Three weeks in india! It's been a great time to recuperate from the year of busyness in cambodia! Been enjoying it! Shopping, spending time with family and preparing for the christmas activities.  My sister who is the pastor of the church here isn't going to make it for the big sweater passing out! Every year we pass out over 700 sweaters.  About 650 at a community center with a big production.  We get kids who attended the church from the slums to prepare plays and they get to perform in front of a huge audience! They love it and it's so much fun!! So this year like always I am in charge of the younger rowdy kids :) but it's great.  It is easy to do cause I've been doing it since we started :) This year I even have help cause Arshana my niece is helping and now that my younger sister isn't coming she gets to be the narrator! :) She would have been totally opposed to the idea and was, but she did it in practice and then when my sister's flight got missed and we found out she wasn't going to be here she agreed quite readily.  Mom and my older sister are covering the other play.  So been preparing props. Did the animals again, made doubles of some.  We lost the angel wings, so made those and yesterday was spent in figuring out costumes.  :)  Tomorrow is dress rehearsal and then the big day! :)  We were deciding food and logistics.  
My mom has become quite the preacher. She has been running the church with my sister gone. It kind of reminds me of japan.  I would leave and people would rise up in my place. Now there is someone who is taking over the children's church, others are leading the song service and mom is preaching.  There are tons of people to pray and lots of testimonies every day.  I love it! :)
Here are some testimonies for you to enjoy from last week's service.

Testimonies from this Sunday's church:

My car turned over in the jungles in the south of india. No one was around. I needed a crane to turn it around, but how would i get help? A man in white came and gave me some sweets and turned my car around with his bare hands!

My grandmother lost something and I prayed and we found it.

I was supposed to memorize someone's for the play and lost them and I prayed I found it

I was coming to church alone and was afraid of all the stray dogs and they were after me and I prayed and they didn't bite me

My brother had a fever and i prayed and he got healed. 

I was going to be late and I prayed and I didn't get beat up or coming late

I got hurt and couldn't come to the play practice so prayed and then I was able to come

I was on a bike with 4 people and we fell off but only I got hurt. My hand was swollen and I prayed and God healed me.

My daughter got on fever traveling. We got someone at church to pray and got got fine and started playing

I couldn't find a full time maid, I prayed and I got one

I had a wedding to attend and my son wouldn't come because he didn't like the person getting married. I prayed and he came!

I lost some expensive jewelry and couldn't find it. I was really worried an finally remembered to pray and I found it in my closet in the front!

I wanted a bicycle and my mom said when my behavior is good I will get it. So that day my behavior became good and I got it.

I have been looking for a job for 3 years. People were praying. Tuesday I interviewed for an international job with better salary and benefits than I could have wanted or imagined! Praise God!

My son went on a school trip and his friends and him fight a lot many times. So I prayed they not fight and they didn't and had a great time. 

I had the really bad flu and got prayer from a friend and got healed!

A pastor came to church last year- when we have doubt we go to people but the bible has the answer. So since then I have been finding answers in the bible. Even last week I had questions and I found my answers.

My exams went really well! Just like I wanted.

My daughter got into a bike accident and I prayed and she is fine.

For three days I have been having stone pain, I finally prayed and since then I haven't had any pain. 

In my office there is a friend whose parents wanted her to marry someone she didn't want to. The one she wanted to marry's parents wouldn't agree. She was forced to get engaged to the other guy and she kept asking he friend to pray that the guys family would cancel the wedding. They did! And the other guys parents agreed and they are getting married!

My ship date has been getting delayed. Last time I even had a ticket in my hands. But God had a plan! I have been given so many farewell parties. Yesterday I liked something about my ship. I saw a comment from my possible superior. I sent a friend request on Facebook and instead of getting upset he called me and gave me helpful suggestions for my first trip as a cadet. Praise God!

We were trying to assemble a washing machine. It wasn't working. We prayed. We got stuff connected after prayer but there was no water. So we prayed again and my friends hand accidentally touched the start button and water started coming! In the olden days water just used to come and you didn't have to turn it on! Praise God! He knows how to work the latest technology even when we don't :)

My debit card gets points when I use it. I needed 3 more points to withdraw the money but wasn't getting them despite spending money and I prayed and I got 5 points and my money! :)

I'm in india! :)  It has been great and busy! I thought I was going to rest, but after one day it's been nonstop hehe! So I go to sleep exhausted and wake up early but it's fun.  My sister and her family came a few days after I got here and we have been shopping and shopping and shopping! What I normally do at the end is all done thanks to my sister :) But it's been great.  They just left for goa so I have a few days to rest and figure out what I want to do.  Been visiting with relatives I haven't seen in 2 years.  It's been great.  I just love india cause life is so simple here and everyone is so loving.  My family is simply fantastic and its always great to see how thrilled everyone is to see you.  All this food comes out and everyone is excited to take you here and there and everyone and it's wonderful.  After being away for so long, it's lovely to be back!