Day 2 of India...
well I survived the heat. I thought I would have a heat stroke and pass out or drown in my own sweat... but none of that happened =)
I only had 2 hours of sleep and woke up, to get ready for our morning Devotionals.
There was Brooke originally from NY, now living in Missouri - she is native american
Ascari from the Bronx- she is Dominican
Me from NY
Serena from Texas- From Spain
and Kristin from Nebraska- White =P
we were all in our indian outfits- and it was hotttt in the morning.
We had our devotionals led my Rebecca. She talked about how we need to be open to God and be ready to be a servant, willing to change our plans according to where the Holy Spirit Leads.
We were given the basics on what to say, what not to do, how to act with the girls in the Homes.
All the girls are believers and some have been in the faith for some time, and other girls have just arrived in the Homes of Hope searching for God. However, the bottom line is their situation is very delicate and we have to be careful how we approach the girls and what we talk about to them.
I'm going to be leading two indian dances, co teaching a Lyrical Dance and a Hip Hop dance... I better lose weight after all this dancing!!!!
I will also be co leading three sessions on creative writing and drama. yay yay yay
I'm super excited just to be able to teach these girls some dances and show them a way of expressing themselves through the Arts.
So we broke up into groups, started to teach each other dances and talk and get to know each other more. All 4 of the girls are in college and go to an AG school. Its really awesome to see how God is using them in their lives.
I met this girl who is 13 years old. She is the daughter of the director of Teen Challenge here in Delhi. Brooke and I were praying and we invited her to pray with us... and WOW- I was blown away. This girl was so anointed and loved God with all her heart, she would pray and proclaim things in Jesus' name about our ministry and the time we would have next week... such an inspiration!! I have never met a 13 year old so sold out for God.
We had lunch and it was indian food- paneer yummmmmmmmm =)
Then we went SHOPPING... we went to this market and it was so hot out and there were so many people out, it was hard to really take a second and take in all the beauty of India.. so when I did finally take a few minutes to relax, I realized Delhi is soooo dirty lol!!!!
But I had so much fun shopping, I think I began to master my bargaining skills and I got a ton of clothes... still more to come =)
Everything was so so so so so so cheap.. it was awesome. We were there for hours. There was this kid who was following us trying to get us to buy his necklace. He was so cute ! I ended up buying the necklace (which was ugly) just because he was so cute... and I felt really bad.
For all of you who were making bets about when I would lose my iphone, laptop or get robbed.. nothing happened !!!!!! No one is gonna mess with me,God's got my back.
SO when I came back, The girls made me dinner and baked a cake for me because it was my birthday. I was SOOOOOOOOOO tired though, and really about to pass out, when Rebecca said we all need to spend an hour and half in prayer on our own. We opened in prayer, and let me tell you- God completely took over. We began to pray and weep before the Lord. God's presence was so tangible in that room.. it was overwhelming. The Holy Spirit filled the room and just poured out Gods love all over us. It was so amazing, such a deep, encouraging, inspiring, time with the Lord. We Worshipped and prayed for hours non stop. We prayed for each other, God spoke to each and every one of us and it was just such an amazing experience .. we couldn't get enough of God. I haven't been so consumed in his presence in a while and just to be in a room with other woman who were just so passionate and in love with God blew me away. There was healing, prophecies and baptism of the Holy Spirit....and just a constant time of worship
I know God has called all of us here to do some mighty things for His Kingdom.
This is going to be such an amazing time and I am so excited to see how God will continue to work through us, talk to us, and use us.
I know, I used the word amazing a lot.. but there is no better word to describe it =)
Thanks for all the birthday wishes....
You're the God of this City
You're the King of these people
You're the Lord of this nation
You are
You're the Light in this darkness
You're the Hope to the hopeless
You're the Peace to the restless
You are
There is no one like our God
There is no one like our God
For greater things have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
Greater thing have yet to come
And greater things are still to be done in this City
