Okay okay!!! I'll post about India! I have been putting off doing it because I have a billion and one other things to do before I go and I know that the whole India story is so incredible that I won't do it justice to sum it up... But for the sake of stopping this harassment--I'll sum it up! Basically this is something that God has been stirring my heart to do for a long time and then in January He gave an opportunity. I am travel to India for a mere 9 days with my good friend Amy, who is a student at Bethany with me. We are both a part of the same team of people who will be moving to Indonesia for 16 months next January... but I will talk more about that later. We will be working with the same children's home that I worked with a 1 1/2 years ago in Dehradun. I cannot wait to see those beautiful kids again! Arun, Sahil, Joyti-Bala, Pauloos.... !!!! Ahhh!! We do need prayer though. Neither of us have ever traveled out of the country by ourselves and had to book all of our own plane, train, visa, stuff! It is an adventure, but please pray for grace especially during travel and for our health. We also would like prayer because the 2 of us will be single handedly putting on a Bible/english camp for 75 children and teaching 125 children english in the mornings. Neither of us have the ability to carry out an endeavor of this magnitude and we are completely leaning on God for everything we need. Our heart is that the children would know God's 'father heart' of love for them during our stay there in a deeper way. We are praying that seeds will be planted that will bear lasting fruit. Another prayer request is that we will find really good deals on all the materials for the camp and be able to creatively pack that amount of stuff so that we don't have to be charged for additional luggage. Oh-- and also that we would be able to accomplish everything that needs to get done this weekend and next week. We are both falling a little behind in our studies and there is a HUGE temptation to worry and get anxious, but we know that God is giving us grace day by day and we are learning to lean on Him. We really need all the prayer we can get so if you would stop a moment now and just pray for us, we would really appreciate it! We leave next Friday, April 20th and return April 29th. Verrrrrry short trip, but it is PACKED full! I'm sure there are tons of spelling/grammar errors in this, but I don't have time to go back and re-read it... God bless you all--- remember, don't worry about tomorrow, God hasn't given you grace for tomorrow yet. He has given you grace for today. This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it! |