Post-holiday week!

I enjoyed a pretty relaxed Saturday after getting in late from Hyderabad.  I sang in church Sunday morning, and went back to school on Monday.  It was such a small crowd that the classes were combined which made it a bit interesting!  The kids got backpacks before break and they proved to be such a distraction in class.  I introduced the flashcards which started out well, but by the time we hit "Hh" there were so many little conversations going on around the room about where each one should sit, who had who's pencil/book/bag and who knows what else.  So it got kind of crazy really fast with more of the same on Tuesday!!!  

It was decided Tuesday night that I would stay home from school on Wednesday to do some office work with Prabhudas before he had to go officiate another wedding.  As he headed out, Ruth and I were dropped off for women's meeting.  As we'd discussed the plan for my day the night before, Prabhudas had told me to "prepare a small sermon" which I took to mean be ready to share more than my customary greeting.  However, Ruth informed me on the way I was to be the main speaker!!!  I think I spoke all of 20 minutes (with translation) before I was finished and prayed for the ladies.  At the amen, Ruth confirmed I was done and then said she'd have to preach a while because it was not long enough!  =)  

With so much office work to do, I didn't go back to school the rest of the week.  Prabhudas and I worked in the office in the morning, had lunch and then went back to work.  On Thursday night, I went with him to a meeting in Khammam about an hour and a half away from here.  Once we got there, he asked me to share greetings which I was kind of expecting!  He didn't start preaching until 9pm and he went for 1 1/2 hours!  Then we were taken to a nearby home for dinner and we didn't get home until almost 2am.   

One evening, we went up to the roof for my sunset pictures and then went for a walk to the church which was really nice!  We went upstairs to the future school rooms and I took some more pictures.  On the way back to campus, we stopped at a home next to the Bible school for tea.  Before going inside, we went up onto the roof and looked out over the neighborhood where a lot of my students live.  I heard a lot of "Madam, madam, hi, madam" as we talked and waved and I clicked away on the camera.  The tea turned out to be coffee, but since it is mostly water buffalo milk and sugar, I was able to drink it.  They also served us a fried potato thing that was really very good.  It was a very nice evening!!!