Blogs from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia - page 12

The second colony Jono and I went to the first day of medical work was the same in the form of leper wounds, but harder emotionally. Jono and I switched spots that afternoon after lunch and I prayed for the patients while he handed the gauze to Jayaseely. Then, she came, a woman with one small wound on the bottom of her foot. But what I didn’t see was how deep it was, all the way to the bone. As I was looking at her beautiful face, she looked at me and I smiled, she smiled a little as well then the smile immediately went away. It was replaced with gnashing of teeth and a very pained expression. I was drawn to her. I went over at that very moment and comforted her by rubbing and ... read more

Hello, The end of our stay in India was fantastic, capped by going to the IPL. After our stay in Kerala, we went to the Periyar Wildlife sanctuary, in Kumily. We were meant to be able to see a lot of wild animals in their natural habitat - but we just saw monkeys again! They didn't attack me this time, but they were attacking each other! We went on a boat around the lake, but didn't see much. We also walked around the forest, by day and by night. It was really peaceful and relaxing. The time in Kumily was finished by watching some magnificent Keralan marshall arts - and they were doing some pretty dangerous stuff. After Kumily we took another horror bus to Trivandrum, another bus driver who was adament on speeding round corners ... read more

Praying is such a powerful thing. Lifting up, giving things to the Lord and surrendering things to him is so amazing, especially when you see the results. Not always will we see things happen right away, but on other occasions, we might. This is exactly what happened to me. A week after being in India, I went to the market and a mall with Kelsie, Stella a staff member at the Chennai base and Gade who was a YWAM International Biblical Counseling (IBC) student staying at the base. It was such a fun day. I had two main things that I wanted to buy, and they were small things, but I still really wanted to get them. One was an Indian looking purse made out of silk type fabric. The other was a silk Saree, which ... read more

There was such a spirit of laughter and joy at Little Lights Children’s Home about a week into outreach. It was afternoon ministry so our whole team went to LLCH. We arrived at the home and waited for the children to return from school. Then we heard their voices. After we heard their voices, we saw their faces, faces that were becoming familiar to us with white-toothed smiles. The children became so excited when they saw our team! They said “Hello” to us very quickly then all scattered to their rooms to get changed out of their school uniforms into play clothes. Daisy, one of the women that works at LLCH came up to me and asked what we were planning on doing with the children that afternoon. “Are you going to just be playing games ... read more

SO in Chenai, after the wedding, there was a significant amount of sleeping to be done! But that didnt mean we COMPLETELY wasted our time here! we got to see a few beautiful temples, go to the best resturant in town, & also Visit the best ice-cream parlour in town, called snofeilds!!(YYYYUUUUUUMMMYY!!) We also took a small daytrip out to MGM Dizzee World! an adventure park that was reccommended by a certain local from The CENTRE@WESTMEAD!!! haha thats right. We went! it was super fun so thanks for the reccommendations Kids ;) although... that weekend, our new friend Sri told us that the reason half of it was closed was because they are trying to shut the place down. so it looked abit dodgy... but apparently someone died on the rollercoaster me & b went on ... read more