Today is the last full day of training here in Ahmadabad.
It has been a worthwhile time of practicing how to the study the bible and hearing
the message Paul has for us in his letter to the Philippines. Last time I had
15 women and this time I have two plus our interpreter. There has been a lot of
sickness, and physical struggles of both the women and their family members. So
I accept the ones God has given me as being those he has moved mountains for to
get them here! One woman said she spent two days getting here, sleeping on the
train in this unbelievable heat! Still the words of Paul teaches us that
whatever our circumstance or struggle may be, in it He strengthens us and
provides all we need according to His riches in glory. The secret is to learn
to be content while experiencing these things. I believe the women are making
incremental progress with their skills in studying the bible. My interpreter
told me that they are not taught to think about what they read. She said this
as a compliment; that they are learning to do this through Pathways (our bible
training program). She has never said anything like this to me before so I am
taking it to be a sign that the Holy Spirit is giving her insight for new
things in God's word. Teaching isn't my natural bent so I have no reason to put
confidence in my flesh but instead in God who gives understanding and the power
to be transformed. I believe the Spirit is at work. Certainly, I am learning
and seeing new things that are affecting my own thinking and hopefully my walk
with God.
We have a new driver. We were sorry to hear the driver
that we have had for years has become blind due to brain cancer. He has had two
operations but it is hard to say how he is doing now. Our new driver is slower
and more cautious. He still doesn't have quite the hang of the stick and clutch.
We have had several times when I thought we would hit someone or someone would
hit us. So far so good! We had quite an amazing sight of a gigantic elephant moving
his way fearlessly through traffic. I sure wish I had a video of that; it would
have been a hit on YouTube.
We have had a trial in getting our credit card and ATM
card to work. We found out both are automatically blocked by our companies. Then
add in mistakes, and it simply amounts to a satanic attack to frustrate us as
we have more important things to do. Alan handles these things and just doesn't
have the time. Pray we can resolve this by tomorrow somehow before we have to
leave for our next leg of the trip. Also our plane was canceled on the 17th so
we now have reservations on two trains, one that is nice but we need one more
seat. The other is a sleeper car compartment and we are not too sure how this
will work, but there were three "seats" available. This will be an
adventure I am sure. It is a major festival this week, so we expect it to be
crowded.
We briefly met the couple we will be with over the next couple
of days. Together we will be exploring
new possibilities for training. I am looking forward to getting to know the woman,
I liked her right away. Class is getting ready to start so I will have to write
more later.
Thank you for your prayers and love for us,
Edie
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