Sadly on Tuesday night, Lucky, the daughter of a women at church and a close friend of some on the girls in the city school girls class died. Please pray for the family as they grieve for her. She was only 12 years old. Wednesday was therefore a quiet day at the city school. The girls’ class spent the lesson writing letters to God about how they are feeling and praying for the family together.
Thursday was a holiday so we went with our host’s family (minus John who was in Hyderabad) to the cinema to see Jodhaa Akbar, the story of a Mughal ruler who married a Hindu Princess to avoid having to fight to gain a kingdom. It was an absolutely stunning film. The sets and costumes were unbelievable!
On Saturday we spent an exciting day in Delhi visiting the toilet museum, Lotus temple and Akshardham. The toilet museum is run by an NGO providing sanitation in rural areas of India. It was interesting to see the work they were doing and also to have a guided tour of the museum which had displays on the history of toilets, toilet humour and toilets around the world! The Lotus Temple is a huge, beautiful Baha’i temple in the shape of a Lotus flower. It would make an amazing church. Akshardham is a huge temple complex (the biggest Hindu temple in the world) which looks like it was built 500 yrs ago but actually was finished in 2005! It’s beautifully carved and also had a professional film and show with moving waxworks telling the story of the Hindu man who started the section of Hinduism which built the temple. There was also an ‘India Through History’ boat ride. Really random.
However we have had a good couple of weeks with our classes and have really enjoyed getting back into school after the holiday. Anna and my classes have both performed the plays they practiced whilst we were away and both were amazing!
We’re trying to make the most of the rest of our time here which is rapidly decreasing, please pray that we do so!
Naomi
