Awake

Awake

I'm awake. I'm surprised a little. Even though I've been getting better sleep here in India than I have in the last 6 months in Portland, I'm surprised to be awake at 6:20 am Indian Standard Time. I'm surprised because last night I could not set my alarm (read: cell phone) because I could not keep it plugged in to the powerstrip which is plugged into the electrical converter which I smelled burning last night around 9:45. It's cooked and it's eletrical converting days are over. (Sorry Dan and Kathy, but thanks for letting me borrow it.) Time to go to the electronics store (again) and get (another) universal powerstrip.

I'm here in India tagging along with a group from Village attempting to capture in words, stories, pictures, and video the bigger picture—the bigger partnership—in which we are participating. The various sub-groups are doing different kinds of conferences and training, all with the underlying element of leadership development. So what I'm trying to find out is, what do these leaders envision as the future of the church in this area of India and are we helping them get there? I'm no investigative journalist (not by any stretch of the imagination) but I have recorded a couple of good interviews so far and I'm hoping that by bringing the words of these leaders home, I might, by proxy, cast their vision to Village and be a catalyst to mobilizing the church to active participation in the work God is doing here.