After 2 weeks without internet the team has gone home and two friends and I are doing the golden triangle tour route to finish up.
Our first stop in India was in Rajamundry but I don't have too much to write about with that because I was sick most of that time. Other than what I wrote already.
Many Sunday school programs and we also spoke to groups of women and also got to hear amazing testimonies from them!
From there we went to the alc home where pastor k and his wife live with about 50 children.
We were welcomed in the home so nicely and I feel like I could have stayed longer.
Our first evening was a culture evening that the kids performed for us with skits and music!
We were also greeted with flowers( always a nice way to be greeted).
It was a great start to our time in the home.
The next few days we had a very busy schedule with Sunday school at two churches and woman's programs.
Also a youth event at the nearby God's peace temple.
I think I've fallen in love with the Indian people. I just wish I could speak their language. The kids big brown eyes will just melt your heart!!!
We walked through the village one day and our small group picked up maybe 20 extra kids. Pastor K showed us a brick factory nearby the home.
We then had two medical/ dental clinics set up on two different days. We worked with two local dentists and a local Dr along with his son that was in medical school to be a doctor.
I'm not sure how many people we saw all together but quite a few came through the lines. Not as many for dental though. :-p I think it's the case world wide.. everyone dislikes going to the dentist.
Julie and I did go out and get many toothbrushes and had a little toothbrushing lesson using a live model.
The kids got a kick out of that so we did it again at the alc home.
So while the medical people were doing the camps other members in our team were doing pastors training inside the church's.
There were about 50-80 pastors that came from all over the state.
Did you know India has 29 states and 7 other properties that I can't remember what they are called..
Well apparently I don't know much. But I thought I'd share that little bit.
While I've been in India I've been in 4 states!
It's quite a large country!
Pastor K kept us busy day and evening as we held street services a lot of evenings in week.
At the street services they have large sound systems that broadcast the message to most of the neighborhood.
Lots of singing with the people gathered and then the pastors traveling with us would speak and pastor K would translate.
One night a man that had converted from being a Hindu to a Christian gave his testimony in the street. Lots of special times.
The children at the alc home were so much fun! We had times throughout our stay to get to hang out with them. They knew a few words in English and they taught me a few words in telegu. I don't think I'll ever forget the time I spent there.
Or the cute phrases they would say or the smiles and laughter. I would love to go back. Precious children. :-)
We then left pastor K's for pastor MP's.
This was also another very special part on the trip!
We were again welcomed by flowers petals being sprinkled on us and bouquets of flowers.
I think we need to start practicing this custom in America.. flowers are nice anytime!
We were fed some of the best food on the trip at this home. Very spicy and delicious!
The family or pastor mp was very kind and hospitable!
After eating the services started right away in the back yard where tents were set up and loads of people( and mosquitoes )were waiting to hear the gospel preached!
Don't worry we all loaded up on bug spray and malaria prophylaxis.
The next day services also and we had a little time to spend with the kids telling the story of Noah and then giving stickers and having them color. After working with the kids we had some time to spend with the youth.
We were asking what problems and trials the young people in India face and we heard that they had high stress from school. There is much pressure for them to do very well in school so they can get a good job. They have very much competition getting into a lot of schools. And if they are failing with their grades is it hard for them.
When we asked the youth if they had any questions there were questions about depression. We also heard the suicide rates were quite high.
Pray for the young people in India.
The next day we traveled 4 hours to some tribal areas to have another tent service!
We have seen so many different types of Indian people! These people were way out in the mountains and were so happy to meet us!
We were also able to play a little bit with the children here in between services and driving to meet pastors in the neighboring villages.
I'm not sure how many churches we visited but I think if all or them were added up the whole time in India it might be over15?
I should have counted. In the villages they just had a cyclone come through that destroyed a lot of churches and homes in December. We saw a lot of left over damage from the cyclone.
Sunday we traveled to 5 churches and had 4 services. Extremely busy. But the people were very welcoming and were happy to have us.
Sunday was our last full day together as a team and we headed back to pastor K's for our last night. We held one more street service in the evening and then hung out with the children before they went to bed and the pastors wife found some fire works and sparklers that we set off. The kids loved it!
I guess this was a long post. :-) So much happened in those two weeks. Many good memories including a birthday cake fight.
In India it is tradition to feed the birthday person their cake. So, many people get to feed you cake.
I don't think it turns into a cake fight usually here in India. But we had fun with it.
I think this will be new tradition I will bring home. :-)
We also were gifted Saree's which are gorgeous!!!! The girls that is. :)
Now I'm traveling 3 days sight seeing before going to Madagascar!
We saw the Taj Mahal yesterday for sunrise! And now we are in Jaipur touring the pink city. Lots of amazing old buildings and new Indian faces that look very student v than the southern Indians. I love India!
Oh! And the food is good in north India!
Butter chicken!!!!!!!
Our first stop in India was in Rajamundry but I don't have too much to write about with that because I was sick most of that time. Other than what I wrote already.
Many Sunday school programs and we also spoke to groups of women and also got to hear amazing testimonies from them!
From there we went to the alc home where pastor k and his wife live with about 50 children.
We were welcomed in the home so nicely and I feel like I could have stayed longer.
Our first evening was a culture evening that the kids performed for us with skits and music!
We were also greeted with flowers( always a nice way to be greeted).
It was a great start to our time in the home.
The next few days we had a very busy schedule with Sunday school at two churches and woman's programs.
Also a youth event at the nearby God's peace temple.
I think I've fallen in love with the Indian people. I just wish I could speak their language. The kids big brown eyes will just melt your heart!!!
We walked through the village one day and our small group picked up maybe 20 extra kids. Pastor K showed us a brick factory nearby the home.
We then had two medical/ dental clinics set up on two different days. We worked with two local dentists and a local Dr along with his son that was in medical school to be a doctor.
I'm not sure how many people we saw all together but quite a few came through the lines. Not as many for dental though. :-p I think it's the case world wide.. everyone dislikes going to the dentist.
Julie and I did go out and get many toothbrushes and had a little toothbrushing lesson using a live model.
The kids got a kick out of that so we did it again at the alc home.
So while the medical people were doing the camps other members in our team were doing pastors training inside the church's.
There were about 50-80 pastors that came from all over the state.
Did you know India has 29 states and 7 other properties that I can't remember what they are called..
Well apparently I don't know much. But I thought I'd share that little bit.
While I've been in India I've been in 4 states!
It's quite a large country!
Pastor K kept us busy day and evening as we held street services a lot of evenings in week.
At the street services they have large sound systems that broadcast the message to most of the neighborhood.
Lots of singing with the people gathered and then the pastors traveling with us would speak and pastor K would translate.
One night a man that had converted from being a Hindu to a Christian gave his testimony in the street. Lots of special times.
The children at the alc home were so much fun! We had times throughout our stay to get to hang out with them. They knew a few words in English and they taught me a few words in telegu. I don't think I'll ever forget the time I spent there.
Or the cute phrases they would say or the smiles and laughter. I would love to go back. Precious children. :-)
We then left pastor K's for pastor MP's.
This was also another very special part on the trip!
We were again welcomed by flowers petals being sprinkled on us and bouquets of flowers.
I think we need to start practicing this custom in America.. flowers are nice anytime!
We were fed some of the best food on the trip at this home. Very spicy and delicious!
The family or pastor mp was very kind and hospitable!
After eating the services started right away in the back yard where tents were set up and loads of people( and mosquitoes )were waiting to hear the gospel preached!
Don't worry we all loaded up on bug spray and malaria prophylaxis.
The next day services also and we had a little time to spend with the kids telling the story of Noah and then giving stickers and having them color. After working with the kids we had some time to spend with the youth.
We were asking what problems and trials the young people in India face and we heard that they had high stress from school. There is much pressure for them to do very well in school so they can get a good job. They have very much competition getting into a lot of schools. And if they are failing with their grades is it hard for them.
When we asked the youth if they had any questions there were questions about depression. We also heard the suicide rates were quite high.
Pray for the young people in India.
The next day we traveled 4 hours to some tribal areas to have another tent service!
We have seen so many different types of Indian people! These people were way out in the mountains and were so happy to meet us!
We were also able to play a little bit with the children here in between services and driving to meet pastors in the neighboring villages.
I'm not sure how many churches we visited but I think if all or them were added up the whole time in India it might be over15?
I should have counted. In the villages they just had a cyclone come through that destroyed a lot of churches and homes in December. We saw a lot of left over damage from the cyclone.
Sunday we traveled to 5 churches and had 4 services. Extremely busy. But the people were very welcoming and were happy to have us.
Sunday was our last full day together as a team and we headed back to pastor K's for our last night. We held one more street service in the evening and then hung out with the children before they went to bed and the pastors wife found some fire works and sparklers that we set off. The kids loved it!
I guess this was a long post. :-) So much happened in those two weeks. Many good memories including a birthday cake fight.
In India it is tradition to feed the birthday person their cake. So, many people get to feed you cake.
I don't think it turns into a cake fight usually here in India. But we had fun with it.
I think this will be new tradition I will bring home. :-)
We also were gifted Saree's which are gorgeous!!!! The girls that is. :)
Now I'm traveling 3 days sight seeing before going to Madagascar!
We saw the Taj Mahal yesterday for sunrise! And now we are in Jaipur touring the pink city. Lots of amazing old buildings and new Indian faces that look very student v than the southern Indians. I love India!
Oh! And the food is good in north India!
Butter chicken!!!!!!!
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