I just got word that my Grandpa passed away. Sorry this is the first blog I post in India…. but I feel like I need to process through my thoughts and emotions and after talking with sisters and family…. I need to just vent. Tonight I found out that my Grandpa passed away. I am still in shock. aside from the crying… I seem to be laughing a lot. My wires are crossed and all of the pain and frustration and sad feelings are coming out as laughter. On one hand I am thankful that he is in Heaven really enjoying life-  dancing around, boogying with God. What a sight that...

Have you ever had those moments where you expect one thing but got a different result? Well that is how India is; all the time. I am now at the point that I expect it. Even an hour ago we faced such a situation. But the moment that I want to mention is one that took place last night.            Many nights throughout the week we go in the van with Pastor K and have believer’s meetings. We thought last night was just another meeting like that. It was around the same time that we normally go, and it was the same setting as...

If you would have told me a year ago that in a year I would be in India. wearing a man skirt, writing a blog I would’ve laughed at you. But as of now this feels like what I’ve always done, airing out my thighs on a hot Indian day. The other day I was reminded of a word that God gave me in 2002, I was 11. I was getting prayed for at a summer camp and i saw a planing flying through the clouds and it had missionaries on it. I started to cry cause i thought this was God telling me that i was going to be a pilot and fly missionaries around the world. So I tried for years to get a...

spiritual oppression takes many different faces… …on one side, many different gods will not risk anything to save you from repeating the same mundane existence in a cycle of physical and spiritual poverty. …on the other side, the view of the God is based solely on fear and He cares more about eternal flames than relationships. Hinduism and Christianity have brought about mindset of fear and more importantly, shame. Shame is a spirit that locks people in a prison of torment and binds them so they cannot grasp their full potential. Due to Christianity’s inclination...

I wrote this blog about 2 Saturdays ago I think, but am just now getting a chance to post.   This blog is a bit different than probably most others that I’ll write. Then again, maybe not – perhaps things I witness will tug at my heartstrings more than something I actively experience.   Friday we had been eating lunch when Teresa called us, asking if we could come back to help shuttle and watch 40 kids from V-Colony (Victory House) that needed to go to the hospital to get shots. So we got there around 2:30 and helped out until about 8.   On our 2nd haul, I was sitting...

It’s been 3 weeks. Well technically a month since I left. Wow! Every week goes by so fast. The days seem very long because we have a busy schedule, but Saturday seems to come around so fast! It’s crazy. Overall I’m enjoying myself. I’m loving living with my team. We fit so well together and I can’t thank God enough for that. The ministries are good, I enjoy going to the orphanages. In the evenings we usually do village outreach, which is pretty much a church service. They sing there songs then on of us speak for 10 or so minutes and it’s translated. The...