After an 18th month absence I'm back in India visiting Pastor Prasad and his family, to work with them in Gateway ministry, Ignite India and the Gateway School. This time Gary Smith from Ignite is with me on his very first trip to India, complete with a hat and a Yorkshire accent that makes him look and sound like Geoff Boycott. Here's Gary and I travelling on the new school bus back to drop kids off in their villages at the end of the school day:
The children have recently changed to a new school uniform, and just before we boarded the bus I was able to play some cricket with a few of the boys. Here's one of them resplendent in his pink outfit:
As if Cricket wasn't enough exertion at the end of the school day, the whole school line up for drill, exercise, and to sing the national anthem before they go home:
Last night I spoke at a family birthday party and at the MR PALEM Ignite church, and tonight Gary will be speaking in a village where we may be building a church.
Thanks to the wonders of iPhone apps, here's a preview of what Pastor Prasad will look like when he's very old and with a grey beard:
The Maryland-National Parks and Planning Commission is hosting a NATIONAL DANCE DAY Xplosion at the Prince George's Sports & Learning Complex (Landover, MD), where 1000+/- teens and young adluts will perform a historic hip-hop routine, flash-mob style. I don't think its too early to say our young people are going to murder' the routine, which is based on NappyTabs Dance Day choreography. Youth interested in participating in this performance are asked to RSVP online (www.pgxtremeteens.com/dance). This is a family event, including a variety of dance-themed activities for people of all ages (contests, classes, performances and more). If you are in the DC area and attending the National Mall event, be sure to keep the celebration going later from 6-10 pm w/ this FREE event. The Sports & Learning Complex is beside the Washington Redskins' FEDEX stadium.
Posted by: Auth | 10/23/2012 at 06:38 AM