I am not too sure where to start, so I guess the beginning is as good a place as any! :D
When I arrived in Vizag, India, I was greeted by Impact Nations founder Christina Stewart and Vijay Chris, leader of Friends Meet ministries, as well as a few members of his team. They gave me a garland of flowers to welcome me, we loaded into the vehicle and were off to the hotel. The traffic was the first thing I noticed. So many vehicles on the road, sometimes 4 across on a 2 lane highway! It was common to see a bus, a truck, a car and 2 motorbikes spanning the width..everyone seemed to fit and there were no accidents! We also saw multiple people, even whole families on one motorbike, no helmets, babies included!
We stayed in the Best Western Ramachandra, a 6 week old hotel. The manager is a friend of Steve and Christina and he insisted our team stay with him. It was very nice, clean, new, good food, amazing service. Each one of our team was paired up with a roommate. I arrived a day early so mine was not there yet.
The next day everyone else arrived and we met as a full team in the evening. 32 people from 5 nations: Canada, US, Holland, Australia, and UK. We got really good at tuning our ears to all the different accents!
Our first full day together was on Monday, Jan. 15th. We met as a team for the entire day for training, teaching, worship and to get to know everyone. Steve taught on the Kingdom (same as he did in our church for those of you who were there in November). He taught about healing and authority, discipleship and prayer. I won't type out my notes here, but if you are interested in more info, let me know!
Tuesday was more teaching from RK Castillo about what causes a Jesus epidemic. Understanding our purpose and calling, the necessity of signs and wonders. I was so challenged and encouraged by all of this teaching!
We spent some time on Tuesday sorting meds, toys, coloring books, etc into 6 days worth for the 6 clinics we were doing.
Tuesday evening Steve and Christina held an impartation service for us, praying for each one as we were preparing to go into the villages the next day for our first medical clinic and healing service. It was a very special time as we were ministered to and received impartation for healing, words of knowledge and compassion!
When I arrived in Vizag, India, I was greeted by Impact Nations founder Christina Stewart and Vijay Chris, leader of Friends Meet ministries, as well as a few members of his team. They gave me a garland of flowers to welcome me, we loaded into the vehicle and were off to the hotel. The traffic was the first thing I noticed. So many vehicles on the road, sometimes 4 across on a 2 lane highway! It was common to see a bus, a truck, a car and 2 motorbikes spanning the width..everyone seemed to fit and there were no accidents! We also saw multiple people, even whole families on one motorbike, no helmets, babies included!
We stayed in the Best Western Ramachandra, a 6 week old hotel. The manager is a friend of Steve and Christina and he insisted our team stay with him. It was very nice, clean, new, good food, amazing service. Each one of our team was paired up with a roommate. I arrived a day early so mine was not there yet.
The next day everyone else arrived and we met as a full team in the evening. 32 people from 5 nations: Canada, US, Holland, Australia, and UK. We got really good at tuning our ears to all the different accents!
Our first full day together was on Monday, Jan. 15th. We met as a team for the entire day for training, teaching, worship and to get to know everyone. Steve taught on the Kingdom (same as he did in our church for those of you who were there in November). He taught about healing and authority, discipleship and prayer. I won't type out my notes here, but if you are interested in more info, let me know!
Tuesday was more teaching from RK Castillo about what causes a Jesus epidemic. Understanding our purpose and calling, the necessity of signs and wonders. I was so challenged and encouraged by all of this teaching!
We spent some time on Tuesday sorting meds, toys, coloring books, etc into 6 days worth for the 6 clinics we were doing.
Tuesday evening Steve and Christina held an impartation service for us, praying for each one as we were preparing to go into the villages the next day for our first medical clinic and healing service. It was a very special time as we were ministered to and received impartation for healing, words of knowledge and compassion!
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