We are doing well at the Joyful Children's Home. Enjoying ministry with the girls every day and also with the Staff and Bible College students. We are staying healthy. It's still very HOT!!!
Yesterday, there was a bit of excitement as Arun, Rick and another man scurried to their relative's house where a COBRA had taken up residence in an area of clay flower pots and stacked bricks. There was a flurry of cutting sticks at the children's home for them to take and use at this house. Within a short time, they were back with the almost-dead snake in a bag. All 67 of the little girls came running with a few shrieks and exclamations (some with sticks 
of their own) to see before it was finally killed and disposed of. In spite of the worship of the cobra, Indians are REALLY afraid of them. As you can see from the picture, Karen is REALLY scared too!!! Ha!
We saw monkeys in the nearby mango trees; they're annoying to the locals, but it was interesting seeing a few young babies with their mothers.
We did a little shopping yesterday in Dharwad, a shady, noisy, smoke spewing bus town. Rode one of those buses home with Lisby, the other American that's here.
It is Palm Sunday already here and we will be spending some time with the girls in a worship service, listening to them sing their lively and haunting songs in Kannada language and also sharing some of our own. Rick will do a short sermon, translated by Shobha.
Keep us in your prayers, please. We appreciate it so much as we start into our last week here and put on a Vacation Bible School for these precious children. Please view the website (on the right column of this Blog site) to find out the lifestyle that these girls have been saved from.
Why are the monkeys annoying? Do they steal food? What would've happened if you told the army guy about Jesus? Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Jen and RJ
The monkeys drop stuff down, leaves, small branches and the mangoes that they either have half eaten and discard or mangoes that are shaken loose from the monkeys jumping around. They also go from the trees to the house roof with a loud bang. Plus they have some verbal noises/screeches. Lisby (the American girl that's staying here for 6 months all together) said it's not unheard of for them to attack people. They have fur around their faces that look like the fur on the hooded jacket that Becky wore in NYC!The babies are SO CUTE!!!!! While Rick was napping yesterday afternoon, I sat inside my screen door & just watched about 6 of them.
ReplyDeleteWe would be in serious trouble (either put in jail or escorted immediately to the nearest airport to LEAVE INDIA RIGHT NOW) if we tried to "convert" anyone of another religion. It is a Hindu nation first and foremost. Therefore, we encourage and teach other believers to reach out from within their own country/language. Americans have no idea of the freedoms they enjoy each and every day.
Thanks for the birthday wishes!!!