This Saturday was my birthday so we decided to go to the Taj Mahal. We set off on Friday night, got to the train station at 8.30 for our 9 o’clock train, got in the queue and eventually got to the front at 9.10… amazingly the train was delayed by 15mins so we got tickets and caught it! I feel slightly sorry for anyone who tries to travel when we are! That’s the third train that has been late by exactly how long we needed it to – God just keeps sorting it out!
We were the second people in the Taj at 6am when it opened and had a magical hour watching the Taj as the sun rose. It is so beautiful and incredible and amazing! Wow!! Went and had some breakfast (curry) before going to Agra Fort- another huge, incredible place. Had lunch and then got the train back at 2.. unfortunately it was delayed so the 3 hr journey became 5. However we were home in time for the team to give me an amazing mini birthday party with pizza, coca cola and cake!
Today at church we celebrated International Women’s day which was really cool. Women from the city school stitching and English classes and some of city school children’s mums came in their sarees! The church was packed! It kept being full and we kept moving forward until we had 80+ squished in. Was a great service- Abha preached which was great in a culture where women preaching is still very unusual. She talked about how God made both men and women in his image and how we are equal in his eyes and should be in the eyes of the world. It was a really important message that many of these women would never have heard before. According to their children, the women really enjoyed themselves and some, we know, are planning to come next week!
Naomi
