Today has been a really full day. It is the last day of Housers' teaching this week and the last day of the lecture phase for the DTS. We had a really neat time this morning praying for all of the staff and students and celebrating Good Friday with worship and communion. It's bizarre to think that these students are leaving in a few days. They are going on an outreach to West Bengal and Bhutan for a couple of months. Sunny prepared some tea and snacks at her house this afternoon and we all went to hang out and spend time together.
Last night we had some girl's fellowship at our house and it was a really rich time. We had some tea and snacks (it's a huge part of the culture in India) and we prayed for each other, told stories, laughed a lot, and some even cried. It's one of my favorite parts of our life here, to spend time with these women. Today two of my friends here gave me little Easter baskets and it brought joy to my heart.
Houser and I have to run down the mountain tomorrow to visit some friends from Brazil. He has known them now for over six years and they are returning to Brazil for good on Monday. We are really sad to see them go.
Tonight they showed The Passion of the Christ (the Mel Gibson movie) on a major movie channel here in India and it was dubbed in Hindi. It's incredible to me that all over India, the story of the passion of Jesus is being told. It's hard for me to watch that movie. It's hard to believe that it all really happened to Someone so innocent and kind. However, I am thankful for what He has done.
"He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces He was despised and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered Him stricken by God, smitten by Him and afflicted. But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed."
Isaiah 53:3-5
