arrived and well.

flashback to childhood:
"where are we going?"
(sigh from the front seat, mom's patient reply comes shortly)
"this way, follow me."

i helped direct the massive vehicle, while everyone patiently "followed" in bags stacked up to their ears. the hostel was prepared for us...i was shockingly surprised as miscommunication runs rampant in this land. i like surprises. 2 rooms of at least 10 beds and one room for our couple. to top off the room preparation, they even had a small meal of bread and jam, with a cameo appearance of cockroaches. would it be india without the creatures? it was a good night. smooth traveling. we were even 26 kilos under our weight allowance and we packed more gloves than any school previous.

this morning we encouraged sleeping in and mosey-ing around. i took the girls to exchange money and showed them where to buy the essentials: a bucket for showering and hide and seek chocolate chip biscuits.

i am surprised by the few faces already that i have run into that remember me. i wish i could remember their names...wait, did i ever know their names? probably laxmi.

tonight we will enter the masses of punjabi possibilities while shopping together as a mob of light faces.

this morning i read through ephe*sians. good book.

bless you guys.

onward we move.

bas saw $148,000 AUD provided in order to be trained, serve and take the good news to the nations...here we are laying over in dubai just a couple hours from our destination.

i sat next to some sweaty architectural animators on the flight from perth. sitting here reflecting on the conversation i am reminded again of how much i censor talking about jes*us. its ridiculous. i used the excuse of being tired and before i knew it i dozed off and was asleep. when i was getting off the plane i realized that i missed my moment, again.

from here on out, i have got to change this.

a couple of the girls are playing dutch blitz. they are drawing the indian crowds already, and we aren't even in india. time to grow accustomed to the unexplained stares.

here's to the first of many from outreach.

bless you.

india, here i come...

ready or not. our team is on its way. and i can't wait.
so much need in india...G*d's kingdom is yearning to come and I am a bringer of it.

from week 1 to week 10

oh blog how i have neglected thee.

life as a school leader has brought my capacity of carrying responsibilities to new levels...
yet i see myself neglecting other areas...i don't blog as regularly...i am slower to respond to email...i sleep less.
i feel so grateful to be entrusted with what God has given me-the opportunity to disciple in inter*cession, worship, finances, Fear of the L*ord...

in three weeks i will be taking off for india. hard to believe right now. there is still so much more to happen before that time! one thing being: our school needs $30,000, more teaching to be taught, more evang*elism to be done...

getting huge revelations on the need to speak more about Je*sus. HE IS THE ANSWER for all the horrible happenings in the news: famine, war, disaster...HE IS THE ANSWER.
I HAVE THE ANSWER.
goal: open my mouth. people want to hear about je*sus.