Hari's Family and Church

We are in a town near Gudiwada. I still can't pronounce, much less remember, the name. This is the home of Hari's family. They already have a full house without guests, so Hari has arranged for us to stay with their pastor's brother who’s house is connected to the church. Again we have been overwhelmed with hospitality. Everyone told us before we left for Nepal, that we would come back thinner, but when one eats a four course meal three times a day, everyday, with an afternoon snack thrown in, I think it's impossible to lose weight.

Today we toured the Bible school and orphanage in Gudiwada. Hari's pastor, Barnabas Sajja has been able to build the "Gospel Prayer Temple Ministries" very quickly. It only started 10 years ago and it already has a Bible School of 80 students, an orphanage of 40 boys, a school for slum children, craft schools, and a network of over 80 churches (100 pastors).
Amanda and I both were able to share at the all night prayer service the church had last night and to the Bible school students today. It's so strange because we don't have much formal Biblical training, but they want us to speak.

Today, however, I may have said something "inappropriate." After I spoke to the students, pastor Barnabas wouldn't let the teacher who had translated for us continue. Amanda had the pastor to censor her if need be. Though, Amanda would never say anything controversial in public.

This morning we had breakfast at Hari's house. We had a lot of fun with all of them and their dog, Mody.

I think all the attention is wearing us down. We are very grateful how Hari's pastor (and his wife) have fed us and taken care of us, but we wish we could spend more time with Hari's family. Both of us have a weird unsettling feeling about the pastor.

Please pray that we may have an abundance of grace.

Tomorrow morning we attend two church services. One is here in the town which name I can't pronounce, and the other in Gudiwada. I think we are speaking at both services (depending if I haven't offended too much).

The services will be over by 1pm. We are then promised a trip to the beach with Hari's family.
Sunday night we'll stay here awaking quite early on Monday to drive to Vijayawata and take the train to Hyderabad (and to the Chavalis). This is despite our secret desire to spend that last night in Vijayawata because the food there was so delicious.