The mental prep for this meeting was, again, a bit over exaggerated by my imagination. We were heading to an island to do a meeting. In order to get to this island we were taking a tractor over the water, well that is depending on the height of the water. Once we actually got there all we saw was sand and a "puddle" of about two feet. The river is so far down that the water never came to this part of the island, which is bad news for the dry, hot season ahead. However for us it meant we didn't actually have to use the ox cart but we did, if even just for the experience. It was very exciting. Once over the puddle we got back in our car and drove through fields of corn to the other side of the island which lies along the Krishna river. We got to point where we couldn't drive so we got out and walked through the corn fields past a house and a mud hut with two little boys and our guides leading us to the spot seen in the pictures below, it was beautiful.
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| Fishing Nets |
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On our way back as we passed a little hut these little chicks crossed our path. The lady below clucked at her chickens and they came out for me to take pictures of them. Then a man climbed a huge coconut tree, it would have been awful if he would have fallen out! He stayed in it for like 5 minutes cutting down coconuts to share and the shimmied his way back down the tree. It was unbelievable! Then he chopped off the tops and one of the little boys ran and got straws from the mud hut. I think it is the second time I have had coconut water. It is a little hard to drink down because it is a bit "thicker" then water. But it keeps you hydrated and is good for your stomach. Especially after you have been eating curry for the last three weeks. So really it was a great treat! After we finished those we finished our walk with a stop at the little house seen below. Two rooms, and two families live in this house. They gave us some good tea, some cooked corn which was really good! Even with the language barrier the time spent with these people is so precious and wonderful. We prayed a blessing over their house and got back in our car to head to the meeting which was at the church on the island.
This meeting went great. It was a little slow to start. Typically when you do a meeting people hear the sounds and music and out of curiosity will come and sit. This happened here as well, except since it is an island there isn't that many people! But God still moved and the message was great. We prayed afterwords with practically everyone, and got fed some curry chicken with rice.
xo, Carissa
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