Thud, thud, thud

Normally when I'm awakened before 6am by loud thuds on the roof, I'd turn over and go back to sleep. However, Friday morning at Mussorie 6000 feet up I wanted to get up and watch the Monkey tricks. The monkeys were incredible. It's like giving all the monkeys at the zoo and electric shock and then watching them play. These guys were thudding all over the roof, and hurtling through the branches.

The North Indian Bible weekend, as I had heard it called ended up being a Bible Truth camp as there were only 4 baptised Indians in attendance. The speakers didn't know this fact in advance, and modified their classes accordingly. Tim Uncle was amazing. I got to 2 of his classes and taught SS for the 1st so missed the background.
From Isaiah chapter 45 we delved into who God is, prophecy, what God says will happen will happen, His plan and purpose, Christ inheriting all things from God, us being called children of God, and therefore inheriting the promises, the purpose of suffering. I was staggered. It was a perfect study for baptised and non-baptised and presented without any notes.
The opening line was: What did God want to tell a man who knew nothing about him?
My favourite part of the study was the side study on suffering. Tim Uncle talked about our life before the kingdom is like us being in a gymnasium. The more weight a body builder can take, the stronger he/she becomes. The same applies to our faith lives; the more pressure God gives us, the stronger we become and the more our character is prepared for the kingdom. It was a very good lesson with me about to head home, and being a little uncertain about the beyond India life.

All around the conference venue were scriptural or Christan quotes. It was really lovely to be surrounded by God in the mountains.

One of the quotes only the wall seemed especially appropriate to me, 'What seems like an ending can just be a new beginning'.