On Our Way

We have begun our trip.  Most of the group met at the church and we are at the airport where the rest of the group met us. The first flight leaves in just over an hour. Thanks to everyone for all the prayers and support. Please keep it up. 

India Trip 2018

It is almost time for our next Mission Trip. On February 15th, 2018, a team of 16 people will depart for a 9 day trip to India.  During our trip we will be hosting a pastor's conference, leading six medical clinics, visiting water project sites, leading gospel meetings and spending time with 250 children. We are looking forward to this exciting opportunity to serve others as the hands and feet of Christ and to spread his gospel.

We will leave Thursday afternoon and will travel approximately 32 hours to reach our final destination of the city of Vijayawada, in the state of Andra Pradesh in India. See below.

We will have Saturday afternoon to rest and orient ourselves and then we begin with Church on Sunday morning and then begin our mission activities Sunday afternoon.

This blog will serve as our primary means of informing people about the trip. We will try to update it as much as internet (and perhaps electricity) allows.

As we complete our final preparations for the trip, we covet your prayers. Specifically we ask for you to pray for easy and safe travel, good health, and good fellowship and camaraderie. But above all we ask for God to prepare our team, and the people we will be serving so that He will be glorified during our trip.

Rest and Relaxation

Monday Feb 3, 2014

Today was a fun day to get more acclimated to the time difference of 10.5 hours. We shopped in Visakhapatnam. While we were shopping our host Roa was picking Penny and Bill at the airport.  It was great to see them when we got back to the hotel.
Last night we had dinner on the patio. It was a Chinese sampler.  We got a sample of ALL appetizers and more of the appetizers we especially liked.

We got to know our host a little more and what he does.  He lives approx 220 from Vizag.  He arrived by train and has been a gracious host. A funny moment at dinner tonight. Jim Tarvin is asking everybody he sees where can he find a cobra. Roa related to us he has cobras around and IN his house all the time.  When asked how many times he has had a cobra in his house he couldn't count all the times. Then explained how to kill a cobra and that his children kill them all the time.  His children - He is guardian to 292 children.

Next week when he drops us off at the airport in Vizag he will hop a train to Kottayam for the Seminary graduation.  He said it will be about a 26 hour train ride from Vizag to Kottayam.

Tomorrow at 2:00 PM we head to Koraput and start our main reason we are here. A pastors conference and medical clinics. Until tomorrow.

Keep us in your prayers to have God show his love through us.

Finally... We are here

Later Sunday Feb 2, 2014 at 11:50 AM. 

We are now at our Hotel for the next 2 days. GREAT NEWS. Penny and Bill will be with us tomorrow. We are at the Taj Residency.  We left Atlanta at 5:45 PM Friday January 31. We are now in Vizag Sunday Feb 2, 2014 at 11:00 AM.

Second part most interesting.

Sunday February 2, 2:22 am

In Mumbai municipal airport. Our flight to Amsterdam was interesting. Penny and Bill got sick on the flight to Amsterdam. Penny got the worst of it. She was very weak. She boarded the flight to Mumbai and got sick again. This time the flight attendants asked them to get off the plane. So, of our 14 on the trip 2 are in Amsterdam and 12 are catching some shut eye on our 8 hour layover in Mumbai. One last flight at 8:25 am Sunday morning from Mumbai to Visahkpatanam (Vizag pronounced Vie zag). It will be the shortest only about 2 hours.

Our long journey into ....

January 31, 2014 4:04 pm 

Well, we are on our way. We made through check-in with no problems. Sitting in the International Terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport gate E10. First leg will be to Amsterdam. Flight is 8 hours. (Less time than it took many of you to get home from work on Tuesday.) second leg will from Amsterdam to Mumbai.

2014 Mission Trip Begins.+

The time is here. Tomorrow January 31, 2014 we travel to Koraput, India. We will be begin the trip on Friday Jan 31 departing from Atlanta, GA to Mumbai via Amsterdam.  Once we get to Mumbai (Bombay) we will change to Jet Airways and fly from Mumbai to Vizag (short for Visakhapatnam). We will be in Vizag on the eastern coast of India on the Bay of Bengal for 2 days to let our bodies catch up then to Koraput for our medical clinics, pastors conference and dedication of the well.

I'll add to this as time permits along with pictures.

Until tomorrow....