Preachers workshop and Mulaparru

Yesterday was the preacher's workshop. It was so encouraging to meet all the preachers and their wives. They all were really nice and are really hardworking! One preacher goes and preaches for 3 to 4 villages, in which most of the time they have to walk long distances, except for those who have "Gospel Chariots" which are bicycles that the church in Kakinada gave them for their hardwork. Aaron spoke to them about Grace and Mercy, Beverly spoke to the women about Mary and Martha, and I spoke to the women about how we should work together to bring people to Christ and how we shouldn't give up or be discouraged if people haven't come to Christ yet. It was fun! One of the girls from the Children's home made us girls all flowers to put in our hair which smelled wonderful. It made us all feel pretty:) Afterward, we all went to Ricky's Aunt's house to put icing on Sudeepa's cake because it was her birthday.

Today, we went to a village that was about 3-4 hours away. We got to teach about 50 kids 4 bible stories about Jesus while we used puppets to illustrate. We taught Jesus in the Temple, Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus walks on the water, and the Good Samaritan. The kids here really love the puppets. We also got to teach them some songs with the OC group and then one of the guys from the other group gave a short sermon about coming into the family of the Lord. Then Ricky handed out bibles. Afterward, two women were baptized in the river, which was awesome because the meeting was supposed to originally be only the children, but the adults ended up coming also, which is why one of the OC guys spoke. After that the children huddled around us and were all wanting to shake our hands, some of them shaked our hands over and over again. They were so cute. The churches here are so welcoming and loving. Please continue to pray for us, Michelle has been having some stomach problems, but she is doing a little better.
Love,
Crystal