Kolkata Ecclesia

Arriving home on Saturday night from the villages, it was a relief to know that our memorial starting time was 4pm.

Dad gave the exhort, and it was so refreshing for me. His theme was pressing on, no matter the trial. Having a vision like Christ of the future. So encouraging after the times we'd been through during the previous days.

Midway through the exhort the translator stopped and asked a question about the kingdom to explain one of Dad's points. It became obvious that most of the bre and sis don't know much about their hope at all. Not entirely sure what their point of being baptised was if the kingdom isn't something they know about. Sad, but true.

So we checked with them all once it was over and they said that they could stay later the following week. So from now on we'll have memorial at 4pm, then a break for chai, and another class following through the them of the Kingdom throughout scripture afterwards. I wasn't there last weekend, but they started with Daniel's image and all the brethren and sisters were so excited to learn about the prophecy. And it's even more exciting for us filling in the blanks on some important topics!!

It was really nice meeting all the brothers and sisters in their own ecclesial environment, as this is a relatively new ecclesia and they all stayed on and chatted and it was nice to just spend some time with them personally. My only regret is that I wish the flat wasn't quite as posh. It's like we're living in a mansion compared to their homes.