After another reasonably late night after yet another blessed presentation session to some VERY special people, today started off a little slower with breakfast at 08:30. Meals are always an interesting part of the day. Each one of us sits down with different taste buds and some without. Man this food can kill an ox (if you’re not careful what you choose).

Choosing what to eat is an adventure most of the time because you never know what is lurking below the surface. By now we’ve learnt to be a little more careful and breakfast and fellowship around the table is special.

Then we were into final preparations and cleaning (and preening) in time (not quite) for our host Lawrence (of India, not of Arabia) who came to collect us for a visit to his home.

If you’re sharp off the mark, you find a back seat (as far back as you can) because you don’t want to see what happens on the roads. Everybody, pedestrians, bicycles, mopeds, adult tricycles, cars, busses, trucks and a variety of other bodies and machines take to the roads which have no markings, stop signs or “other” recognizable indicators of what is happening out there. A traffic circle is an obstacle in the road that you navigate around in any direction (normally the shortest route). You weave and bob around anything that is in your way, while pedestrians and vehicles cross the road (diagonally) at the same time, at any point in the road. You can also do a “U-turn” anywhere you might want to.

Last night we met some REALLY special people and this was again the case this evening as we gathered for supper just to sit and chat with them and their families. What has been so special has been seeing the depth of commitment and the challenges that they have each faced and how God has been leading them all these years. God has been at work here among these Indian leaders (young and older) for so many years that they seem to just have been waiting for Equip to arrive and add to their already amazing journey with the Father. The stories are SO personal, SO powerful and SO dramatic (miraculous really) that I once again realise that there is a LONG way for me still to go.

I’ve been here only three days and it seems like a lifetime as I’m trying to absorb what God is saying to me. Jesus is SO alive and busy here and I have been SO blessed that I’m already in overload of blessing and awe. I’m actually not sure that I can handle any more in such a short time.

However, we are still here until the weekend, so, stand by, there’s much more to come.

God’s richest blessings on all of you that read this and remember to pray for us.

— Errol J. Smith

Prayer Requests

• God would bring the right partners, and give us discernment for who they are
• We would use our time wisely and be very productive
• Have the time to follow up with everyone needed
• Continued health and energy