Recent events. Very tired.

Friday the 22ND Crystal, Ricky and I went to the coconut jungles and visited a preacher named John. Last time we were in India John asked Ricky to speak at his village. They had a small community church and they listened to Ricky preach on the radio and television. Ricky spoke and several were baptized by Ricky and I in the ocean. One of the girls we baptized teaches sewing here in Kakinada. John was baptized by Ricky later and he works with several churches in the area. John took us to one of the churches he works with. They were very loving to us. I spoke for an hour with Ricky translating. An hour is a personal record. Most of it was Ricky translating. We asked if any wanted to be baptized and four said they did. We didn't go with them for the baptizing because they had to travel pretty far to be baptized. They requested that we could help them with a baptistery so they wouldn't have to travel so far for baptisms. We had to leave pretty fast to get home at a decent hour, but they were so loving that it was hard to leave.

Saturday the 23 we left very early because we had three villages on our agenda. We were guided by a preacher named Joseph. His area was an hour past the village we had visited on Friday. We arrived at the first village around 11 a.m. This village had several members but only a few bibles. During my speech I asked if someone would read a scripture. Ricky realized hardly anyone had bibles so he told them on his next visit he would bring them some. Ricky and I spoke on the rooftop of the local preacher's mother's house. Crystal and Christy did puppets for the children inside the house on the first floor. One man that could not climb the stairs also watched the puppets and listened to Crystal and Christy teach songs. At this village four also wanted to be baptized. Two of them came to us after I spoke, including the lady that owned the house. They fed us and then to others said they wanted to be baptized. It was 3 p.m. before we left that village we were supposed to be at the next village at 3, but when we arrived it was like 6:30. Some of the people had left since we were late but there was still a group of thirty or so still waiting on us. This village was deep in the Eastern Ghats mountains. It was a very beautiful trip.
They were needing a well in this village so they wouldn't have to walk so far to get water. I hope to return to them and help them dig one. They also had a half finished church that need a roof and walls and floor. Today, Sunday we went to church and tried to rest.