Safe Arrival and Meeting Up
The journey was reasonable uneventful. There was a little problem when we left Exeter as a couple of the team members didn't set their alarm properly and were still in bed when we got to the pick up point. I won't say who it was because I wouldn't want to embarrase Mark and Jenny. Anyway...
On Sunday morning we woke up to bright sunshine! The team split two ways. Kevin, Ruth, Ben and Averil went off in a taxi to the village church. We had only found out on Saturday afternoon that we would be splitting up and visiting both churches - where they would like us to give the message. Now I was prepared for doing the sermon at the Dehra Dun Vineyard, but no one was prepared to preach in the village church.
Ruth, however, was a star. With only a few hours notice I asked if she would preach in the village. There was a deep intake of breath followed by a gulp... but she said, "I came here to be stretched out of my comfort zones, so I'll do it!" What a hero!
I wasn't at the village church, so I'll get one of the guys who went there to do an entry soon, but they had a great time by all accounts.
The rest of our team were at the city church. They meet in the banqueting hall of a hotel. There was worship, about half-half in Hindi and English, which was really good and lively. I then spoke with Sunny translating and it seemed to go well.
All the team are in good spirits. It is sunny, we have been eating some really good food and getting to meet interesting people. Everyone in the Dehra Dun Vineyard are really friendly and welcoming. We will be spending more time with them over the next week.
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We arrived in Delhi safely - only to discover some very English weather. It was the same the next day as all day Saturday - in Delhi when we woke up and during the 6 hour train journey up to Dehra Dun - the rain poured down.
On Sunday morning we woke up to bright sunshine! The team split two ways. Kevin, Ruth, Ben and Averil went off in a taxi to the village church. We had only found out on Saturday afternoon that we would be splitting up and visiting both churches - where they would like us to give the message. Now I was prepared for doing the sermon at the Dehra Dun Vineyard, but no one was prepared to preach in the village church.
Ruth, however, was a star. With only a few hours notice I asked if she would preach in the village. There was a deep intake of breath followed by a gulp... but she said, "I came here to be stretched out of my comfort zones, so I'll do it!" What a hero!
I wasn't at the village church, so I'll get one of the guys who went there to do an entry soon, but they had a great time by all accounts.
The rest of our team were at the city church. They meet in the banqueting hall of a hotel. There was worship, about half-half in Hindi and English, which was really good and lively. I then spoke with Sunny translating and it seemed to go well.
All the team are in good spirits. It is sunny, we have been eating some really good food and getting to meet interesting people. Everyone in the Dehra Dun Vineyard are really friendly and welcoming. We will be spending more time with them over the next week.
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