http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/India-Adventure/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from India Adventure en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:14:20 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:14:20 +0000 WellWe have returned from Kuala Lumpur where we had a relaxing 6 days before coming back to India for the last 2 days of our trip. We canrsquot quite believe that wersquove come to this point. It has been quite a journey. We have seen God work in truly miraculous and incredibly humbling ways. As always with trips like these you come to be a blessing but end up being blessed far more.We ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-420301.html Hi to all Just a quick update for those who are interested. We left Singapore on Saturday morning on a luxury coach. The seats were like those in the first class section of a plane. Five hours later we arrived for an overnight stay in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and then we flew to a small island off the east coast of Malaysia called Lang Kawi.It was actually raining the first day we arrived but w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/blog-419085.html Hi everyoneWell our work in India finally came to an end and we are currently on official holidays now. We are in Singapore at the minute and when we leave on Saturday we are going to Malaysia for 10 days. Our journey to Singapore was an interesting one as we found out at the airport in India that our plane was just about to take off as soon as we arrived at the airport the time of the flight ha http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-416852.html Hi again everyoneWell we Bronagh Pastor Kumar and myself have returned from North India and we had a fantastic experience. We flew to Calcutta now called Kolkata on Saturday morning 2 hour flight and spent a few hours around the city. The poverty was very obvious even compared to where we are in South India. With 1 million people living on the filthy dirty streets there was a general feeli http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-414151.html Hi FolksStephen here the course is finally over and we have had the experience of a lifetime. This week has been very eventful as we have been leading up to the graduation. Wednesday was our final studying day in class and on Thursday we had a rehearsal for the Graduation. After the rehearsal we then showed a 10 minute presentation of photos etc that we had taken during the time of the course. W http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-412580.html Hi to all We have quite a bit of news to tell you all about. We really are very humbled by Godrsquos faithfulnesshellip.The new church that we have been telling you about was opened last Saturday. The New Zealand team who are now away back home again were instrumental it getting the church started. They spent the previous two weeks door knocking in that community and had laid the foundatio http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-409740.html Hi everyone Friday night update We have two weeks of the course left now and all assignments are complete. Woo hoo Had memory verse test yesterday and sermons being handed in next week so we can now relax. Harvest runs an orphanage for tsunami orphans next door to the house we are in. On Monday evenings I am doing some craft things with them. We did the good old black paint and fairy liq http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-407855.html Just a quick update Yesterday we had a day off and took the scooter to Mahaburalebrum Irsquove no idea how to spell that which is about 40Km away. Itrsquos outside the city and we travelled along the coast for an hour or two. It was great to have our own time and space we just toddled about on the bike got a subway then hit our favourite ice cream shop Kool Cats. Not quite Ben http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-406859.html Hi FolksStephen here I thought it was time for another update. It is hard to believe that today we completed week 7 of out our 10 week course Time is going so quickly and we donrsquot want this experience to end. We are surrounded with great friends in our class although just like home there are a few EGR peoplehellip.Extra Grace Required There have been a few student leave the class ov http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-405809.html Hi folks itrsquos Sunday afternoon and I canrsquot face any work today. Stephen is snoring away so I thought I would update you all use my time constructively and all that.We are almost there and to be honest we canrsquot quite believe where the time has flown. We are so grateful that we have had the opportunity to experience all of this. It has truly been a blessing. What has struc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-403827.html Hi everyone It is half ten at night and it's 31C Friday is due to be 38C. So so hot. We are down to our last 4 weeks of the course canrsquot quite believe it We both have completed 12 sermons only three to go woo hoo Stephen used one of his to lead the devotions and did very well. One Irsquom working on at the minute is based on David and his dependency on God and Irsquom going http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-402346.html Hi everyoneJust a little update We have had a hectic week so far we only had Sunday off over the weekend and it will be the same this weekend. However we are here to experience as much as we can so we are glad we are busy.On Sunday evening after church we went to the beach for bbq fish. It was lovely to sit in the company of friends and feel fire in you mouth They didnrsquot put as ma http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-400522.html Hi everyoneSorry we are only getting round to updating the blog now we meant to update it sooner. We have had a really great week in class we were studying an overview of the old and new testament on Monday Thursday then on Friday we were learning about Christian meditation meditating on the bible. It was really really good and on Saturday the lecturer a lovely wee Indian man who called B http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-399596.html This week we have been given a crash course into how to study the bible in depth. Thursday and Friday will be how to present a message well. We have really enjoyed it this week. It reminds me Bronagh of the kind of in depth study I did at University for English Literature. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this. Hopefully as a result of these past few days we can add a bit more depth to ou http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-396742.html Hi folksEverything is going really well for us here in India we have settled into the bible college really well and we have met some really lovely people. Its great getting to know other Christians from a completely different culture. Here is an idea of our daily routine. Alarm goes off at 630am we leave for class at 720am in an air conditioned praise the lord jeep. We arrive at the school http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-395176.html Yesterday was our first day at the bible course and we really enjoyed it. The room is air conditioned which is great and they also have numerous fans on the ceiling so there is no problem with us over heating. We basically got an overview or what all the course entails and we are looking forward to the excitement of it. As well as the various subjects that we will be covering we have numerous assi http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-392697.html This morning at Little Hearts was very interesting to say the least. Iyyappan held a wedding reception for us with all the children and staff at the orphanage. First of all we were dressed up in traditional Indian wedding garments Bronagh was wearing a sari and I was dressed in a lsquododirsquo which is basically like a wrap around skirt We were then driven to the orphanage and brought up http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-391774.html Hi everyoneAfter having a few relaxing days in London we set off for India on Sunday 12th and arrived in south east India at 315am. It was 26 degrees when we were getting off the plane in the middle of the night which didnrsquot encourage us for what it was going to be like in the middle of the day. We were collected at the airport by Iyyappan pronounced eyeapan and Rita the founders and d http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-391642.html Hi everyone it has been an eventful few days for us as we were married on Friday past and we had an absolutely fantastic day we loved every minute of it Thought you may be interested in seeing a few photos of the wedding. We are heading off to London tomorrow and then on to India on Sunday. I just thought I would give you an update as Irsquom not sure if I will be able to update in London. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/blog-388511.html We are currently getting nervously excited about travelling to India. As this is a missions trip we will have to be careful about the information that we display because of the persecution that is going on at the minute so names of places and people may be changed during this blog to protect ourselves and the people we are working with. Please follow us on this trip we will really value your inte http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/blog-378840.html