Today Elena went for an early morning walk with Jaya, Paul's wife. She is a precious friend. I wish I had taken my camera along. The sights and sounds of Bangalore are like nothing I ever experienced walking in the USA. We walked on the sides of streets that were buzzing with traffic which included honking cars, buses, auto rickshaws, trucks, motorcycles, bycicles, carts being pushed by oxen, wild dogs and sacred cows. People here weave in and out of a traffic pattern that does not seem to have any rules. I spent much of the walk looking down to make sure I did not step in anything nasty.
Jaya and I turned into a park area and walked around a lake. It was a welcomed change from the hustle and bustle of the city streets. On the way back, we stopped at Rabbana Fish Stall. Jaya was buying some fish for dinner. I was amazed at the large variety of fish that was laid out in bins. No ice or refrigeration. Flies. . .yes.
Sal has been asked to preach this Sunday at Quiet Corner. He is working now on an additional message for that. I spent the last few hours down at Quiet Corner headquarters teaching a photoshop class.
Tomorrow we pack up and leave for the jungle campsite. Monday begins the Standing In The Gap Prayer Summit. I am told about 100 will be attending. I hope to have a wi-fi connection at Quiet Corner, however, it is only 2G. So if you don't see any blogging for a while, you know why.
Pray for us to be a blessing at the prayer summit. Pray for Tom and Bev who will be leaving next Tuesday and will join us on Friday. Thanks for taking the time to read this and to pray.
Jaya and I turned into a park area and walked around a lake. It was a welcomed change from the hustle and bustle of the city streets. On the way back, we stopped at Rabbana Fish Stall. Jaya was buying some fish for dinner. I was amazed at the large variety of fish that was laid out in bins. No ice or refrigeration. Flies. . .yes.
Sal has been asked to preach this Sunday at Quiet Corner. He is working now on an additional message for that. I spent the last few hours down at Quiet Corner headquarters teaching a photoshop class.
Tomorrow we pack up and leave for the jungle campsite. Monday begins the Standing In The Gap Prayer Summit. I am told about 100 will be attending. I hope to have a wi-fi connection at Quiet Corner, however, it is only 2G. So if you don't see any blogging for a while, you know why.
Pray for us to be a blessing at the prayer summit. Pray for Tom and Bev who will be leaving next Tuesday and will join us on Friday. Thanks for taking the time to read this and to pray.
I finally figured out how to post on this site. It wasn't easy, I'm not very computer savy. I was praying you had a safe trip and I see you did, I'm glad. I'll be keeping up with you both. All my love, Gen
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I really enjoyed your Friday blog, and the observations you made as you walked along....well, at least when you weren't "looking down". Hard for me to reconcile the "madness of the streets" with a photoshop class!!
ReplyDeleteOur Shannon (Dave's wife) has been diagnosed at Mayo Clinic with CIDP, a rare auto-immune disease where the immune system attacks nerve sheaths and wrecks communication with muscles...thus great weakness and instability...even the act of swallowing is affected! She has a CaringBridge site:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/shannonburns
in case you have time...but please pray! She's had 2 IVIG (blood product)treatments...too early to know if or how they will help. Dave is home till mid-Feb so that helps.
Hope you do well in the JUNGLE! Love, Sandy