to agra in about.. 50 minutes.

we have just gotten back to paharganj from the conference.
i suppose i didn't know what to expect.. which is good because i probably wouldn't have imagined it either. however, God did hook up some good contacts which i don't doubt will play important roles in the future. when.. i don't know.. but a blessing none-the-less.

we leave back for agra again in just over an hour.
i do apologize for the lack of blogs lately. this is the first time i have had decent time to get internet and update since..... well, the last one. ja.

we got here (delhi) on the morning of the 12th, the day the conference started. we had the joy of seeing loren and darlene cunningham and heard some good things from them on what our Father is doing around the world. i met many people was reminded to love others. at the beginning of the conference i was sick and tired of a lot of people and wanted to be left along and just soak for sometime. well... though i didn't get super long soaking, loren and darlene left on a note of us all making a new commitment of loving our Father with all our heart soul mind and strength, as well as those around us.... as well and continuing to spread His gospel to the ends of the earth til the day He returns. big commitment but one i can and will spend my life doing... by His grace of course.

so, in the morning we will hit up the taj mahal for sunrise, then head back to varanasi that night. i have enjoyed varanasi the most so far. so i look forward to heading there again for some time.

for the sake of information for all of you, here is more than a rough statement on where i will be and what will be happening over the next... um... while. keep in mind, this will more than likely change.. but serves as a rough model to pray about and ideas floating around with the chance of becoming reality... grab some popcorn.. this could be fun.

Lord willing, while we are in varanasi, we will join the school of hindu studies as well as some contexualisation things...(classes or explanation). very interesting and different ways of looking at reaching the people in india... then i will head back to delhi with the rest of our little team minus one around this next sunday/monday. then i will join a couple friends and leave for a couple days to jaipur/ the pink city. they will fly out after we get back, and i may get time with a friend i have made here in delhi the first week i arrived. i may take part in holy day (a giant paint fight...) march 1st.. then Lord willing head back to varanasi with that friend and meet up with a german lady who reaches out to the modern hippy traveler that comes to india in search of... well, lots. Lord willing, i will also be able to spend sometime and stay with an indian family. i may stay in varanasi until the end or march (roughly) doing a variety of work... i was invited to visit the home town up north of my friend, then i hope to stop by kullu where a family i met at the conference does church planting. oh, how i wish i could go into detail right now of all the amazing things God is doing in the place... please keep praying. He is doing things, and i look forward to being a part of it. after my time there... i hope to be heading back to berlin but am open for whatever He has. all is open..

finances have been.... normal.
i expect God is doing something to help me in this. i have been learning from watching the others i am with to not hold on to it so much... thinking that He can't continue to provide when i am low but also to spend wisely. i don't mind eating and living cheap.. actually i prefer it! but to spend on everyday expenses, i shouldn't worry about what i will eat, or where the clothes i wear will come from. until now, i have never really known these needs to this degree. but i am blessed to experience this and look forward to growth in these areas.

thank you all who have supported me, and continue to. i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all the blessings you have poured into my life. prayers are more than needed as each day shows different struggles and places of my life that i need growth in. thanks be to God for the strength to get this far.. but i will for sure need a continue close relationship with Him to really do His work and represent Him well.

so, Papa, thank You for the opportunity to be here. it has been crazy good. but may we go deeper into Your plan now. financially, relational, spiritually, mentally.... in all areas. let go Papa. with You nothing is impossible.

thanks for reading these things. i hope that it has given you some what of an update... and i am sorry that i cannot go into detail just yet. ask questions though.. it will help me to communicate info that will help you understand what is going on.
email me! this.is.a.real.fake.email@gmail.com

much much much love, and thanks for all the prayers.
ciao from delhi... the place with dirty air!
viel Liebe, israel