The 'Good Shepherd Ev. Luth. Church' will soon be fifty years old, quite young for a church. The Christians in the tribal area along the Godavari River in southern India are experiencing biblical and modern times at the same time. Pure mission. Signs and wonders. Thousands come to faith. Back to the Acts of the Apostles - and become disillusioned with the church.Almost from the beginning, the author and his colleagues of the 'Freundeskreis Missionarische Dienste' have been part. Even if you don't usually read mission reports,these stories will inspire you. Honest, factual and loving at the same time, you will experience a partnership on the way to becoming a church.