One thing about the celestial design of our Creator: Each day is a new day.
Within minutes we had quite a following. Mainly children with the few adults coming along to see what the fuss was about. I visited with the men digging a new connection line from the well to their village. I got to help just a little with seperating rice kernels from their grassy stalks. Alicia learned how to properly tie her scarf into a headcovering from a young girl, one who would not let go of her hand for our entire stay.Today was a much better one. We took off this morning and the plan was for three of the nationals to go the village where the man had died yesterday to see how things stood. Kajul (pronounced Ka-jewel), Alicia, and I were to be dropped off at a village we had also visited that day, just to walk around, see the village, and pray a bit.
We ended our tour in front of a home and chairs were put out for us. Alicia and I wondered what to do next. Looking at all the young ones around, we decided to pick one of them and act out the story of David and Goliath. Being a giant here among the Indians, I was the natural choice for the part of Goliath. We picked a somewhat shy David from the crowd and Alicia started telling the story. Yes, I hammed it up quite a bit. The kids laughed as the young David was coerced into throwing a pebble at me and I took a dive on the courtyard ground.
A few adults had gathered by now so we decided to share the malaria and HIV prevention information we had. We had previously been told to only share the gospel in a more enclosed setting, but an adult from the crowd must've heard about our previous visit and asked us to tell about Jesus. So how could we refuse? I gave a presentation and ten adults accepted Christ. We were telling them that we would be back on Thursday so they could learn more when a stranger showed up in a rather new red car. We got just a bit worried because with the BJP government, anti-christian sentiment is a little bit high and there are certain provisions concerning proselytizing in India.
As it turned out, he was a businessman-cum-politician and was curious what we were doing. I told him we were sharing information with the people about malaria and HIV prevention and other health issues. (Christianity is a health of the soul issue, is it not?) He then went on to tell about a factory he was opening that would make fertilizer and soap and how he would provide health services to his employees, etc., etc., etc. He invited us to tour his office whenever we were in Delhi yada, yada, yada. One can only hope that he was at least half telling the truth.
My two companions are blessing. Kajul really is a jewel, intensely quiet until she laughs and smiles and then the world around her explodes in lightness and joy. Alicia's love for the children here is intense and it shows in every breath she takes in their presence.We had two more presentations today and they both went well. The second one had a lot of children so we again did our David and Goliath routine. We'll be back to these two villages tomorrow and Thursday to do I Am Second bible studies, distribute reading glasses, and install water filtration systems.
Sorry there's no pics today. The internet is being a pain and pics are clogging it up.
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