Some thoughts on the trip so far...

My favourite thing about our trip so far has been being able to spend time with the kids. It is very humbling to hear them pray for us when they have so little. We have had our first kids meeting which went very well and we are sitting down to eat at the moment… yum! The language barrier is hard at times and trying not to be disrespectful when you don’t know what is disrespectful is also difficult. Missing everyone heaps,
Lots of Love,
Nicaela

One of my favourite things about the trip is talking to some of the Bible College students and listening to their stories, Some of them have travelled a long way to study without much money and have been rejected by their families for their beliefs. The children are also another great part of the trip! One of the hardest things is trying to eat all the food they give you! I shouldn’t complain though because it tastes fantastic! Missing you all,
Much love,
Kylie

I love India!!!! Teehee. The main thing I have loved seeing is the kids in their prayer time. They praise God with such passion and fervour. They have so little, and for the little they have they are truly thankful to God. They’re all such beautiful kids. What I’m finding hard is communicating with the kids. Many of the children will sing solo in their prayer time, and the hardest thing is not being able to tell them how well they did. Sounds a bit weird. Oh well. I love the food =] … Lunchtime!!!!!!!
Love you all,
Cassie

I love spending time with and getting to know all the kids. It’s good to see them all smiling, singing and shouting God’s praise. I also like the road trips =D
10minutes is about 40minutes over here so it takes a while to travel around – except for lunch. The restaurant is only 5mins away. There’s not many road rules [whoever’s bigger goes first =P] There's not much to complain about over here. . .so yeh, I won’t complain about nothing =P
Adios,
Dave

I like it all…
James

Hi all, India is an amazing place with all the culture, sounds, and sights! And one of the things I love is the passion and commitment the Christians and children in the home have for Jesus. There prayer time and singing is loud and with lots of energy, what they don’t have in instruments they make up with their voices. One of the challenges is the barrier of communication with our accents making it hard for those who do speak English, and then those who don’t its time to do charades… very funny. But we have a great translator most of the time in Ps Samuel, is a real preacher and has great English.
Well, talk soon, keep praying for us in the ministry, health, and travels.
Much love always
Conrad

The great thing about our trip is getting to see and do it all together !! Watching “all” the kids play and sing and do actions is great !! I have to say the Indian kids have more stamina than ours …..Dave shared his testimony last night at the main convention and that was incredible and Kylie and Conrad really blessed the pastors school this morning. The challenging thing is they look after us so well everyone feels too at home and want to stay.
Looking forward to more teams coming and seeing and experiencing all these amazing sights and sounds and making friends with these incredible people.
Cant wait to see you all, I doubt I will have any words left but we will see?!
Lots of love Melinda