I want  to tell how the teaching lesson works using pictures and information from last week.  I had prepared this entry and tried to upload pictures.  The picture files don’t upload to the site.  This was written originally on Wednesday, 17 August 2011. Of course there is driving which is from 1/2 hour to 2 1/2 hours depending on distance . . . read more

It is hard to tell at the start of a day what it will be.  My camera will not work so I will try to explain it in words. The focus at the start of the day was the car; left front tire wearing on the outer edge.  Today is the only day for a week to get it repaired and we are traveling farther out from Chennai each week.  We could not get into a . . . read more

Kumar and I are on the third day of a four day road trip.  I am at the Hotel Bliss in Tirupiti.  I taught at Tiruvallure, Nellore and Renigunta. D Paul did not come along for yesterday and today so I had a different interpreter.  I was hard work for him, but it went well.  On some expressions he asked what I meant.  Sometimes he, I and the . . . read more

Kumar and I drove to Uttokkottai yesterday (two hours out).   There I taught the lesson, Jesus, Master Teacher.   I shortened it a lot to get it finished in 3 hours with a tea break. Pastor D Paul is a very good translator; he was able to convey the humor that I intended to have in the lesson.   I believe the pastors understood the teaching . . . read more

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This is the start of the waiting. I arrived at the airport a little after 9 AM on Saturday, July 30.  The second flight, from Chicago to New Delhi, India, was 14 1/2 hours.  Everything went well and, after the midpoint, I got about 6 hours of sleep.  It seemed like we ate often.  They gave us a bag of snacks for the sleeping time is case we . . . read more