Truthseekers

One thing I didn't expect at the RevCon weekend was having the opportunity to meet Pam and Sunil Sardar. They have a ministry called TruthSeekers, an organization that is fighting the caste system in India.

There was a OTM blogger dinner Thursday night before the RevCon, and because I was tagging along with Pam H., (I included the H so you don't get the two Pam's mixed up here) I got to go to this dinner even though I'm not an OTM blogger.

I spent much of that evening visiting with Pam Sardar, Sunil's wife. Pam is American, from Indianapolis, and I inevitably asked her how she ended up married to Sunil. She shared with me the story, which I want to share here. I'm sure I won't get all the details right, but it is interesting.

Pam's mother knew Sunil, I can't remember if it was through missions or what, but they kept in touch via letter. Sunil was keeping Pam's mom informed about his ministry in India. One day he wrote to say, among other things, that He was praying for a wife. Without Pam's knowledge, Pam's mother began to tell Sunil about Pam.

At the same time, Pam got a word from the Lord that she was supposed to go to India. When she told her Mom about this revelation, it became apparent that she was to marry Sunil. They've been married...um...25 or so?? years, anyhow quite awhile, and have 4 children.

Chris Marshall (who's blog is new to me) has blogged about how deeply meeting the Sardar's affected him, and he's posted an interview with Sunil from Off The Map.

I, too, was affected by their story. I was ignorant of the issue of the caste system until talking with the Sardar's. I loved visiting with Pam, it was cool to hear a woman's perspective, especially an American woman. She was gracious and humble and I thoroughly loved visiting with her.

Sunil also spoke at the conference. I'm going to post a quote:

"All truthseekers will become Christians, but not all Christians are truthseekers."