Well we're finally home... I can't believe how much God can hook us up, I don't know how or why God chooses to bless us more than we can imagine, and all the time. Is it possible to have too good of a God? If it is, we have one.
On the way there, we were able to see Germany. Yet, on the way home, we got to stop in Paris and London ~ and still get home 2 hours earlier than scheduled. I could never complain about seeing part of another country, even if it is just the airport.

Anyways, about India... This is where the true blessings lie because they are the ones that are eternal blessings and consist of things in the spiritual realm. As everyone knows, I love kids. It was so awesome to be able to pray for little 3 year olds and know that God is going to have His hand on their lives and protect them as they grow into men and women. It was also incredible to worship in a different language... as I think of it, I am reminded of a chorus line "Ye Ye Yishu"... All I learned of Hindi is that Yishu is Jesus, and I had no idea what I was singing. Yet, I truly enjoyed worshipping more in the Hindi and Napali languages than in English. There is just something that makes it more special and intimate with my God. This was a huge shocker for me, because that was one of my biggest trials that I endured when I was in Romania.

God has been calling me more to intercessory prayer lately... now the struggle is when I'm actually obedient. Yet, He continues to remind me and put it in my heart. In India, there was definitely an opportunity for it. Many times, people were able to ask for prayer, and then we were able to go and pray for them. Some people didn't speak English, even if they could understand it. It made it difficult because I wasn't always sure what they wanted prayer for, but I just prayed for them anyways. There are times that I just couldn't help but wonder "am I praying the right things?"...yet I can just trust that God had me pray for the right things... It's hard to explain, but there's still something that's beautiful about the whole process. It is truly an honor to be able to pray for people like that.

There are so many things that I can share, sometimes I can't think of them all. I will continue to post more of different topics as I think of them. During our trip, we met up with several people, some from Phoenix, LA, Atlanta, South Carolina... , and of course all of the others from India, Nepal, and SriLanka. One of the people that we got close to was Kent from Atlanta. During our stay there, we got him into blogging and showed him the need of it. As we shared many of the same memories, I encourage you to check out his blog, as it has all been about our trip so far. His blog has been added to my list or you can follow this link: www.bitsofoz.blogspot.com. One great 30 second memory is when we were walking down the streets of Dehli and noticed a dead rat in the middle of the road. Right after we noticed it, Kent said, "So, where is the dog to come and eat it?"... Right after he said that, the dog walked right by. It is truly overwhelming the amount and kinds of animals that rule the streets over there. I saw cows, monkeys, dogs, rats, water buffalos, and elephants... Yeah, being the animal-hater I am, that was way too many... Oh, how could I forget the bear that you can take your picture with or the snakes that the Snake Charmers have?....It's definiltey a culture of that is unique and unlike any other in this world.

As I mentioned above, I am starting to pursue intercessory prayer in a greater degree. Please e-mail me if you have any specific requests that aren't so obvious...There are some of you that are engaged and others that are having babies, so those are a little known...but feel free to e-mail my hotmail account or my work account for any prayer requests you may have.