An Acts 17 Experience

 

 

Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you. Acts 17:22-23

 

The Spirit has been present throughout our entire stay here in Patna. Furthermore, we have sensed that our experience here has been fully bathed in prayer from our partners back home. In fact, a significant inter-religious conversation took place yesterday. Heather is extremely thankful for all that she learned about World Religions this past year in Divinity School. Dr. Braswell, if you read this post, thank you for your passionate teaching and the knowledge you passed on to Heather! God really used what she learned in your class and working in the Center to help her translate and proclaim the presence of Christ as Paul did in Acts 17. Without going into too much detail online, God gave Heather an opportunity to share several passages of Scripture and give away a Bible. It was particularly meaningful to Heather that the Bible she gave away was the same Bible that David’s parents (Jane and Lloyd) gave her on the day of her commissioning at Campbell this past fall. Giving away a copy of the Bible so closely connected with the beginning of her own ministry journey was a clear affirmation and clarification of God’s call for Heather.

 

This afternoon we leave for Gaya. Our hosts here in Patna have arranged for a driver to take us to Gaya so we do not have to go on the train! While in Gaya, we may not have reliable Internet access. Thus, if our blog drops off for a few days, please forgive us. We will write more as soon as possible. Also, we love reading your comments. Keep them coming!

 

Please continue to keep us in your prayers! We will be prayer walking and performing small acts of kindness such as giving out fruit and water at a Buddhist pilgrimage site over the next few days. We will also be staying in the home of a Muslim family and ask for your prayers once again.

 

Please enjoy the pictures below of the second and third days of the arts camp at the Storytelling Library. Our time here has been wonderful! The kids and the volunteers have had so much fun. It has been a real treat to teach such eager and loving children.