Bangalore Bible Week

Was an absolutely incredible week. Every other Bible week I've attended in India, I've been responsible to teach SS during all the main sessions. For this bible week they divided the sessions up and I was alloted to do drama every afternoon with a brother from the UK.

I couldn't believe the topic that was chosen when I was first informed, but after doing some personal study for the drama I'm really glad to have looked at it. We looked at the 7 names of God, one name a day and knew more about our Father at the end of the week by learning through stories what His names mean.

We chose to do the drama of Lazarus with the older SS group, and I learnt so much about that story looking at the emotions of Mary, Martha and Christ, and how strong their faith was, but how Christ still had so much to teach them. The teenagers performed really well on the drama night and added a lot of volume to the group songs. 'Everywhere I look I can see God's presence, everywhere I look I can see God's power' is a song that Sarah Aunty and I both hum around the compound. So true. Everything around us shows that we have a God and that He created it all.

Most of the young people (14+) being able to speak English made a huge difference to the communication we were able to have as foreigners, and having been to Bangalore 3 times already this trip I felt really close to the young people especially.

I think it was also the fact that I was able to listen to the studies that made it more enjoyable for me. It was such a privilege to be able to sit and learn from Tim Uncle's studies on Isaiah and to join in on the morning 2nd session discussion groups on practical life issues. To understand that things like whether to live with your parents or not when you are married & should Christadelphians do dowries / arranged marriages are still difficult issues for the young people growing up in Bangalore and for their parents to deal with. There was also a discussion on finances which I found very helpful.

The weather was quite hot until about 5pm each day, but the venue was fantastic with loads of tree's for shade so it didn't impact us too much. The only real difficult thing was to sleep when the current stopped during the night.

Overall, it was a joy to have the opportunity of such amazing fellowship with a group of people that I have been able to get closer and closer to everytime I visit.