June 10th

Today is the big day. The one I had been preparing for over a month. The GEL church in India has been a vital partner with the Neverthirst Adopt a Village program. They have been providing resources to train the women in the village. They allowed us to take a large part in a conference of these workers on disciple-making. As I shared with some people before I left, there was nothing I could do to teach these people. They are already in the field evangelizing in the villages. All I could do was to encourage with God's word on sharing the gospel. My inadequacy and God's sufficiency was made even more evident as we arrived on the ground and visited the villages. I was made even made more aware after the conference. We each taught our lesson 4 different times to over 100 people. When I went to bed Thursday night, my stomach was beginning to rumble. I attributed to nerves, took a little medicine and went to bed. When I woke up Friday morning, my stomach was in full-blown meltdown. I started downing Immodium and some presciption medication. I was not the only person affected. One of our team stayed home and our team leader who was also teaching had been up all night. We prayed for God's strength to sustain us for the whole day. He did sustain us as we made it through almost 6 hours of teaching through an interpreter. Once done, we all pretty much collapsed and went back to our hotel. God gave us exactly what we needed as long as we needed it.