We have arrived in the Dehli airport, and watching the local news that there has been a car bomb near the Israeli embassy here in Delhi. We have been mostly unaware of the world outside of Bihar. We are nowhere near the embassy, and safe inside the airport. Our flight from Delhi leaves in about 6 hours, and although we are very sad to leave our friends in India, we are looking forward to being back at home with our families. We shared a tearful goodbye with pastor Basith and his wife Rebecca. They have established the orphange we have been visiting. My heart will always be with the children. This week, we had evangelistic and prayer meetings in a very rural area, most of the small homes in the village are mud houses with dirt floor and a grass or wooden or very broken tiles on roof. Words cannot explain how vastly different the way life is in Bihar, compared to our standard of living.
Right now, the orphange has 34 children in a 3 room area. They sleep in a dark room on a bed of straw, 34 children sleeping in a room on the floor that is 10 by 15 feet.
The new orphange is being constructed, walls are up, and the roof will be going on soon. There's so much to tell.
Several times stand out to me this week. One day, we prayed, prophesied and annointed each child with oil and presented them with a cross. Then Clint and I sang them the "Jesus, can I tell you how I feel", song from Emmaus.
Last night, before we left, we presented each child with a stuffed animal. We also annointed the new building, prayed for Bashith and blessed and prayed for the Hindu man that provided the land for the new orphange. Surrounding this land are fields of mustard plants as far as the eye can see. It is such a clear example of the prophetic vision for this orphange and ministry.
"The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It's the smallest of all the seeds, but when grown,it's taller than the vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."
Matt 13:31-32
Julie
No comments:
Post a Comment