June 6th

Before we get to the village visits, I want to mention the first thing God told me on the trip. I was reading a book my wife had gotten for me to read on. He spoke very clearly through this book on the flight from Delhi to Ranchi. It was the second book in the series and it has been over a year since I read the first one. I guess somehow God in his sovereignty decided I needed to wait to read this now. The book is When Heaven Weeps by Ted Dekker. The story picks up with a minor character from the first book. He wrote about the experiences from the first book. He has become quite famous in the Christian community and is about to get married. He is challenged by a friend about how well he does he truly understand love. Through the rest of the book, God's love for another is given to him and it sweeps him off his feet. What God began to show me through this just how passionate Jesus is for us. Once we grasp how that love, we can't help but share with others, no matter where or when. As we began to drive to the hotel, God began tell me how much he loved everyone we passed.
On Monday, we began with breakfast at the restaurant and we I ate with Andrew, our contact on the ground. We talked me doing to development work to help them capture and report on data from the villages. We went to the first two villages and were greeted extravagantly by the people in the villages. Despite the heat, I was able to dance with them. We were also given the opportunity to pray over multiple people with illnesses that could be treated easily over here. By the end of the day, my body began to be drained by the heat I had a migraine all the way back to the hotel. My prayer is that God will heal me of this tonight and give me the strength to do everything I need to the rest of the week.