Monday, January 28, 2013

Sunday afternoon fun...

In addition to going to several churches on Sunday, we had the opportunity to "hang out" and do whatever for a few hours; here's what everyone chose to do...

some of us read with the children...









some of us played with the children...



some of us prepared tea and chapatis for the rest of us...



and some of us got the kids all "sugared up"!!!!

yum, yum...Aunt Kathleen's Caramel Corn! 

It was wonderful to have this time to spend with the orphans and Novahu and Manjula's family!

Stay tuned for more...just can't say when I'll get around to it though.

Namaste'
~Jenny



Remember the Sabbath...

Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
I believe we covered that today as we visited 3 house churches, each for worship
and then a vacant sight where the hope is to build a new church.
Right now I'd personally like to focus more on the part about on the seventh day He rested!
I am feeling very tired at the moment and wishing I wasn't as there is so much to share, but the fact is I'm pooped so I'm simply going to highlight the House Churches for now seeing as it is Sunday and hopefully get caught up on the rest tomorrow.

We began our day traveling to a near by village for their morning worship.  The music was absolutely beautiful and the people were all so welcoming!  We too sang and had a chance to share a few words with this congregation.









Following that we headed over to Novahu's church where we had the opportunity to worship with the orphans and the rest of his family.  The children surprised us by singing Oh Come All Ye Faithful in English; they did a beautiful job!!


Once again we sang and offered up a few words to the people gathered... 

as well as laying our hands on them and giving them a blessing.
This is always such a humbling experience for those of us who partake...



The last House Church was a very tiny Palm Fran hut.  When we all crowded in there it reminded me of our living room floor this past Christmas Eve as there were wall to wall people!  If you weren't one of the fortunate ones to get a seat inside, no worries as you could see through the walls...









May the Lord Bless and keep you
 may His face shine upon you
and give you peace.

Namaste'
~Jenny