pastor Samuel Abraham was hospitalized for a heart attack. This was right at the start of his busy December ministry schedule. He had just finished baptizing over 35 people and was on his way to minister in another rural village when he felt a tightness in his heart, and soon enough he knew he was in trouble. On his way to the hospital, his heart was still on the poor families and children who were eagerly waiting his arrival. With a heavy heart, he needed to cancel that visitation and he was left lying in a hospital bed.

After a few days, he was discharged and immediately, he was right back into service. By the end of the year, Pastor Abraham’s ministry was a major success as many children, youth, and adults were fed physically and spiritually through hearing the living word of God.

At the start of 2024, the Denver office had an opportunity to talk to Pastor Abraham through a Zoom conference. He shared about the newly installed stent in his heart and the residual effects from the heart attack. The universal healthcare system in India is designed to help its citizens with almost entirely tax-funded public hospitals. However, as Pastor Abraham shares, the hospital in Visakhapatnam is underfunded and understaffed. Pastor Abraham was left with a $1,125 bill for the stents in his heart and a $40 monthly prescription for medicine. These expenses were heavy burdens on Pastor Abraham and his family. There was also another request; a new used car.

Up until now, Pastor Abraham had gotten around from village to village through an old motorcycle. But now, with both his health and the condition of the motorcycle in decline, Pastor Abraham will soon no longer be able to use that motorcycle to continue his ministry. Budget cars in India range in price between $10,000 and $20,000, but many of the working caste would never be able to own a car of their own or of those who are driving, many rent company cars to operate their taxi services. But he is seeking God for His provision and he desperately wants to continue to serve the orphans, rural villages, poor communities, and the lost all across Visakhapatnam for his heart for them will never stop!