Paul has been traveling to India since 1985. His first visit was to speak at OM’s all-India conference and to visit some of the evangelism teams. That initial six week trip led to making strong contacts with the ‘Daniels’ in Orai in Uttah Pradesh. Since that first visit, Paul has taken teams out to visit Orai and engage in village evangelism as well as strengthening the then small group of believers. Each trip into the land of a thousand curries has seen some great miracles of God, where the sick have been healed, demons have been cast out, and the Good News has been preached. 

Since that first visit, the work in Orai has developed into an english-medium boarding school and mission base with a number of village house churches in the surrounding area. A number of local evangelists are also employed to work in the villages. This area of the north of India is known as the “missions graveyard” but we are seeing great signs of life s many people are turning to Jesus as Saviour and Lord.

In the South of India in a town called Vijaywada in Andra Pradesh, over the past ten years or so we have developed an orphanage school and mission base. Over a hundred children have been rescued and looked after. This has also led to a network of small church leaders and village evangelists gathering at this focal point. Each year we conduct in one or two Pastors and Leaders conferences over three day periods, and visit many of the smaller works, some being in tribal villages. 

In the future we plan to establish a missions training base where pastors and evangelists from all over India come for two weeks for spiritual refreshment before going back to continue their work. Each year we take teams to accompany us on this mission, but the teams must be prepared for ‘basic’mission and a love of curry !