I love the Nagalese people. Each time we have visited one of the college students homes we have always been welcomed with warm smiles and even served snacks before we could leave. They are incredibly hospitable and friendly.
Nagaland borders Myanmar and as such the people there look very Asia and not very Indian. There is not a student we have spoken with who hasn’t mentioned that this causes them problems. It was so interesting to hear about how the people of India can feel like outsiders in a different state.
My favorite Naga woman we met was named Seno (said like Leno as in Jay Leno). To arrive at her home we needed to walk down some alleyways. At the very first corner we turned we had to stop abruptly in our tracks. Someone had just flushed their toilet and it was gushing out the end of some PVC 10 feet above us splattering to the ground-hello India!
Anyway, we got to her home and immediately felt comfortable. We talked for only about 10 minutes before she left to fix snacks. She came back with popcorn and told us she wanted to make us lunch. For about a 45 minutes she poked back into the room but was busy cooking. Soon enough she brought out a FEAST! BB-Qed chicken, an asian noodle dish, salad, and naan, and Appys to drink. We sat and ate and chatted with her about school and life and how she strives to serve God in both places for another hour after that. When we were done she then brought out fruit plates for each of us: papaya, apples, pears, pomegranite, and kiwi.
Suddenly the Lord began to speak to Patrice about Seno. She quickly began writing everything down. At the same time, the Lord was telling me that Seno is a woman of peace. When someone knows who the Lord is and who they are in the kingdom, the air around them is actually affected by their peace. They aren’t striving to impress, only to serve.
What the Lord told me about Seno, who lives alone, is that her home is a place of peace. She wants so much to serve the Lord in her classes and future career, but the Lord impressed upon me that she can serve him now with her home. So many people in Delhi do not have peace in their homes, so her ministry there is to invite people into her hospitality ministry by sharing her home. She prays, reads the Word, and fasts in her home and it was so evident that the Holy Spirit resides there.
