Page 5 - Contact Autumn 2017

This summer eleven of us travelled to Dinner time came next, followed by team and
India on an Exodus team to work alongside chill time where we were able to get together
pastor Jay and the other staff members at and chat about what happened that day and to
The Promise Land Orphanage. After a long 28 prepare for the following day. During team time
hours of travelling we finally arrived in Salem, we spent time in worship and prayer, reading
where we would spend the next 10 days! The from God’s Word and sharing what we felt God
traffic, heat and sari shopping experiences are was telling us.
among many we will never forget.
Words can never describe the experience we
A typical day consisted of breakfast at 8am and all had in India and no amount of stories told
then leaving for the Promise Land orphanage will ever cover what happened. God was
at a different time every day to lead a kids club! ever present and has and is moving in
At the kids club we played games, sang songs, incredible ways in the city of Salem. This was
created crafts, taught a memory verse and seen through Pastor Jay and the work he is
listened to a bible story lead by a different doing; how open the children are to hearing
team member each day. Each kids club ran God’s Word and even the willingness for Hindu
smoothly and we all really loved spending time nursing students to allow us to pray for them.
with the children and getting to know each of
them and their individual personalities. After forming such close relationships with
everyone it was a difficult goodbye but each
Each child carried so much love and even person will remain in our hearts and prayers
though they only had one suitcase of and many of us hope to return to India.
belongings each, they were so grateful and
appreciated everything they owned and were
given. We were fed until we could barely walk
and then made our way back on a long bumpy
bus journey to The House of Peace, where we
stayed during our trip. We then were able to
clean up after spending hours in gruelling hot
temperature, which was much needed.