Kolkata - City of extremes

The place to eat!!

The place to stay!!

Well here I am, with of course, less than no time to be out of the hotel room, but I just wanted to write a few lines. The blog is now officially out of time order, but this is from India, so it doesn't really make too much difference!!
We arrived here on Saturday night in time to find a lovely CLEAN hotel before rushing off to Flurry's for dinner and then collapsing into bed.
yesterday was spend in fellowship in the morning at our Bro Nirmal's and in the afternoon collecting Ken, Kam and David Morgan. Our troop is now complete, and we're almost ready to leave for the bible week.
It's going to be amazing, fab studies have been organised, and we have sisters and women's classes also this year, so it's going to be a really busy week for all concerned.
This time next week I'll be at the Taj Mahal..finally earned a visit after having come to india 4 times now!!!
Looking forward to spending time with all the bre and sis at the bw, and trying not to be too disheartened by some bad news stories that I've heard already.
Please pray for the work. There is so much to do, and so many long term mission workers are needed.
Our translators are Uttam, and Jewel from Bangladesh and both brothers are amazing. They took us out to lunch yesterday after memorial and it was great to spend some time with them.
Beck has now sadly left the country as Lois has just flown in. But who knows if I'll be able to catch up with her or not.
Also, met up with Ruth L and Sara S on the train here. They're great buddies. Ready to take on board anything (which is good as you always need here in India!)
Must go, there is too much to be done.
Thankyou for all your prayers.
God be with you all.

ps - after reading city of Joy last year - I am using the human rickshaws...if this is their job, then I can only help them by providing an income for them!!! i choose the strong men though..I wish I could pay for the retirement of the ones with grey hair...it is a little too traumatic at times.
But Christ is going to return, to bring justice and equity, and this only really helps you look forward to that time more than ever before.
Ab.