Thu, 10 Nov 2005
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DAY SEVEN
Late start again (Clare remembered half way
down the road that she had left her bag at the
hotel), but a gloriously sunny day to
welcome us outside. Today we travelled south again
to project 554, which is a project in partnership
with the Indian Pentecostal Church (IPC). There
were approximately 256 sponsored children at the
project ranging in age from 4 to 18 years. We
received a fantastic welcome again with sponsored
children lining the street leading to the project
waving flags. Once inside the building we were
greeted by the sound of the Star Wars theme music
being played by a sponsored child on the keyboard
(very surreal). The children sang, danced and gave
testimony followed by the advocates being taught
another Indian dance. We visited a number of
sponsored children's homes again and heard about
the difficulties that the families were
experiencing. When we returned to the project, we
were privileged to be a part of a presentation to
sponsored children of birthday and special gifts.
The families who were affected by the recent
floods were also presented with food supplies by
the advocates team. The journey home was very
eventful; we sat in a traffic jam behind an ox and
cart for a couple of hours, our driver then
decided to get off the coach and relieve himself
at the side of the road. Following this, Pete
dcided that he would have to stop the coach again
before he burst. This led to us all being guided
to the home of a local pastor to use their
facilities (this was surely divine intervention,
as otherwise Pete would not have had any privacy
by the side of the road). Three hours later, we
arrived back at the hotel for a shower and evening
meal. Tomorrow we hit the shops!!!!!!!!!
Posted 11:34
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6 comments
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Hayley & Justin
Hello!Hope you are having a nice time. You are
doing really great- we've seen all the
photos.The children look so happy even though
they are really really poor.Do you really dance
or are you just acting it out on the photos?
Maybe you could start dancing at your church at
home??!!See you next week- Hannah, Joe & Callum x
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Hi Mum 5
Hello Ma, hope all is well. When Asher saw the
photo of Pete asleep with food stained shirt she
remarked 'Uncle Stuart!' The date for completion
is next Friday. Amen. The traffic jam situation
sounds intense, very patience testing. Had the Ox
broken down or was it on a protest strike of some
sort? All the best Rob, Gaynor and kids
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Colin Dancing!!
Hi Colin great to hear and see what your doing
you will have to show us all at Ardmore the
Indian dance.When we saw the photos we thought
you had become the Mayor of Craigavon!!
It's great to see all the kids smiling faces
they look so content and happy.God is truly
blessing through the work of compassion. Will
continue to keep you in our thoughts and
prayers.Look forward to hearing all about the
trip see you soon(dv)Don't get too addicted to
the rice and curry! Love and safe home David and
Heather
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Hi Martin
A massive thanks to Justin for keeping us in
touch daily & thanks too for the wonderful photos
you both keep adding to the site. It is a real
blessing to be able to follow your travels so
closely and to share in it with you all. I can't
wait to see you, have a safe journey home lots of
love xx:-)
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Hi Chris
Good to keep reading the updates and seeing the
pictures.Hope you don't all "hit the shops" too
hard! At least hope its not painful. Trust all
goes well in your remaining hours in India. Glad
there has been no further talk of tummy upsets so
trust prayer is being answered. Safe journeys
back. Lots of love
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LOVELY PICTURES
HI MARY FROM HOME GROUP
HOPE YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY HOME.
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