Sunday, I returned to the area featured on March 5. More baptisms were planned, but increased scrutiny necessitated them being postponed until Monday, and later days. A meeting of the local panchayat (local self-government at the village or small town level) was held in a building near where we were. Many of the women planning to attend my Breast Cancer Awareness Program missed it (or most of it) due to the meeting. Three different local officials came to see what we were doing. My hand-outs are all secular and in Hindi except for the C2C Story in English. Oops. But here's the good news. As a part of the program, we share with them women how to prepare for death. Two older women chose to prepare for an eternity in heaven! In the last two weeks, 14 in this area have made this same decision. Angels are singing, Satan is NOT happy.

 This is mostly an agricultural region. They grow wheat and beetroots.

 Nan and Marley rest after the long journey to get to the rural village.

 The girls teach them new songs.

 Learning about breast self-examination. One in twenty-two women in India will get breast cancer. Only 50% will survive.

 S leads the ladies in a prayer to repent of their sins and accept Jesus Christ.

One of the precious girls who came with their mom.
Please pray for these women as they tell others the life-saving message about breast cancer and how to prepare for eternity.

Women's Fellowship

For right at a year I've been praying, planning, and trying to make arrangements for the meeting that finally came to pass tonight. The pastor's sister helped me arrange it. My vision is to see believing women come together to grow spiritually, encourage each other, pray for one another and others, and share their faith intentionally and practically. They had not been meeting together. I just want to jump start them, and encourage them.
I call these group meetings "Extended Hands." Why? My friends and I extend our hands to our national sisters in fellowship, worship, prayer and ministry. Did you know the word hands can be found in the Bible 437 times?
I shared from God's Word from Colosians 1. Deborah and Jerry helped me make bookmarks with prayers based on Col. 1. On the back side are prayers for others using B-L-E-S-S, and a place to list people they want to pray for regularly. The girls also helped me make cookies for the tea break.
How did it go? I'm not sure. I've got to work on my language skills!
I'm praying for similar groups in other areas of our state. Will you join me?