As many of you know, India closed its doors to nearly all foreigners and we were only able to return to India Summer 2022. It was with total reliance on the Lord – what would we do after the pandemic’s disasterly effect? Without rehashing that, we saw the Lord open a new season in South India for us. Our street ministry continued despite new and bizarre persecution – 1st time we have been threatened on the streets by Hindus. One time, as we are looking to see beggars saved, a blind beggar saved us!  One day we walked along one of the widest city streets as we usually do. This is called Beach Road as it parallels the beach, the Bay of Bengal, for miles through our city. Our base is just off this road. We got to know it because since 2010 this is where a huge number of beggars, homeless, and prostitutes ‘dwell’. While some have huts or lean-to homes in some faraway place, begging in the city is the most lucrative. Nightly the street lights up with tiny stands selling tea, corn roasted over coal, and “budgies’ – a popular street food. One of our former beggars even has a successful business there selling roast delicacies and is able to even educate her children without our help! But the beach is also where the beggars sleep in the intense midmorning to afternoon sun, on the pavement to avoid the hot sand. It is where we met all the beggar children we have taken in. It is our custom to walk miles at the times the beggars are there, ministering to them, praying and seeing many healed physically. But we also walk and pray on this road, its 4 mile paved length running north of our base, often after early morning worship on our rooftop before the heat becomes too much for the instruments – and us.  So as we walked, far now from the beggars’ sleeping place, a Hare Krishna approached us with literature. He was not from our city, and well dressed in the Hare Krishna garb. Scot thanked him and immediately began to tell him in the love of God his own full knowledge of their beliefs and what he was missing………But immediately two men dressed as wealthy businessmen appeared. You never see men dressed like that here, and usually it means they are politicians or Central Intelligence. Now Scot was speaking but they began yelling at Patricia. They scared the Hare Krishna away as these angry men shouted in my face (Patricia) - “Why do you talk about this Jesus? Why? Tell me one thing this Jesus ever did for the people. HE did nothing. Tell me one thing.” ​I replied, “Well, he healed the sick and raised the dead, saved those who call on Him from hell, and is responsible for at least 95% of the charitable works in the world!” They were now enraged, in my face closer than comfortable, demanding my full name and country, my phone number. Though Scot raised his voice to demand they leave they continued screaming and causing quite the scene. Suddenly a beggar approaches, and on his arm is a blind beggar woman. Quite astoundingly – because they never approach men like these as they could be beaten for their shadow falling on high caste men – yes even today. The little lady somehow got in front of me and asked for prayer. Without a thought and with the yelling continuing, I laid hands on her and began to pray. I wish we had a video --- well because I touched her- I actually touched a beggar in her rags- the two men went into a shock of fear and ran -- I mean ran! We have not seen them again, but they saw the Gospel that day that this beggar whom God had already saved, saved us.