Yavatmal, India

Have to make this quick, because I'm in an internet cafe. This is a short summary of everything I've been doing here in Yavatmal, India.

December 8th. We visited a single village at night. We had a small service, and a few of us shared our testimonies. The true blessing was to have the family pray for us. Three generations of believers in a village is breath-taking. The grandfather, the head, shared his testimony with us. It was so powerful. God has blessed his family so much. Before he came to Christ, he only owned 5 acres of land for farming. Now, after over 15 years of staying faithful to God, he now has over 20 acres, with his own tractor.

December 9th, my group went to four villages. The first one, Krishnapeth, had a newly developed house church. We visited wih the family, took a few pictures (cant post any due to being in an internet cafe), sang some songs, prayed for the daughter who was about to get married, and for the mother's husband that has been an alcoholic for a long time. The second village, Sawaikhad, had a fairly large population of both Christians and Hindus. The head of the village/police is a very devoted Christian. They served us some great Indian food, and we had a short service. The third village, Old Dhamangon, has many believers. We performed a few dramas for the children. The fourth village, Arvi, was a major blessing. It's an outcast village for hunting and eating a lot of meat (You'd have to understand the culture here in India to understand why they're outcasts). It's one of the most unreached people groups in India. There's no affirmative action here, they aren't recognized by the government, and they aren't aloud to go to school or have jobs. We had a massive prayer rally there. The people are so amazing. They remind me of National Geography wild. They had a sort of wild feeling about them. To be honest, they are the most beautiful group of people I've seen in India.

December 10. The fifth village, Chees, is a fairly poor village with not a lot of believers. They have many children. The sixth village, Borgaon, had even more children, and seemed even more poor that Chees. The seventh village, Banayat, was amazing. We sang some songs for the poeple, but the most incredible part was them singing for us. They performed several traditional songs with traditional instruments. I recorded most of it. I will post it on youtube when I get back to Taiwan. Most of the people are Hindi, but there are Christians there making a massive impact. One of the boys, 12 years old, there was heavy possessed by a demon. I didn't get to see him, but the pastor there told me that they were able to set the boy free (from what I understood). He wouldn't wear any clothes, and only ate grass and leaves since birth. Now he wants to wear clothes and is starting to eat normal food.

Today, Decemeber 11. We went to one village, don't have the name of it yet, to teach about 40 new believers a bible overview. Bogi, Vince, Cornelius, and me taught the bible overview in about 1.5 hours. We then performed some songs, and ate an amazing dinner. The people there also sang to us, and it was so beautiful.

This is all I can write right now. I'll post more when I get a break one day. ;-)