Support Update: In recent days, I have
received $250 in support (Thank You!). I still need $3950 to finish
the Race, and I am in desperate need of $1250 by April 1st to continue
on after that date. If you are choosing to mail a check, please just
send me an e-mail via button to the left, letting me know. Thank you!
received $250 in support (Thank You!). I still need $3950 to finish
the Race, and I am in desperate need of $1250 by April 1st to continue
on after that date. If you are choosing to mail a check, please just
send me an e-mail via button to the left, letting me know. Thank you!
Our arrival into Bangalore, India was a little fuzzy for me. We arrived here at 3:30pm on Saturday. But I had been up since 6:45am on Friday. The route from Nairobi involved three planes and four airports (including a stop in the itty bitty nation of Qatar). It was a great adventure!
On the lovely airplane
In the van on the way to Grace Mansion! 29 hours of travel and we can still smile!
Team Banah is working with a well-established global missions
group (read between the lines there), and we are staying at their
Bangalore location. The building is barely a year old, so we have
plenty of American comforts here. It is a very welcome respite from
some rougher living conditions in Africa. Our home is called Grace
Mansion, and it is amazing. Our favorite part of the building is the
roof. We are up there every morning for prayer, and it is our very
frequent hangout spot.
group (read between the lines there), and we are staying at their
Bangalore location. The building is barely a year old, so we have
plenty of American comforts here. It is a very welcome respite from
some rougher living conditions in Africa. Our home is called Grace
Mansion, and it is amazing. Our favorite part of the building is the
roof. We are up there every morning for prayer, and it is our very
frequent hangout spot.
Ian, one of the boys we are ‘borrowing’ from Team Fuse for the month
Our view of Bangalore!
Smog does fun things to the setting sun!
Our ministry this month is a little scattered, in part due to the fact
that India is technically a closed country, but is far less strict than
China. Our primary ministry is working with some university cell groups, which is going quite well.
I know I have mentioned some facts about India, but here are a few more:
*India is 85% Hindu
*The whole country is 5% Christian and ‘Other’
*My team is in the ‘state’ of Karnataka, which is 1% Christian and ‘Other’
*Bangalore is the Silicon Valley of India, with companies like Garmin, Google, and Dell
*Bangalore is also the Bible Belt of India, with Christians in the city making up 26% of the population here.
*Bangalore is a city of approximately 8,000,000 people.
*Bangalore is called the Garden City of India because of greenery that abounds. Sidenote: there is a lot of vegetation, for a city, but we just came from East Africa…
