Moments

We have made a pit-stop here in Goa at the ocean. After one month of non-stop travel by planes, trains, buses, taxis, rickshaws, and foot.... Covering 8 cities each holding [[millions]] of people... We were beat! Feels good to take a breather and process a bit before diving into another new state.

But we havn't exactly been relaxing here either... Kayaking, body surfing, motorcycling, exploring, scorpions, monkeys, bulls with big horns stampeeding down the beach full of sunbathers(THAT is very entertaining!) And all in over 100 degree weather!

Motorcycling through the jungle... Yes, Im driving. No, they did not give us helmets... But we didnt go too fast..



I was sick our first two days here but we did manage to share an enchalada together for Thanksgiving.. Sitting on our bed under a mosquito net. I've been away from the states and my family for a lot of years now during the holidays. Even when traditions cant be practiced and youre in another brand new place, I'm learning more and more to cherish moments. Moments hold more value than glitz does.... Moments with God, with friends, with strangers, in villages, in alleys, on beaches, in crowds, totally alone, under mosquito nets. Thanks God for the moments of life.

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In Love.

I am madly in love with these faces!!! All photos were taken at a remote village two days ago. In love. In love. In love.

















































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Cheering them on..

A.m.a.z.i.n.g week. Amazing. Pastor's conferences, festival meetings, thousands of souls brought to the kingdom of God, new friends, preaching, praying and little sleep!




Samuel preaching...



Me sharing about the bride of Christ....



The most beautiful people!!! Ahh!!!









I am blown away at the honor that the Indian people live by. Ive never experienced anything like it. I cant even remember how many flower necklaces Ive received... Crowns... Badges... Kind words... Hugs and kisses. (ive even given out autographs but i cant quite figure out why...) Yesterday we arrived at a remote village and were welcomed with dances and singing... And more glittery necklaces and badges :)

This photo was taken at the end of our featival night... Lines of people kept coming with flowers galore! I felt like a queen!

I cant help but think about how India is preparing the bride for Christs' coming too. This country holds millions upon millons of unreached... But it also holds several warrior/heros in the kingdom and Im so happy to be cheering them on!!


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Adulturous Woman

Last night I got to play the 'adulturous woman' from John 8.. In a festival meeting. I've been doing dramas my whole life, but last night I sat weeping on the stage as the story was being displayed..... JESUS said "he who is without sin, cast the first stone".... One by one, her accusers walked away... JESUS was the only one with the right to punish her, yet He told her to "go, and sin no more".




Powerful. I love to preach Jesus to the uneached!!!

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The Least

It has become harder and harder to find time (and wifi) to blog! We are just loving India too much!! We spent the beginning of this week in the jungle-Himalayas... Staying with friends and hero India-pioneers. Then we spent a day flying from Derha Dun to New Delhi to Kolkata. We only had one day to spend in Kolkata but we LOVED it! Visited a big hindu temple that brought me to tears.. They were sacrificing animals, burning incense and laying flowers before their idols.. Just outside it's gates sat the poor, crippled, diseased who came out from Mother Theresa's home for the dying. Those are my most favorite places to be in the world... With the least of the world.

Then we took the 12 hour night train East for a Jesus Festival and Pastor's Seminar.. We met up with more hero-friends/evangelists. Amazing things are happening. Pastors from 22 of the 28 districts in this state came for the meetings... Now they're filled up and ready to continue running the final lap of this race. We love Jesus and watching His kingdom come!!!


















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Photo album

India, India. We left Kashmir on Tuesday for New Delhi (thankfully via air) where we have planned to spend 3 days before moving on to Dehra Dun, Mussoorie, Calcutta, Ranchi and then all over the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Here are some photos from Srinigar, Kashmir...





The sheep and goats(the size of horses) were painted in preparation to be slaughtered and sacrificed for the Islamic holiday which celebrates Abraham's ram that God provided for sacrifice in place of his son Isaac..





















From our house-boat roof at sunset :)















Delhi has been great. Yesterday we saw India Gate and then went to see Lotus Temple... The temple was open for people of all religions and cultures, many sat meditating in complete silence... Samuel and I just prayed in the Holy Spirit, asking God to show Himself through visions to the people who were genuinely seeking Him. Can you imagine meditating in the name of an idol and then suddenly you see Jesus standing before you?! This happened to one of our former-muslim friends.... He just kept having dreams of himself fishing and pulling up men.... Then one day he really met Jesus and now he is a pastor!!! It's so exciting to do God's business.. I'm always being blown away.
















New friends at the temple...



After the temple I stumbled upon a small boy painting the most extravagant henna on a woman's hands. I was amazed and understandably sat down for my own turn. Now my left hand is decorated in gorgeous Indian fashion (will last for 3 weeks). I also got a desperately needed haircut. Feel like a new woman! In the evening we walked (or actually we pushed/shoved/squeezed/stumbled) through an insanely busy market of clothing, spices, shoes, nuts, candles.. Everything! We were sweaty and screaming to eachother over the chaos of constant car-horn-blowing (it's sincerely non-stop) and finally my sandle broke when I tripped over a hole in the road, so we made our way 'home'. Exhausted, but with really full hearts.




Today was spent shopping for new sandals and exploring the diverse sides of India. On one side of the street you have a shopping mall, on the other side a slum and just around the corner a mosque and temple.... Everywhere inbetween you find cripples crawling through traffic, entire families squeezed onto a motorbike, Boys playing cricket, old men sipping masala chai and the most stunning women I've ever seen! Every woman looks like a queen here with all their glittery sarees, gold nose rings and earrings and bangels and forehead jewels. One woman was walking down the street with a sheet of wood on her head and she was wrapped up in a bright red saree... So elegant. Only in India!

Tomorrow night we will sleep on a train and go North again to the cold mountains :) God is truly good.


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