Sunday - January 25, 2009

Greetings from India 25 January 2009

It’s been another beautiful day in India & a busy one, too!!! This morning we continued with the medical clinic here at the school. Dr. Naik couldn’t come, but the principal’s daughter is a 4th year nursing student & so she & Paul managed the coughs, headaches & other complaints. It was a continuation of their sports competitions, too—including some games for the staff.

I spent the day entering information on an Excel spreadsheet from the children’s records, mainly focusing on identifying the students whose vision was 20/40 or greater. I still need to process all the charts with orders for medications (that we didn’t have here), x-rays, etc. Some of the parents came to talk to Sharla about their children’s problems, too.

This evening we went to a nearby village, Gondi Palla, & had a meeting at the church. When we arrived at the church the electricity was out. (Normally the power goes off at least twice a day—11 am & 6 pm & is off for 15 minutes to an hour.) Sharla set up her Bose system & someone brought a flashlight, so she gave us a wonderful concert while we were waiting for the power to come on. Once the power came on, more people started coming. I was planning to speak about the Creator God, but as I watched the people come in, I was impressed to change the message to the parable of the 10 virgins. Kevin gave a health talk on the importance of water & then Sharla played special music followed by my message. After the closing prayer, the people came up to us for prayer.

We got home about 9 pm, tired, but thanking God for blessing us richly.
I better get to bed, so I’ll close for now. . Blessings from INDIA…where the people are beautiful, the children are irresistible, & the GOD of Heaven is blessing us richly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!