INDIA!!

I leave for India tomorrow!!! (and will be there until Oct 3rd)! Now suddenly, everything is happening very fast. I still have some packing to do, still doing laundry, and still figuring out last minute trip details--so I probably shouldn't be spending time writing on my blog... but I'm going to do it anyway :)

If you think of it, please pray for my flatmate Val. She didn't receive her visa today and will not be flying out with the team tomorrow :( We are all still waiting to see if she will be able to fly out on Saturday if the visa comes before then.

Also, prayer for:

Our team, safe travels and especially for two team members Deb and Carissa (already in India) who will travel by train from a northern part of India to Vellore in the south (it is about a two day train trip and right now the train is delayed because of crazy rain).

For the work that we do, the ministries we will serve, and the people we hope to help... that we would be good witnesses to the Gospel in everything we do.

As for projects, we are coming alongside the office in India to help with the engineering and architechture designs of a childern's home, a rest home for missionaries, and now possibly a school!! So there is a lot in store... Although I'm a bit nervous about culture shock ahead, I'm so excited and thankful for the opportunity to serve in this way. It seems to be that during the times we feel uncomfortable or inadequate, God uses us and increases our faith. Even in the times when things are hard or we may think there is nothing familiar to hold on to, God is there to give us strength!

"They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations...

...For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations."
Isaiah 61