This week we focused on the college as it was our last week with the students there. We were not able to spend as much time at the pre-school because it was a testing week for the students and I quickly saw that our presence was a big distraction for those kiddos.
Monday: College in the AM then we were off for the rest of the day. A group of us got to climb up the hill to see the windmill and check out the amazing view. A couple of local boys joined us on our excurtion J It was so nice to have a physical outlet.
Tuesday: College in the AM. Later that evening we were invited to several students homes. Someone on our team mentioned while at the college that we loved to eat jamin, and so while we were at the first house that evening we were pleasantly surprised with some delicious fried donut holes swimming in syrup (jamin). Several people on the team helped themselves to more than one bowl of the delicious confection. The next 3 houses all presented their best versions on jamin, so by the time we reached the last house that had prepared dinner for us; we were so full of fried carbs and sugar we had a very hard time eating their delicious chicken.
Wednesday: We had a really good time in worship as a team. Ryan lead us in having 30 minutes where we just listened to what God was saying to each of us. We came back together and shared what we had heard. God showed me something special during that time.
~A dark cloud like shield has settled over India as Hinduism and Islam has blinded the Indians from the truth of the gospel. Each Christian has the power to bring light in Jesus name to their part of India, like little campfires being lit. As India gives herself to Jesus the light will over come the darkness. Every time we are brought into a home, we are given the opportunity to set off flares of light in Jesus name. Soon the darkness will have to flee because of all the fires and flares being set off. The chains of the caste system will be flung off far away. India will come out of its dark ages and into the age of spiritual awakening and prosperity because of the light they can now see by. India will be a beautiful gen of God’s story of grace, mercy, and love.~
Each of us has struggled with the fact that we never get to see the fruit of our prayers and testimonies in the lives of those we touch in the villages because we never return to the same places we visit. This vision helped bring things in perspective and give me a little extra gas on the reasons behind our seemingly random visits to houses and villages.
That evening the guys brought us to a local zoo/sculpture park to walk around and enjoy a change of scenery. We thought it was pretty funny that they had a bunch of statues in place of the animals and then an “authentic” scene of a Neanderthal community. We were amused with the trip.
Thursday: College in the AM. That evening we went to a pastor’s house church, just a few streets away, and shared our testimonies and listened to his. We agreed to visit his church on Sunday.
Friday: The college threw a goodbye ceremony for us. They made nice speeches, sang songs, and gave us gifts and many thanks. Then we each were able to thank them for the opportunity to teach at the school. We ended our morning with many many pictures with our classes, faculty, then the entire school body. That evening we were able to call into the the conference call with the rest of Comm. Trans. It was so good to hear they voices and what God is doing in their outreaches It was a good reminder of who we are partnered with and that we are not doing this all alone. Then we had a team time of worship, and jumped into the Burn for the next 24 hours.
Saturday: We each took 2 shifts of 2 hour prayer times to cover the entire burn. God met each of us in such special ways. In the morning though, the girls went over to the pre-school where the kids had all dressed up for us to say goodbye. We took pictures with them and sang many songs. That evening we shared what God had told us during our times with him and them we called in again for the conference call.
Sunday: We went to the Pastor’s church that we met earlier this week. Each of us had an opportunity to speak. After the service, we meet a bunch of college girls that speak English. Three of them were not believers, but were interested and therefore attending this church. Another Christian girl approached me with a serious burden on her heart and I was able to pray with her on this issue. God knows everything and orchestrates our steps perfectly, and there is so much rest in that fact alone.
No comments:
Post a Comment