Pastor's Blog

This e-mail came yesterday, 5/31:

Pastor,

Greetings from our final abode in India. We flew in this morning from Kotchi and was met by almost unbearable heat and what seemed like half of India’s 1.2 billion people all driving at the same time.

There are so many more motorbikes and cars than I remember from my last visit. Alex says the common man in India has discovered “credit” and now almost anyone can get at least a motorbike and many a small car whereas until about five years ago you had to pay full price cash for any vehicle.

Wednesday night I shared at a church service held in Alex’s family home. About 70 people attended. There were rugs and mats placed down on the floor and everyone say down. The electricity went out just as I began but it does that here very regularly….anytime …. anyplace. be prepared for it to go dark. The people never miss a beat, they just go right on doing whatever until it comes back on so as I was sharing they just broke out the candles and flashlight and we kept right on. Afterword everyone was fed. As people finished eating the mats were taken up and once everyone had finished and left Alex’s family gathered around the table for their meal. It was a a very special evening for Gloria and I.

Sunday I will be speaking at the PTL Center church here in Delhi. Alex predicts there will be about 200-300 in attendance.

We may make it a tourist day Monday with a trip to Agra to see the Taj Mahal but that is not set yet. Wednesday the 5th we will start our journey back and arrive in DC on the 6th.

Thank you all for your continuous support and prayers for Gloria and I and for the Saints in India.

Jerry and Gloria.