Blending with the saints (Part I)

The 3 local churches in north India are relatively new. Among the places/districts we went and got to blend with the saints there: Gurugaon (an extension of New Delhi), northern part, center part (Dwarka), and southern part of Delhi.We had the opportunity to have 2 prayer meetings at 2 different districts, one in Gurugaon and the next week in southern Delhi; while the Lord's Table meeting, gospel meeting, campus meeting and pursuing meetings in the northern part. In addition, had wonderful fellowship with the saints in all the places.

Gurugaon- the training centre.

FTTND has started for 1-2 years. Praise the Lord! We had like 45 mins of hymn singing and sharing with the trainees in the training centre. Some trainees gave the testimony of how they got saved and was brought into the recovery. Most of them were from christianity background (coz they're from south India) and were touched by the Lord concerning the truth of the church by reading spiritual publication. I was enlightened to see how much I need a FRESH vision of the Lord's recovery. As a church kid, what is the Lord's recovery? Even if the 3 points memorized , how much reality?

We also visited the site where the new training centre is under construction, supposedly done in this Feb-March. Amen.

At night, we're divided into 2 groups to go for prayer meeting, one in the saint's house and another in the training centre. That's when u hear so many propagations are on-going and have the burden to pray for His move in India.

Unfortunately, not many pics were taken in the training centre and no pics of the new one which was under construction coz it's too dark. (and tired I guess)

The training centre in Gurugaon

The prayer meeting in saint's house

*Side note (lol) - We had our dinner in the training centre and guess what....that's the first Indian meal we had in India, cooked by the trainees themselves.

chapati, chicken curry, and rasam. *drool*

Center part - Dwarka. 

On the 19th Dec, we took almost 2 hours metro to the center part of Delhi, accompanied by 4 local sisters. Dwarka is said to be the largest residential area in Asia, 50 km square purely of condominiums and houses. There were 2 families and 1-2 saints living nearby. We had a wonderful fellowship. A sister's father was the first to bring the Lord's recovery to south India back in 1980+. A brother was gained by the Lord in PJ while he was working here 13 years ago. He could remember clearly the meeting hall opposite UH and the first brother he met in the recovery - bro. JL, haha. And now he and his family migrated to Dwarka for the Lord's kingdom in North India. Another newly baptized sister who has been saved just for 3 years shared that she hopes her son (only secondary school) will go for FTTND! Also we heard from the full-time sister who accompanied us throughout the whole trip, shared how she was turned by the Lord from christianity to see the church that is of God's heart. The saints from M'sia also shared what we gained after 6 days of churching and propagating in Delhi.

Dinner prepared by the sister - chapati, thosai, idly, chicken curry, mushroom soup,                                                            macaroni... everything is deliiicioouus.

with sis Pal, sis Mk, and sis Mt.

PTL!

Southern part- near JNU

21st of Dec -we went to visit the saints in southern part of Delhi, and had prayer meeting there together with the saints from the center and southern part. JNU is a prestigious university situated at south Delhi. The testimonies of the saints there were encouraging too. There's this newly baptized 14-y.o young brother who never misses prayer meeting. He was the 1st to be saved in his family and later brought his dad to know the Lord too. Every tuesday after school, he takes 1 hour of bus to come to the saint's house to have fellowship and join the prayer meeting, and after that another 1 hour to go back home - he just loves to be with the saints. The sister who is studying in JNU shared the burden for gospel in the campus.

During the prayer meeting, it's sheer joy to be able to participate in the Lord's move in  India by praying for the propagation work. =D (Though don't really know the exact pronunciation and spelling of the cities mentioned)

group photo after prayer meeting

Okay, I think it's quite long already....North Delhi will be in Part II.

Churching Trip to North India 2010 - Delhi Tour

So they have a burden to bring the campus students to India. Went for 10 days, sounds long, but seriously it's too short to have a taste of the life in India. Oh, before I forget, the pictures taken in India are mostly not mine, it's a collection and selection of all the cameras, so credits go to the cameraman/camerawoman who they-know-who-they-are if they're reading this.

We took evening flight on the 13th of Dec 2010, managed to view the sunset from the plane - it's so much better than to view from any mountains and seas.

kinda failed to capture its beauty

We prepared the 1st message of Thanksgiving Conference 2010 for the blending.

After 5 hours of anticipatory flight, finally reached India. Off the plane, collected luggages, waited for the saints who actually had been waiting for us much earlier and had our first ride in India by a cab heading to our hotel. (Yes, I'd not forget to comment smtg on the hotel!)

Delhi tour was our 1st day's itinerary, the 14th Dec. We went to Red Fort, a fort made of red sand, which was a residence of the royal family during the empire of Shah Jahan (one of the greatest emperors in Indian history).  The fort is hugeeeee and reddish, unlike the one we have here, which is a leftover piece and colorless.

The main entrance - the Lahore Gate

The map of Red Fort Complex

A row of souvenir shops along the entrance

The compound inside.

Green gardens in the courtyard with a friendly dog running here and there

Squirrels are everywhere, esp on the tree trunk.

The white thingy is the throne-balcony where the emperor read to the imperial audiences.

Some designs of the pavilions in the complex

It's called Diwan-i-Khas (not that I know, I googled it for the sake of this post :P), completely in marble like Taj Mahal.

A group photo of sisters in the courtyard.

Credits to Cel, This pic is awesome! 

Study trip to historical place!

We got into playing mood with scarf.

The 'we' includes all the sisters, not just both of us kay. haha.

Next, we headed to the India Gate, the national monument of India. It's one of the most crowded place during the celebration of the independence day. Something like Dataran Merdeka in M'sia?

Don't really know the history so dunno how to appreciate its meaning, except that the burning fire is called 'the flame of the immortal soldier'.

Engraved on the walls are the names of the soldiers who lost their lives during the British Indian Empire.
Anyway, don't think u'll be able to see the engravings in this 'medium' pic.

Another group photo of sisters.

That's the daytime, then we went to visit the training centre in Gurugaon at night. That wouldn't belong to this post.=)