We had a crazy-busy day today!
We served breakfast to 5 communities of people who suffer from leprosy (they all arrived this morning at our doorstep. Will eventually post pictures of the tents that were put up on the road in front of and the "lawn" across from where we are staying).
After breakfast, we then went to spend one more afternoon with the women from Asraya. We were really excited to be able to share our hearts with them again, but also to be able to give them some small gifts (pictures of themselves, perfume samples, and bracelets).
We had a very quick stop to purchase some "Punjammies" -- these are the pajama pants that the women make in cooperation with the Princess Project (I think that's what it's called) in order to make a living. They can only sell the things that they make overseas since no one in India will purchase items made by women who were once prostitutes.
Afterwards, we raced home, took a quick bathroom break, and then travelled (I'm guessing it took about 1.5 hrs) to a village where we dedicated a well (funded by Jolene's church in Brantford), enjoyed some dinner, and then celebrated and shared the Gospel with many of the people who live in the village.
Honestly, the bus ride was one of the highlights for me! Our team + the Harvest India staff all crammed into one bus and somehow started a sing-along where we would sing something in English and the HI staff would then sing something in Indian for us. There was one song in particularly that we all really enjoyed and after some (but not too much) convincing, Ravi agreed to teach us the actions (as well as the meaning) of the song. We were then able to "perform" it for the village (while our Harvest India staff sang the words). So. Much. Fun!!
Last night was also a lot of fun. After having spent the afternoon with the Mother India youth, we eventually made our way to Suresh and Christina's house for dinner. It was Diwali yesterday (google it), so we celebrated with copious amounts of (dangerous and often unpredictable) fireworks! Whoo! I had as much fun watching the guys as I did watching the "crackers"! They were hilarious. They were having so much fun playing with the fireworks, running around, squealing, giggling and literally jumping up and down with excitement.
The food was AMAZING; the people were wonderful... definitely a great way to celebrate the festival.
We also enjoyed serving dinner to the boys from the Quarry school -- my goodness, children eat A LOT.
Can't think of anything else but mostly wanted to let y'all know that we will not have Internet access after tomorrow. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We have two days to spend with the women from House of Grace and Freedom Centre (similar to Asraya), as well as three days of a women's conference that we are hosting. Please ask that we would continue to see God moving! We are also trusting that we will remain safe as we travel to Peddapuram (not sure on the spelling) where we will be staying until it's time to head home / out on independent adventures.
See you in a few weeks!
We served breakfast to 5 communities of people who suffer from leprosy (they all arrived this morning at our doorstep. Will eventually post pictures of the tents that were put up on the road in front of and the "lawn" across from where we are staying).
After breakfast, we then went to spend one more afternoon with the women from Asraya. We were really excited to be able to share our hearts with them again, but also to be able to give them some small gifts (pictures of themselves, perfume samples, and bracelets).
We had a very quick stop to purchase some "Punjammies" -- these are the pajama pants that the women make in cooperation with the Princess Project (I think that's what it's called) in order to make a living. They can only sell the things that they make overseas since no one in India will purchase items made by women who were once prostitutes.
Afterwards, we raced home, took a quick bathroom break, and then travelled (I'm guessing it took about 1.5 hrs) to a village where we dedicated a well (funded by Jolene's church in Brantford), enjoyed some dinner, and then celebrated and shared the Gospel with many of the people who live in the village.
Honestly, the bus ride was one of the highlights for me! Our team + the Harvest India staff all crammed into one bus and somehow started a sing-along where we would sing something in English and the HI staff would then sing something in Indian for us. There was one song in particularly that we all really enjoyed and after some (but not too much) convincing, Ravi agreed to teach us the actions (as well as the meaning) of the song. We were then able to "perform" it for the village (while our Harvest India staff sang the words). So. Much. Fun!!
Last night was also a lot of fun. After having spent the afternoon with the Mother India youth, we eventually made our way to Suresh and Christina's house for dinner. It was Diwali yesterday (google it), so we celebrated with copious amounts of (dangerous and often unpredictable) fireworks! Whoo! I had as much fun watching the guys as I did watching the "crackers"! They were hilarious. They were having so much fun playing with the fireworks, running around, squealing, giggling and literally jumping up and down with excitement.
The food was AMAZING; the people were wonderful... definitely a great way to celebrate the festival.
We also enjoyed serving dinner to the boys from the Quarry school -- my goodness, children eat A LOT.
Can't think of anything else but mostly wanted to let y'all know that we will not have Internet access after tomorrow. Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We have two days to spend with the women from House of Grace and Freedom Centre (similar to Asraya), as well as three days of a women's conference that we are hosting. Please ask that we would continue to see God moving! We are also trusting that we will remain safe as we travel to Peddapuram (not sure on the spelling) where we will be staying until it's time to head home / out on independent adventures.
See you in a few weeks!
No comments:
Post a Comment