June 16: The Rest of the Story

First, we got a wonderful rest last night. It is hot here, but not extremely hot, and a ceiling fan did the trick.

Sohel is opening up to us and is really relaxing around us this morning. Yesterday he woke up from a nap to find his parents gone and these two relatively strange people taking care of him. He cried for a while until I took him for a walk in the neighborhood.  We found one of my favorite things, a bakery, which sold popsicles, besides bread.  I found out later that it was his first popsicle. It did the trick: we are now friends for life.

On an earlier walk, I watched these boys playing cricket in a rather junky lot.  A few meters down the road I found a large dead rat in the gutter, but didn't take a picture.  My next discovery was this walk- through loo (toilet for you non-British).  They have them in the poorer neighborhoods where many families do not have their own toilets.  These are gents only, none for women.

Last night after supper, Michael, Marla, Sohel and I walked to Sohel's favorite park.  He fell asleep in the back carrier on the way there, but dad woke him up and the two of them played tag even though Sohel was obviously not fully awake. He had a ball, especially when he got to splash in mud puddles. (I lied about the mayhem, but needed to say something exciting to get you to check back.)

We attended church at Naga Christian Fellowship this morning with the Clarks. It was a large group (over 300, I'm sure) and was a wonderful time of worship.  The theme was Fathers' Day with lots of appreciation expressed for the fathers in attendance, along with some challenges to be a father like God is a father to us.

Michael and I went swimming this afternoon and I had a chance to talk with a couple of men in the office while he finished his laps.  Please pray for Amrisch, a Hindu- in- name- only atheist.  He gave me permission to pray that the God I worship would reveal Himself to him.  I'm asking you to gang up on Amrisch by praying that God would do just that.  God is taking care of our health concerns. Thanks for your prayers.  Please pray for Analia who is experiencing stomach pain that is somewhat severe.  Pray also for me as I prepare a devotional for Wednesday morning for a group of believers in the office that the Clarks are linked with.