So, worked out in 100 degrees for nearly 12 hours today, finished building 3 homes, painted two of them, rode an Ox cart, had 5 cups of Chai Tea, ate fresh watermelon from a man in the village who had once insisted on everyone being Hindu - until his one and only son became a Christian through Anbuvanan's church, shot hours worth of video footage, climbed a water tower, sang a song in the language of Tamil, watched kids and students quote a lot of scripture from memory and do traditional Tamil dancing for nearly an hour, danced the "interlude". . . Twice, laughed so hard I cried, and cried after only knowing these kids for 4 days, rode a rickshaw, drank a limco, heard more stories of miraculous healings, participated in a Tamil prayer meeting, saw once again the amazing love in a mothers eyes for her two youth who were mentally and physically challenged, ran around with children teaching them more about Jesus . . . NONE of which could have been done - if only I had depended on myself and my own "good" ideas. NO!! All these things were made possible today because of Gods work already happening here. we simply could not be happier!! Those relationships and bonding, where the ONLY thing in common is Christ, were happening all over this week - simply amazing.
Make no mistake, God is doing something amazing in Kotthiampakkum. We understand that this is only chapter 1, and there is so much more for God to write - come and join with us, and see what God can do!! Your journey can start by sitting down with a team member over coffee and asking them intentionally about this trip - there is just so much to share!!
More to come later!!
Ted
It has been awesome reading your updates about your days in India. I have been praying for all of you and the people whose stories are being intersected by God's and your stories!! Thank you all for taking such a big leap of faith to travel to India!
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