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MTC India – the pilot course
April 2014
The students with Catherine and ChrisJuliet was still to arrive and Ps Steve came a few days later
Between flights, between worlds, between times (5am local time):
planning at Delhi airport
A visit to the Golden Temple, AmritsarInsight into the fear and bondage of human religion
Jallianwala Bagh garden in AmritsarScene of an infamous massacre of civilians by British troops
on 13 April 1919
Tie dying clothA scene en route through Jalandhar
A new dawnFrom the bedroom window
Work underway on the extensionFrom the balcony
Saleem, helped by Bromdev, at work in the outside kitchenWonderful vegetarian food
Students burning paper, symbolically leaving the past behindUsing the fireplace outside the contractors ‘ shelter, where they cook
In the compound
With Surgit – disabled but active and mobile (with his brother on the back holding the wheelchair)
Injured at work, he lay for years with an untreated broken back until local Christians came across him and took him to a Christian hospital, where a
doctor with rare rehabilitation training found he could help.
Morning devotionsDaily at 8 am, with growing liberty in the Spirit
Students performing a drama
Spicy paratha and yoghurt for breakfastDelicious!
Friendships soon formedThere is nothing like praying together to join hearts in the Spirit
Pondering and praying over the mapsA big country, with many unreached people groups,
but our God is infinite!
Praying for PunjabSend the workers into the harvest!
Morning Star ChurchIn Kandola Kalan, a nearby village
Some MTC students helping lead worship
With Roger and Ellie of Morning StarThe building is home to the church on Sundays and the school Monday
to Friday as well as to 39 orphaned or abandoned children 24:7
The nearest of the six temples visible from the REACH houseChanting begins at 4am, either recorded or live! Happily it does not last
too long. It disturbed our sleep but not our peace.
Building work proceeding wellHow else to carry bricks except on your head?! The contractors live on site in a shelter which Rob describes as 5 star compared to their normal
expectation.
There is always time for worshipPatrick on guitar and Tirath, our excellent translator, singing
Lunch breakThere is always time to chat and pray
There is always time to share storiesRaj, the Head Boy from Morning Star school was abandoned by his
mother when she re-married. Now he wants to go to Bible College and be trained further in the scriptures
And some time for discussionsGreat wisdom shared on how to handle difficult situations in mission
All MTC students and staff outside the REACH houseReinforcements for the concrete in the extension were put in place the
day before
A small start but a great startMuch to pray about for the future!