By Mikaylah Keith 7/18/10
We left Vellore this morning at 9:40am after waiting at the bus stop for over 2.5 hrs. We are learning many things in India but more than anything we are learning patience and flexibility.
We had a pretty uneventful 4 hour ride to Dharmapuri. The most exciting thing that happened was a woman leaned over Denise and Erin to throw up out the window. Other than that it was quite pleasant.
When we arrived at Pastor Daniel's house we were immediately treated to a wonderful Indian lunch. Pastor Daniel is a great man, full of joy and enthusiasm for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We all like him a lot despite his force feeding us at lunch. Indian hospitality, especially when it comes to P Daniel, can be summed up in two words "eat more". If you finish the first half of the first searving you will be given a second helping no matter how full you are ir how small of a stomach you claim to have.
So after a slightly suffocating but delicious meal we were taken to our housing. After a 3 hour nap (heaven!) we drove to another part of the city where we gathered on the sidewalk of a quiet street (a rarity in India). Every Sunday evening P Daniel comes here to provide a meal and share Jesus with the homeless. After they sang a few worship songs in Tamil, our team sang a song and Lusiano shared his testimony.
We passed out the food and prayed for these precious people. A few suffered from leprosy and were missing fingers, others were sick and couldn't work. One man lost his wife and could not work because he is sick and provides for himself and his little daughter by begging and stealing. There is so much needed here!
On our way "home" we stopped and sat in an outside Christian crusade going on in the city. We didn't understand a word that was said but it was so encouraging to see so many Indian believers and dozens that answered the altar call. Jesus is moving and working in India. Stowtrom (praise the lord). - Mikaylah "There is so much more from Mikaylah to post, but her journal borders on becoming a volume of works akin to Dickens."
-JABrown
We left Vellore this morning at 9:40am after waiting at the bus stop for over 2.5 hrs. We are learning many things in India but more than anything we are learning patience and flexibility.
We had a pretty uneventful 4 hour ride to Dharmapuri. The most exciting thing that happened was a woman leaned over Denise and Erin to throw up out the window. Other than that it was quite pleasant.
When we arrived at Pastor Daniel's house we were immediately treated to a wonderful Indian lunch. Pastor Daniel is a great man, full of joy and enthusiasm for spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ. We all like him a lot despite his force feeding us at lunch. Indian hospitality, especially when it comes to P Daniel, can be summed up in two words "eat more". If you finish the first half of the first searving you will be given a second helping no matter how full you are ir how small of a stomach you claim to have.
So after a slightly suffocating but delicious meal we were taken to our housing. After a 3 hour nap (heaven!) we drove to another part of the city where we gathered on the sidewalk of a quiet street (a rarity in India). Every Sunday evening P Daniel comes here to provide a meal and share Jesus with the homeless. After they sang a few worship songs in Tamil, our team sang a song and Lusiano shared his testimony.
We passed out the food and prayed for these precious people. A few suffered from leprosy and were missing fingers, others were sick and couldn't work. One man lost his wife and could not work because he is sick and provides for himself and his little daughter by begging and stealing. There is so much needed here!
On our way "home" we stopped and sat in an outside Christian crusade going on in the city. We didn't understand a word that was said but it was so encouraging to see so many Indian believers and dozens that answered the altar call. Jesus is moving and working in India. Stowtrom (praise the lord). - Mikaylah "There is so much more from Mikaylah to post, but her journal borders on becoming a volume of works akin to Dickens."
-JABrown
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