Jan
31
We’ve been in India for almost 1 month already!
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It is amazing and crazy that we have been in India for almost a month! We’ve been working at Daya Dan and Kalighat for a few weeks and it has been really neat to see how the Lord has been moving there.
In Daya Dan, my (Amy) main [...]
Jan
29
There are so many beggars in this world.
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I have a piece of paper that has a poem my brother Shawn wrote when he was in India last summer. I read it every day. One of the phrases in it says:
“There are so many paupers
With more than just disease.
There are so many beggars in this world.”
As I read it this morning it really [...]
Jan
29
As I have been immersed in the culture of Kolkata for a few weeks now, the Lord has been opening my eyes to more and more that I have taken for granted. As an American Christian, the Lord has blessed me so much. Everything He has given to me, it is all for a purpose, [...]
Jan
23
Thank you for helping me to heaven.
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There is a saying on the wall of the room that patients who pass away are taken into to get wrapped up and then taken out of the home that says, “Thank you for helping me to heaven.” Originally I snickered at the cute comment, yet eventually I began to think of what was actually [...]
Jan
22
There was a death at Daya Dan today…
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There was a death at Daya Dan today. Well not actually Daya Dan, they brought the little girl to Kalighat the night before and she passed away in the morning. The sisters were very sad about it. I went searching, trying to find who it was by who was missing. I couldn’t tell. That made [...]
Jan
18
A shifting view of missions…
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I had a glamorous view of missions, specifically international missions. But it is not glamorous, not one bit. It is dirty, disgusting, smelly, trying, painful, exhausting and hard. But I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else.
Jan
13
Living out each day
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Christ has been impressing on my heart the importance, neh the need to live out each and every day striving to build His Kingdom on Earth. Where ever that is, whomever that is with, and whatever I am doing I need to be consciously and purposefully using the abilities, resources and passions that have been [...]
Jan
10
Our Home in India (Video)
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This is a video of the room at the Salvation Army in Kolkata, India that we will be calling our home for the next 3 months.
Jan
10
What a plethora of emotions!
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What a plethora of emotions! Xenophobia, fear of the unknown, mostly plagues my heart. I am continually asking the Lord to reveal to me His peace so that my fears will subside and I will be able to fully walk out in His love and light. What a dark place we are in. On the [...]
Jan
10
Most dangerous time in India
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I’m convinced the hardest, most exhausting and dangerous point of my time in India has passed – and its nothing that I saw coming. You’d think it would possible be the culture shock – the language, the utter disregard for cleanliness, respect for another human being, and safety, the pollution (I finally realized the reason [...]