It was a beautiful day here today. The monkeys seemed to notice, too, and they played outside the window during church this morning. At the end of the service, the pastor announced to the congregation that I would be leaving this week, then invited me up to lead the closing prayer. It took me a little off guard to be put on the spot like that, but I appreciated it and was grateful to be able to participate in that way.
This afternoon the hospital kicked off its cricket tournament, playing for the Herbertpur Christian Hospital Cup. I sat and watched and tried to make some sense of what was going on. There was a lot of yelling in Hindi, and a lot of laughing and cheering and clapping and pointing and gesturing, and I have no idea what any of it meant. I made some comment about baseball to the Westerners around me, and Goli, the woman from Switzerland, said, "Isn't cricket basically the same thing?" I don't know what kind of look I must have had on my face but before I could even respond she said, "Oh, sorry."
Nikki, the nurse from Washington state, left a couple of days ago. But before she did, she, Katie and I got together and prayed with each other and for each other. We prayed for each other's safety, and we prayed for trust and wisdom and strength. Mostly we thanked God for bringing the 3 of us all here together at the same time. He knew we would be here before we did, and He provided for our every need, even companionship. One of the passages we read in church this morning was Isaiah 58:11... "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." How true that is, and how faithful He is.
This afternoon the hospital kicked off its cricket tournament, playing for the Herbertpur Christian Hospital Cup. I sat and watched and tried to make some sense of what was going on. There was a lot of yelling in Hindi, and a lot of laughing and cheering and clapping and pointing and gesturing, and I have no idea what any of it meant. I made some comment about baseball to the Westerners around me, and Goli, the woman from Switzerland, said, "Isn't cricket basically the same thing?" I don't know what kind of look I must have had on my face but before I could even respond she said, "Oh, sorry."
Nikki, the nurse from Washington state, left a couple of days ago. But before she did, she, Katie and I got together and prayed with each other and for each other. We prayed for each other's safety, and we prayed for trust and wisdom and strength. Mostly we thanked God for bringing the 3 of us all here together at the same time. He knew we would be here before we did, and He provided for our every need, even companionship. One of the passages we read in church this morning was Isaiah 58:11... "The Lord will guide you always; He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." How true that is, and how faithful He is.
0 comments:
Post a Comment