Day 2 in Nagpur

Wow, what a joy and highlight today has been. All three of us have been involved in teaching the seminar here on small groups and Worship. It was a joy to watch the people worship in Marathi and to hear the other devotionals. For myself I really enjoyed sharing with them what God has taught me about small group ministry. I ended up tag-team teaching with Bobby for most of the day. Bobby teaches with such passion and enthusiasm, it is contagious. Together we tried to impart to the seminar guests a passion for multiplying their groups and for having their cell groups embody the "Gospel Community" that Pastor Steve taught about yesterday. Joe will write about his time leading the Worship Seminar. Pastor Steve wrapped up all the sessions with an exhortation to be encouraged ... "Do not loose heart".

We woke up to find that it had been raining all night and was still raining. We were concerned what we would do since our venue on Monday was in the yard beside a building with just some fabric sheets for a roof stretched from the building to the courtyard wall. We knew that these sheets are good for shielding us from the sun, but they would do nothing to protect us from the rain. We wondered if the sound equipment was in the rain, and what would we do. Of course the crew here had a plan B and we went to the basement where they had a room that we could assemble in. That room turned out to be a better fit for the seminar than the open-air tent had been. The venue was a great fit for the Seminar, so Bobby was working on making arrangements to use this venue for future seminars here in Maharastra.

This evening, we said goodbye to Bobby for a day. He is headed to a board meeting in Bangalore. We will fly down to Chennai tomorrow morning. Unfortunately, it will take 2 flights and a layover. We will leave the hotel tomorrow morning at 8:30 and get into Chennai at 4:30 --- assuming the flights are relatively on-time. We will say goodbye to all of our friends in Chennai then and return to the USA.