We have been spending a lot of time the past couple of weeks with Lipok and Sanni, planning and structuring the new prayer ministry here. This couple is incredibly precious to us. She is from Germany and he is from Nagaland. They have both worked several years with a House of Prayer in Delhi and have committed to starting a prayer ministry in our city now. We are so excited. As we have gathered together and started seeking God concerning this ministry, we are truly looking forward to the weeks and months to come. We all have a heart for worship and prayer, as well as reaching out to our city in practical ways, so we are looking at a schedule that will include both prayer and outreach. We have also been searching for a building that we can be working out of. We have between 28-30 staff right now (which is more than we've ever had) and so we are in need of more housing anyway. We are still continuing to run the same training programs that we always do, but we are expanding with this new ministry as well as in mumber of those who want to join and work with us. It's really a neat time and we are very thankful for all of the quality people that surround us.
There are so many things going on and so many stories to tell. The pictures haven't been uploading today and it's a little frustrating. I've updated some pictures of our time in the States in the "my pictures" link, they're mostly of our families.
Beverley's birthday is on Saturday and we are going to Lipok and Sanni's house to celebrate. Here in Shillong it's cheaper to buy a live chicken (85 rupees, a little under two dollars) than it is to buy it de-feathered, so Lipok and Sunny are going to show me how to kill and de-feather it. This is a true adventure for me as I was a vegetarian for about 14 years and only started cooking meat after getting married. When they first told me about it, I had imagined a headless chicken running around, with lots of blood spurting all over the kitchen. But they told me that there is a way to break it's backbone and it dies suddenly. So let's see, maybe in the days to come I will have many interesting pictures to share with you all.
Dave has been super busy these days and he is happy that way. He gave the message at church on Sunday and did a good job, I'm quite biased though. He will be leaving on Friday for a few days for some meetings in a different city, so he'll miss out on the chicken adventure.
There are so many things going on and so many stories to tell. The pictures haven't been uploading today and it's a little frustrating. I've updated some pictures of our time in the States in the "my pictures" link, they're mostly of our families.
Beverley's birthday is on Saturday and we are going to Lipok and Sanni's house to celebrate. Here in Shillong it's cheaper to buy a live chicken (85 rupees, a little under two dollars) than it is to buy it de-feathered, so Lipok and Sunny are going to show me how to kill and de-feather it. This is a true adventure for me as I was a vegetarian for about 14 years and only started cooking meat after getting married. When they first told me about it, I had imagined a headless chicken running around, with lots of blood spurting all over the kitchen. But they told me that there is a way to break it's backbone and it dies suddenly. So let's see, maybe in the days to come I will have many interesting pictures to share with you all.
Dave has been super busy these days and he is happy that way. He gave the message at church on Sunday and did a good job, I'm quite biased though. He will be leaving on Friday for a few days for some meetings in a different city, so he'll miss out on the chicken adventure.
