The reception was beautiful... K-home rocks!! Said
goodbye’s to my family and was off to Jaipur. I’m so thankful to my family and
friends for everything. I praise God for my time back in Bangalore I was so
encouraged and refreshed. I’m so blessed to have such a wonderful family... Love
my family so much ... I just can’t wait to see them in April.
Happy to be back in Jaipur but from my
point of view, lot has changed in 3 months... It’s either extremely hot or extremely
cool. I am learning the language and finding the culture a lot different from
south.
As I recall, the last blog update, I wrote
about F.O.G.- but I see that every day in my life and am so thankful. Well,
this month, I have been earnestly seeking God and trying to find out why things
are getting hard day by day. One day, I prayed asking God to test me, since I
was studying from the life of Job and BOOM!!! Never saw what was ahead..
Problems day after day, night after night... 
I
wasn’t like dying but everyday there would be something new that would surprise
me and I guess I wasn’t totally aware until I paused and looked to Dadda. Job
was successful and was so blessed but when he was put to the test that’s when I
saw who he truly was. He was so pure, a man who shunned evil and feared God. I
saw my life and when trouble or storms kept hitting me, for the very first
time, I stopped complaining but started rejoicing...
I started pushing through
instead of getting angry. I kept asking myself... Boo, can you think of one
good reason, why you should blame God for what is happening to you? And I would
just get alone, cry and thank Jesus for everything that He has done and is
still doing.
I’m not going to share all the details but
it was hard, there were several nights I had these crazy demonic dreams and so
on. I am so happy and thankful that with
Jesus by my side, I can overcome and stand strong. I want to share this short
verse which spoke to me:- You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen
what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy
(James 5:11).
I am still fighting and learning to carry
the cross daily and follow Jesus. It’s really simple to make commitments but to
actually live them out. If job could be so pure and Elijah so righteous who both
feared God. Surely, I can. After all, the Bible says, Job was a man just like
you and me and also Elijah if you check out (James 5:17).
I want to be put to the test but come out victorious
or die trying... Jesus is so worth it! I want to let my life song sing about
Jesus. I’m happy that through the testing of our faith, we grow... I really
wish I could share how happy I am that I have fought these struggles and won.
Our God is an awesome God, and He hears our cry, our prayer.
What am I doing as of now???Good question... For the first six months, I will be a learner in Jaipur. Learning the language, culture and also will be helping out with Cornerstone. Learning and helping out with sound, media and other technical related work. I also am helping coach young-ling's to rise up and become great stars in football. I help out with Kids during the days and I enjoy helping out in Sunday evenings. We have some kids from the neighborhood who come for 2 hours or so and we play games, share bible stories, activities and share about Jesus’ love. More than everything, I mostly cherish this time. They are so precious and I’m so blessed to be able to pour into these kids life.
Thank you so much for pouring into my life.
You have been a big blessing to me. Like Tammy ma (my mom) says- you were
blessed to be a blessing...
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