I’m sitting on a brown and white chair. On the outside balcony of a house in Hyderabad, India. A house that serves as a worship school to train the new generation of worship leaders for ministry. And my team and I are working here for a month.
That paragraph sounds so simple. But life in this place isn’t simplistic at all.
We’ve been here for 20 days. And I’ve wanted to write a blog about my experience since the beginning. But to be completely honest – I feel ridiculously inadequate in my abilities to capture this place in so small a box as a blog.
So far this month, I’ve preached for the first time ever (and maybe the last lol!). I’ve led worship for the first time. I’ve shared the Gospel in my testimony for the first time. I’ve prayed God’s blessing over families for the first time. I’ve prayed God’s blessing over places for the first time. I’ve experienced freedom to worship Jesus with my body, heart and soul like never before in my life.
God’s presence is so thick and rich here! Maybe that has to do with the fact that the people in this house want more of God. Maybe it’s because my team gets to worship God and seek him and rest in his presence for 4+ hours a day. Maybe it’s because the way people worship Jesus and love Jesus in this house is soul-feeding and life-changing. Maybe I personally will never know why because God’s picture of this place is so much bigger and greater than mine.
Jesus gloriously saved students this month. I know more people have been saved in our community outreaches as well, but I have no idea how many. The numbers mean nothing, though. The only thing that matters is that we are following Jesus and giving him fame.
As of right now, there are about forty men in the house: thirty students, maybe ten staff members. (The school also hosts a worship leader course for women, but it’s held at another time during the year.) Forty men who are sold-out, give-it-all, never-look-back passionate about God. The next generation of spiritual leaders in India. Just imagine our worship times together every day. Indescribable. In those moments, there is literally no place on earth I would rather be.
I don’t know why God chose our team, a team of six women, to serve at a worship school alongside so many men this month. But I am grateful. Because I know I’ll never be the same worshipper again. Because I’ve caught another small glimpse of Jesus and I can never go back.
Check it out! www.covenantworshipschool.com
My support account is now under $1000!!! So amazed, I knew it would happen, but I still can’t believe it has. To those of you who wanted to give all along, but never got around to it, this is your opportunity! J Thank you givers, for listening to God’s voice and making all of this happen! You are all gifts to me.
