CHRIST, rhymes, & Life

This might be the last post about the trip to India and Ethiopia, for now. If you would like to know more just ask me and I would be glad to share. Our last night in India we shared our highlights and lowlights of the week, so I'm going to share mine for each week right now. India Highlight: My favorite moment from this week from our first day of serving, when we went to visit the home of girls rescued out of the red light district. It was a little awkward at first and for a while I was just off to the side while they were all making their bracelets. But I felt a pull on my heart, God telling me to stop thinking about myself, most of these girls have probably seen so much of males treating women as nothing other than sexual objects, and go love on them because He does. So I jumped into it and it was great. I enjoyed hanging out with a good amount of them, making bracelets, talking with them, learning a bunch of names, and learning some Hindi. What happened next is something I...

It's been about a week since we've been back in San Diego and I've finally decided to set some time aside to write about the rest of our trip. On Sunday in India, we began our day by attending the service at Avatar Church and it was great. It was similar to a church service in America, but I enjoyed being able to worship the Lord with the Church in India and the people there were very loving. We got to go out to lunch with some of them, including the pastor and his family, and had a great time with them. After lunch, we went to South Mumbai to meet with a financial journalist who is also part of a church plant in Mumbai and is involved with ministering to more affluent people. This part of Mumbai was the wealthier part of the city, with businesses everywhere and cleaner streets. We even passed by the most expensive house in the world, which was ridiculous because you can find a slum less than ten minutes away. After hanging out with this man for a while at the church, mos...

From Rob Burke

It is our fifth night here in India and it has been amazing so far. From the moment we stepped off the plane, we were able to feel the thick, humid air here. After finally getting out of the airport, we met the leader of the organization whose work we've been checking out, his wife, and our guide during our time here. It's so busy here in Mumbai. There's an estimated 24 million people in this city alone. It's ridiculously crowded and the driving is pretty chaotic. They don't drive according to rules, but more of a flow, and they use their horns to communicate so there's hardly ever a moment where you don't hear one. Although it's definitely very different from what I'm used to, it's actually not that weird being here. The atmosphere and sights are similar to what I remember from when I went to Vietnam a few years back, which might be why. But it has still been eye opening. Going around, seeing the people here and what goes on, I have noticed a se...

From Rob Burke