Bangalore

We arrived in Bangalore after the bible class and were picked up and taken back to the girls flat where we were treated to pancakes. It was really lovely to have some extra time to spend with the girls outside of KCY, because they are always so busy organizing during the weekend that they don’t get as much time to socialize.
We did stay up and watch Little Women to help Erina understand how well the Mandya girls fit the characters.

While we were in Bangalore we visited Mary and her family and also got to the new blind center, which is still being set up. Mike Hubbard had us all there on the laptops trying to help them speak to each other. IT lesson in sharing networks / drivesJ
Watching two of the blind Bartimaeus men walking home at night I felt an overwhelming gladness that I am blessed with great health. May Jesus return soon and bring an end to the suffering of all, especially those physically impaired.

Andy Galbraith led the talks at KCY on the prophet Micah. We looked at how the leaders weren’t taking their responsibility properly and the priest, prophet and king were all at fault. We looked at the justice a king was meant to measure out, and how Christ treated the people with this perfect justice through his life, and it made me think of how perfectly the whole world will be judged in the future under his righteous rule.
Linus once again gave a very thought provoking exhortation on righteousness from the Psalms. If we’ve set our direction, have we then remembered to work out where we are and how we can get here. If we’re looking at a map wanting to go somewhere, we’re not going to go anywhere unless we know where we are to travel from!! Important lessons.
We had a large group of visitors there. Jona and Bappy traveled by train from Hyd, and Hannah flew with Andy down so they could attend Tim and Sarah’s 50th & 60th joint parties.

Leaving Bangalore was exceptionally hard on the emotions as it was saying goodbye to not only the mandya girls and friends from Bangalore which I will GW see again this trip, but it was parting from Erina who has been my constant companion for the past 3 months. She arrives in Kolkata this morning, and could you please pray for her, as she has some new responsibilities in Kolkata while there are no fieldworkers in the area, and will find some of the duties difficult. Besides which, she has had a break from the difficulties and met some amazing sisters from down south, but I have no doubt she will find the lack of CYC in her area hard. I’m missing her already!