Hello from Nagpur, India
Hey guys,
It’s Sunday night here. It has been an amazing day, too amazing to describe. I haven’t even processed it all myself.
My trip to Nagpur was fine except I had to leave the hotel at 4:30am to catch the flight. That was really early at this point in the trip.
Loren and a local pastor picked me up at the airport. I was greeted with garlands and a bouquet of flowers...not too uncommon in India. Then, when we got to the school, all 112 students were lining the driveway waiting on me (this part is uncommon). At the entrance to the school, I had to walk down about 20 feet of red carpet as flower petals were thrown over me. Then I was given more garlands and the students shouted out a welcome to me. I will never forget it. I was really embarrassed but really honored. I can’t imagine something like that in the States.
I attended worship with the students and it was one of the neatest things I’ve ever seen. Fortunately, I was able to video tape it. The enthusiasm and energy was amazing. I enjoyed it so much and knew I had made the right decision to come here.
After worship at the school, we visited a local church and then went to two different home churches. This was awesome! I’ll tell you more about it later.
Here’s my schedule for the rest of the week:
Monday: Attend each of the classes and spend time with the computer instructor to determine needs of the new classroom and the networking needs of the new building.
Tuesday: Visit villages for photos. I’m really excited about this – we’re taking motorcycles so we can go places that don’t have good roads.
Wednesday: Visit girls orphanage where future female students will come from to get photos for webpage.
Thursday: Still up in the air...
Talk to you soon!
Jason
It’s Sunday night here. It has been an amazing day, too amazing to describe. I haven’t even processed it all myself.
My trip to Nagpur was fine except I had to leave the hotel at 4:30am to catch the flight. That was really early at this point in the trip.
Loren and a local pastor picked me up at the airport. I was greeted with garlands and a bouquet of flowers...not too uncommon in India. Then, when we got to the school, all 112 students were lining the driveway waiting on me (this part is uncommon). At the entrance to the school, I had to walk down about 20 feet of red carpet as flower petals were thrown over me. Then I was given more garlands and the students shouted out a welcome to me. I will never forget it. I was really embarrassed but really honored. I can’t imagine something like that in the States.
I attended worship with the students and it was one of the neatest things I’ve ever seen. Fortunately, I was able to video tape it. The enthusiasm and energy was amazing. I enjoyed it so much and knew I had made the right decision to come here.
After worship at the school, we visited a local church and then went to two different home churches. This was awesome! I’ll tell you more about it later.
Here’s my schedule for the rest of the week:
Monday: Attend each of the classes and spend time with the computer instructor to determine needs of the new classroom and the networking needs of the new building.
Tuesday: Visit villages for photos. I’m really excited about this – we’re taking motorcycles so we can go places that don’t have good roads.
Wednesday: Visit girls orphanage where future female students will come from to get photos for webpage.
Thursday: Still up in the air...
Talk to you soon!
Jason
posted by atlantaclimber at 11:09 AM
1 Comments:
Wow,(again) what a welcome! Can't wait to see footage of worship and hear about the other church meetings. Had lunch with Gina today at Sweet Tomatoes and we plan to attend NPCC Night of Worship together (all 4 of us) the night we return from Africa (to keep us awake until the appropriate time to sleep). Will continue to pray for the next week for you. Deitra
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