The countdown has begun in my own mind. Less than two days. 41 hours from now we will leave Lamar. Guess I should get that last minute laundry done and "real" packing started!
Good News Productions just dropped off the battery for the video camera we are taking to David Lall to use in producing Christian video and teaching materials. We will add it to "the stack".
I just checked the extended weather forecasts for both Kulpahar (the Kids' School) and Damoh (David and Sheela Lall's location). It looks like it will be clear and humid in the low 90's for a high and low 70's for a low. I guess with our Missouri summer we should be well-prepared to handle that!
There's a prayer time send-off Thursday at 7:45. Come by the church to pray for and with us. There's a light breakfast at 7AM. Call the church office to RSVP.
Till later --
Jacque
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
I'm new to blogging, so you will have to bear with me while I learn the ropes quickly! We have NO IDEA what to expect as far as communication abilities on this trip, but I thought I'd get a blog set up. That way, if we have access to the internet, I can post fairly quickly what is going . Then you can participate in the trip more fully by praying specifically for what is going on.
The whole trip is beginning to become more real as we finalize plans to leave this Thursday. Thank you for gathering 'round us and praying for us this morning. Thanks, too, for signing up and praying for us during the 24 hours of travel this Thursday and Friday! If anyone has seen me after being up for more than 24 hours, you will know that both Rob and Mike will need your prayers! :-)
We (Rob and Tammy -- Mike and me) met tonight for supper to talk and plan for the trip. We were joined by Jerry Stukey and his wife, Kathy, from the Christian Church in Bella Vista Arkansas. Jerry is the chairman of the mission ministry there and will be joining us on the trip. He will spend the whole trip with the David Lall family, while we will split our time between the Lalls and Kulpahar Kids' Home. It was good to get to meet the two of them.
We had our living room full of the "stuff" we are taking to the two places. Mike had put it in two piles, one for Damoh and one for Kulpahar. We split up the stuff and will be toting it in our suitcases. Each mission has requested we bring specific things over. The Lalls have asked we bring a suitcase they had to leave here this summer, plus some technical things. Kulpahar has asked for dry erase boards for students and some supplies for the school library. Then, we also are packing several types of American candy to share with the kids, gifts our FCC children made in VBS for the Kulpahar Kids, and other gifts for the students. Time will tell if we can get everything packed and crammed into our luggage.
We plan to leave Thursday morning. We will leave from Springfield around 11 AM and fly to Chicago. From there it will be about a 16 hour flight to Delhi. From Delhi, David Lall will have someone meet us, and we will go by train to Kulpahar. He has arranged for us to have a sleeper car as we will travel all night long via train, getting into Kulpahar at 4:30 AM. Linda, one of the missionaries from there, will meet us at the train station. We will spend several days there, then go by car to Damoh where we will spend several days with the Lalls and see many aspects of their mission work. They do so many different things it will be hard to see everything, I'm sure.
Then, back on the train toward Delhi. Agra is right on the way, so we will take a break and stop there since Agra is the home of the Taj Majal. After seeing that, we will head back to Delhi. Tentative plans will give us some time in Delhi to see that town, after which we will board a plane about midnight for a flight back to the USA. One keyword for us all through this will be the one we learned on the very first mission trip FCC took about 20 years ago --- FLEXIBILITY. None of our plans are etched in stone, and we must be flexible as to the needs of our hosts and hostesses and be open to what plans God has for us.
Anyway, if you have any interest in what is going on with the trip, try to stop back in at this site. I will update it as much as is possible without causing a problem for our hosts. If nothing gets posted, you'll know we just weren't anywhere with a very good internet connection.
Keep praying. Pray God will open our hearts and minds and eyes to see what He wants us to see. Pray for our memories so we can etch it in our minds and be able to share the experiences with you. Pray we see where God wants us to use the Change-ing India gifts.
Talk to you later!
Jacque
The whole trip is beginning to become more real as we finalize plans to leave this Thursday. Thank you for gathering 'round us and praying for us this morning. Thanks, too, for signing up and praying for us during the 24 hours of travel this Thursday and Friday! If anyone has seen me after being up for more than 24 hours, you will know that both Rob and Mike will need your prayers! :-)
We (Rob and Tammy -- Mike and me) met tonight for supper to talk and plan for the trip. We were joined by Jerry Stukey and his wife, Kathy, from the Christian Church in Bella Vista Arkansas. Jerry is the chairman of the mission ministry there and will be joining us on the trip. He will spend the whole trip with the David Lall family, while we will split our time between the Lalls and Kulpahar Kids' Home. It was good to get to meet the two of them.
We had our living room full of the "stuff" we are taking to the two places. Mike had put it in two piles, one for Damoh and one for Kulpahar. We split up the stuff and will be toting it in our suitcases. Each mission has requested we bring specific things over. The Lalls have asked we bring a suitcase they had to leave here this summer, plus some technical things. Kulpahar has asked for dry erase boards for students and some supplies for the school library. Then, we also are packing several types of American candy to share with the kids, gifts our FCC children made in VBS for the Kulpahar Kids, and other gifts for the students. Time will tell if we can get everything packed and crammed into our luggage.
We plan to leave Thursday morning. We will leave from Springfield around 11 AM and fly to Chicago. From there it will be about a 16 hour flight to Delhi. From Delhi, David Lall will have someone meet us, and we will go by train to Kulpahar. He has arranged for us to have a sleeper car as we will travel all night long via train, getting into Kulpahar at 4:30 AM. Linda, one of the missionaries from there, will meet us at the train station. We will spend several days there, then go by car to Damoh where we will spend several days with the Lalls and see many aspects of their mission work. They do so many different things it will be hard to see everything, I'm sure.
Then, back on the train toward Delhi. Agra is right on the way, so we will take a break and stop there since Agra is the home of the Taj Majal. After seeing that, we will head back to Delhi. Tentative plans will give us some time in Delhi to see that town, after which we will board a plane about midnight for a flight back to the USA. One keyword for us all through this will be the one we learned on the very first mission trip FCC took about 20 years ago --- FLEXIBILITY. None of our plans are etched in stone, and we must be flexible as to the needs of our hosts and hostesses and be open to what plans God has for us.
Anyway, if you have any interest in what is going on with the trip, try to stop back in at this site. I will update it as much as is possible without causing a problem for our hosts. If nothing gets posted, you'll know we just weren't anywhere with a very good internet connection.
Keep praying. Pray God will open our hearts and minds and eyes to see what He wants us to see. Pray for our memories so we can etch it in our minds and be able to share the experiences with you. Pray we see where God wants us to use the Change-ing India gifts.
Talk to you later!
Jacque
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