India #7

Well, sadly, this will be my final post in my India "series." I believe I've shown what I've wanted: the serious and fun. I hope you all have been able to experience India a little through my photos. These last few are just some random ones I thought would be good to share. God has a heart for India and I pray you might soon have one also. Prayer may be the only way you'll ever be able to experience India, but prayer is more powerful than many American Christians believe. If you learn anything overseas, its the lesson of having simple faith. Just having the faith God will actually do what you ask of him. Its amazing how little I view prayer. I'm working on it. I guess we just "gotta have faith." Thanks for being able to go on this journey with me.

India #6

Well its been a little while since I've posted India pictures and I got the urge to edit some earlier, so I thought the mixture of those two things should lead to a post. These photos are of when we took the high schoolers up to the retreat. It was an amazing time just being able to love them and let them experience Christ's love through us. I would like to say about 95%, if not 100%, gave their lives to the Lord while we were there. It was just great being able to live our lives with them. It always seems like we're the ones that are more blessed, even when we are supposed to be the blessings to others. I miss India.

40 Minutes

I found this video when looking at Barack Obama's website today. It is 40 minutes long and is worth every second of it. Please take time and watch it.

Click--> Faith and Politics

This and other events that have transpired makes me think the 2008 elections could be a huge turning point for the United States. Democrats are expressing and showing what their faith is to them and how it will effect their time in office. The conservative agenda is being less associated with the "Christian" agenda because people are matching up politicians' actions with the life of Jesus and seeing Jesus, surprisingly, wouldn't be a conservative. People are realizing that abortion and gay marriage are not the only moral issues we need to look at. We now realize we have a part to play in environmental stewardship, the HIV/AIDS crisis, poverty, and many other important issues. The United States is realizing, it seems, that in a global world we cannot sit back and watch the events in the world play out. I am very excited to see the good that good come of it.

India #5

While in India, we got to go to Agra, where the Taj Mahal is. Also, located in Delhi, is a structure called the India Gate. It has the name of a fallen British or Indian soldier from WW2 on every brick. These photos are of those two above mentioned sights. The train is just a train however. Don't be fooled, it is not a sight of India. Though, I did see it in India.

India #4: Reality

This post is actually somewhat serious. This time around I wanted to depict, to the best of my ablities (though I cannot do it justice whatsoever), the reality of India. As you've seen in previous posts, children beg and I'm sure you've heard of the massive amount of poverty also, but I wanted to show you what people give their lives to everyday. These photographs are some of the temples we visited while we were there. The first couple are of a Hari Krishna temple, the second one is from a Hindu temple, and the last two are from the Lotus Temple. You can never truly understand these India until you begin to understand Hinduism. Going to these temples saddened/frustrated me to no end. What you see is unbelievable. But it really does remind you of the hope you have and the hope you want to share with others. In India, I, once again, realized the beauty of the Gospel. Please be praying for India.

P.S. We also went to a Sikh temple. However, I did not post any pictures of it. Sorry.

India #3

I know, about time, huh? These are a few pictures of when we took 60 kids to a waterpark/amusement park. It was a crazy day. I miss India. Enjoy.

India #2

Well, I have had some extra time on my hands today, so I'm blogging for the second time. Here are some more pictures from Day 2. The kids are some beggar kids we came across. Hopefully in one of these posts I'll be able to talk more about the beggar kids and what I think of them.

India #1

All these pictures were taken the first day. Sorry, no time to really explain stuff. India is great right now. More to come sometime....

Displace Me

This past weekend I went to Displace Me, put on by Invisible Children. The event, basically, served to bring awareness to the Internally Displace Camps in N. Uganda and to show our political leaders that we care about the situation. It was a great time hanging out with everyone. It is amazing what people can come together to accomplish. I just read in a newsletter April 26 that peace talks are going to resume between the LRA and the Ugandan government, but nothing will truly happen if there is no US presence at the talks. The crazy thing is, Displace Me was to serve to show that we want US presence in Uganda. It is crazy how both things came about only two days apart. In other news, I applied for an internship at Invisible Children for the summer. I'm kind of nervous if I get it. It would be totally crazy and amazing at the same time. So if anyone who reads this feels like it, it would be great if you could pray for God's will in that situation. I encourage those who don't know anything about the stiuation in N. Uganda to go to Invisible Children and become educated. Without education, we can't do anything. Enjoy some of the pictures from Displace Me.