there was this sign at the Taj but pretty much everyone ignored it. When we got to the entrance, there was a nice single file line which seemed odd for India. About a minute later, some people pierced the queue and beelined for the entrance, causing a mad rush to enter. So... we had to wait in a mob and squeeze through to go in.
McDonalds has the sign too. Not sure why. Maybe b/c they have different menu items. Contextualization. Marketing. Segway - a lot of what Sunil's ministry does is contextualize the gospel into Hindu culture, possibly rubbing evangelicals the wrong way. Basically, God has been revealing Himself to the Indian people in their language and he's just continuing the process. Westerners don't need to bring the gospel to these people. God is already working here. It just needs to be pointed out to them.. if that makes sense.
Lately, we've been eating more McDonalds. Peter loves the Tiki burger? McTiki? but we miss the office food.
The last picture is of us on a chai break in the office. Office food usually consists of some daal, tasty veggies, rice and something like naan.
The first 2 footwashing events went well. Was a tad chaotic last night due to the swarms of people, but today it was better. One more tomorrow. We have to take a 5 hour train ride there but anything's better than the 5 1/2 hour rollercoaster ride to the Taj. Complete with intermittent 5.0 richter scale bumps, tailgating within a foot of huge trucks at 50 mph, constant honking, slow vehicles, tractors pulling into traffic, scooters going the opposite direction in the shoulder and random sudden merging. I think there were 2 wrecks on the road home. Exciting stuff.
some of us are sick and allergic to stuff. Continue to pray for our health, for the footwashing events and for India.
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