Tuesday, April 24, 2007

First Impressions

Well it's been a couple of warm days in India.  We haven't had the chance to sit down and write an email, ministry in India is cruising and we are very busy.  It's been a fascinating last couple of days.  Sunday Morning we had a chance to worship with an Indian church in Chennai.  It was great to sing the English version of popular NA songs as the rest of the congregation sang in Tamil.  We quickly visited the place where the disciple Thomas was speared in the first century AD and then it was off to the airport to catch a plane to Trichy where the IBCM office is.  We visited a follow-up program Sunday evening, which consisted of us sitting in front of a 100 kids who were so excited about us being there that they were almost going crazy.  They loved hearing Eric and Lori's testimony.
Driving in India is always an interesting experience, I'll try and post a video to try and give you an idea of some of the culture we saw as we drove.  Today we just got back from a counselors training time with 300 counselors, which was an intense time of singing and dancing while wearing this flower necklace thingy that swings all over the place while shedding rose pedals all over the place.  I met the "Antony" of Nepal who is a very encouraging man who has a heart of gold.  The team from Canada is tight.  Lots of great memories are being made as we spend lots of time together.  One last thought which I never imagined I'd say...but I'm actually loving the food!  Thanks for praying!

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