Twelve months ago, R, an Indian-American student, decided to start following Jesus at InterVarsity’s Urbana missions conference. As he began his semester at KU this fall, R saw the hundreds of South Asian students all around him. They were like sheep without a shepherd—and hardly anyone was reaching out to them. R started wondering how he could be their shepherd and bring the gospel to them. Fighting his internal fears and hesitations, R decided to start a weekly discussion group called “Faith and Chai” where South Asian students could talk about faith and spirituality.
Thanks to his faithfulness and persistent inviting, that group has officially launched! Every week, there are about 10 South Asian students gathering together, from undergrad students all the way up to PhD candidates, all wanting to talk about faith questions! R is now praying that the Lord would grant him an apprentice, someone whom he could train up to be a leader for this group in the future.