A man named John Yang has joined us from Bangalore for a few days (now there are seven) and spoke at the Gospel meeting last night with us.  The meeting was amazing!  We spoke to about 6,000 people and roughly 300 came forward to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  The pastors are so great.  They have follow-up cards for all who come forward and will be working very hard over the next few weeks to meet with all the people and get them plugged into congregations.  We need to be praying for this effort!!

What a dear love I have for these brothers and sisters in India. Monday and Tuesday we visited churches in two teams. Each team visted 3 churches each day. I know now what Dan means when he says God continually broke him on his trip.

Some of the churches were just tarps or thatch roofs. They would put flowers around us at each one to honor us. I know we have been blessed by them much more than they have been by us. Amazing how the Spirit of God unites us.

Wonderful singing in this little small church.

Please keep praying for us.

Even though I won't be able to post this until tomorrow morning, I wanted to write tonight about what just happened at the first Gospel Meeting.When the pastors picked us up from the hotel, it must have been rush hour.  I haven't encountered anything like the driving in Hyderabad.  I couldn't do it justice, so I won't try.  Suffice it to say that it amazes mean that anyone ever gets anywhere alive.

On Saturday morning when we walked out of Hyderabad Airport, we were greated by over 100 Indian brothers and sisters. We were covered with the most beautiful flowers leis, so many that we could not see. These each weigh about six pounds and are of themost beautiful colors and scents. I was overjoyed to tears that would not stop running down my face. These people are so precious... I could go on and on.

Greetings to everyone back home. We have had an unbelievable time so far. The travel took a pretty long time and the layover in New Delhi was quite an experience.

Sunday was the highligt so far. We went with our sponsoring pastors to their churches. I met some of the most beautiful people. Their love for my family and I is humbling. It started of with baptisms. I had the joy of baptizing many of the faithful believers at Adam's church.

Well, here I am in India; we made it! It is a surreal experience traveling half-way around the world to meet some people that you know, but have never seen face-to-face. What a welcome it was! Forty or so pastors including Pastor Yohan and his whole family - Nirmala (wife), Harika (19), Mounika (15). They all covered us with huge wreaths of flowers upon arrival. I will try to upload pics later; only small images work, so I will need to edit the pictures I have taken to fit.

To the men, wives, family and friends of Team India 2008: