We spent the day today visiting various village churches a couple of hours from Kakinada. I was a very nice day except it has rained all day. The rivers are full and the streets and roads don't drain well so there is a lot of water standing everywhere. There is a large river which starts in North central India which provides the irrigation and water for this whole end of the country. A British engineer devised a way and built 12 channels to divert the water all over instead of just one river. Each of those channels make our Mississippi look small. This is about the third day it has rained since we got here. It does not seem to deter any activity, the people just keep going---wet. Just when I think I have seen everything, something new comes up. Today we stopped to observe a group of men roasting a hog burning palm leaves right along side the road. I guess if you dug a pit to cook it it would fill with water!
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| The view out our hotel window |
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| Preacher and Son |
I met one preacher today who has been preaching the gospel in his village since 1981. The Blue River church in Kansas City built their building for them in 2004 and they have about 100 members. He lost his wife since the last time we were here and has had some serious health problems but is some better. His family has 4 generations living in that village and his son preaches as well. They have lot's of young people who are being well grounded in the Faith. I preached at another congregation composed mostly of women who have converted from...........You will know who I mean and they are faithful in spite of personal danger. Their families don't like it but they worship and work anyway. They have a good group with a good preacher and men who lead. We go to villages again tomorrow.
I met one preacher today who has been preaching the gospel in his village since 1981. The Blue River church in Kansas City built their building for them in 2004 and they have about 100 members. He lost his wife since the last time we were here and has had some serious health problems but is some better. His family has 4 generations living in that village and his son preaches as well. They have lot's of young people who are being well grounded in the Faith. I preached at another congregation composed mostly of women who have converted from...........You will know who I mean and they are faithful in spite of personal danger. Their families don't like it but they worship and work anyway. They have a good group with a good preacher and men who lead. We go to villages again tomorrow.
