India – Oct 8
Blogging from WordPress now on my android phone, so info will be brief. More detail when I get back a keyboard (thank goodness for Swype, anyway!)
Monday afternoon set out by train from Chennai to Nellore. My admiration for Ed & Janice increases tenfold with every passing day – they’re incredible!
Train travel is…interesting. there are many trains going by all the time, and they all seem packed. Big contrast between the trains themselves, which are kind of grimy and squalid, and the people, who are for the most part polite, very friendly, and neatly dressed.
My hotel room in Nellore was very pleasant. Ed says the accommodations can become more rustic you move back into ther areas.
Here are some pictures from the conference itself. I expected to be merely an observer at the conference. To my surprise, they received me with great honor and asked me to serve chair.
Breakfast (French toast our hot curry – hmm, which should I choose?)
At break time on the hotel terrace, looking out over Nellore:
The conference itself is enlightening and edifying. So striking to hear the reports of pastors who courageously preach the gospel in the face of overt religious persecution, some who have had loved ones martyred for the faith.
