My apologies for being so late with an update on my trip to India.  Here’s a brief summary of what happened.

India is an incredible place, of which you can get a small glimpse from my previous e-mail with some first impressions. I adjusted very quickly, though and felt relatively at home.

The Students

The students were mostly from India, although there was one from the U.S. and one from Bangladesh. Several were from the Northeast of India from places like Manipur and Nagaland. They have more of an oriental look than the others.

The first week, my co-worker Hilde from Norway taught. She taught on several different things, starting with the life of David as a worshipper. She included many practical exercises which the students found refreshing after several weeks of intense lectures.

Then it was my turn

I spoke the second week and I had been worried that I wouldn’t have enough material to teach for a whole week, but I did it! 

Actually the Holy Spirit did it, I just stood back and let Him speak. 

Really, God taught me a lot about depending on Him.  Before I went to India, I sat dwon severl times and tried to study.  However, I was just too distracted and couldn’t study.  God kept telling me not to worry about it, just to do what I could and leave the rest up to Him.  I collected what materials I could from the internet and left it at that.

When I arrived, God began speaking and I was able to make up an outline for my teaching, whereas before I had written down everything word-for-word.  When I sopke the words just came and I really felt the anointing.  Thank God!

What did I teach on?

On Monday morning, I taught on the Tabernacle of Moses and then on Tuesday morning, had them transform their clasroom into a replica of it.  They did great.  Wednesday morning I taught brifely on the scarifices and offerings and had them bring their own "sacrifice" or "offering".  Something – good or bad – they wanted to bring to God.  Thursday I spoke on the Holy Spirit’s role in worship and we prayed for them.  Friday, I had them prepare a short worship time without using music.

It was a good week, and God did many things.  The students were touched, and God did things in their lives.  One student began speaking in tongues for the first time while I was leading worship.

The students were also very open and receptive to the teaching.  They treated us guest speakers like royalty.  For example, we weren’t even allowed to so much as touch a dirty dish and someone made breakfast for us every morning.