Faith
I'd become increasingly concerned and frustrated about the trip this week --I'd also been behind on reading the weekly Bible lesson. As usual, when I finally picked it up last night it spoke to everything I'd been worrying about.
With one week before our departure and a very long way to the fundraising goal, my mother's advice was to go with faith, do our work as planned, and trust that the support will come.
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen...For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name...shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: be not slothful...through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews
Winter Wonderland
Trav and I have received lots of wonderful advice and loads of help from a friend of a friend in India. Harini is a young architect who has been invaluable to us as we prepare for this project. Soon the two of us will be trading places when she begins attendence at a UK university. Congratulations, Harini!
When she enquired about the weather in England, I was happy to return a favour...but the answer may have been hard to bear: the winter temperatures are between 7 and 1 degree Celcius. I had to laugh when she replied, "Oh my! You know the temperatures here in south India are always fluctuating between 35 and 45 degree celcius. There is nothing called winter -in December the temperatures are around 28."
She must have been horrified when I told her most days this summer have not reached 25 degrees. The Brits call that a heat wave!
But the good news is it looks like we'll be able to meet in London just before I leave next week. I'll check the forecast for the 14th.
