First of all, over the last few days a lot of violence has broken out against Christians in the poor eastern Indian state of Orissa. It began with the burning of several churches and the murder of a nun on Monday. Now, the death toll has risen to 9, and the violence shows no signs of abating.
Truthseekers is doing what it can to support these fellow Christians in their time of need. Sunil and Nitin have been on the phone for two days trying to organize a delegation to Orissa as well as prayer and fasting meetings and a rally outside of Parliament to get the government's attention.
The whole situation could really use your prayer. It might very well blow over with no further harm done, or it could exacerbate religious tensions across the country and lead to further violence. So, pray.
Also, in much more uplifting news, Sunil Sardar is headed back to the U.S. today! There he will be reunited with his family, whom he hasn't seen in months. Pray that their reunion is sweet and filled with joy.
Sunil (right) will be back at Grace Community Church in justa few days. If you've been reading here about Truthseekers,
be sure to go up and introduce yourself!
be sure to go up and introduce yourself!
On a more personal note, I've reached the half-way point in my time here. Obviously if you've read any of my blog you know that it has been a fantastic time of learning, growing and doing crazy things that I could not have imagined doing just 5 years ago... :)
All that said, I still have a month and a half to go. Please pray that I would continue to grow in my hunger to learn, my willingness to try new things and my openness to what God has in store.
Finally, something that has almost nothing to do with anything above...
I wanted to share a really awesome website with you. It's being developed by my good friend Curtis Honeycutt, and no, he didn't ask me to promote it! I really do think it's that cool.
The website is called Just Wallpaper. It's a collection of desktop backgrounds that Curtis has designed. Each one is focused on a different theme related to social justice. Facts, scripture and thought provoking art... With a quick click you can replace that boring desktop of trees or cats or whatever with something truly meaningful!
Oh, and the best part of all is that Curtis takes suggestions! Don't miss it!!!
4 comments:
praying. there's a choir meeting tonight and we'll pray, too. and i posted curtis' site on my blog. good stuff.
Barry, thanks for the love.
You are doing some very cool things in India. We miss you here.
just wallpaper
Very nice link, Barry. Thanks. Keeping you in our prayers.
Curt
it's been amazing to have him home!
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