Business Meetings

As a team we had two very distinct parts to this trip:

First, to meet and fellowship with the students and staff here at the school. We have been with them for two chapels and spoke just this afternoon to them after "tea" about our ideas and thoughts from the trip.

Second, to meet with Christian business people. Bruce conducted a seminar last night for 68 of these business people, and we were able to engage them in a round table discussion on employing Christian principles in our work.

Today, as an added surprise and a pleasant one indeed, Bruce and I had the chance to meet again with four of these business people to go more in-depth. A plastics tool and die partner, a man his management team in IT, and a water fountain, recreation facility designer. Man, did we get to do deep! 6 hours worth. I think we all walked away touched.

Tonite dinner with students and then off at 3 a.m. to head to London and back home in 36 hours!

I will post a bunch more photos upon return, the web speed is a bit slow.

Some photos, sorry I tried earlier

Cabbie Story

We got all our signals crossed. So my ride didn't show and I had only one phone number on my blackberry. The "big chief" here at the school. I called him, now you have to realize that it was 5 a.m.

He and I agreed that I would get a cab. Now, the cabbie didn't speak English and I of course don't speak any Hindi. We took an hour and half to go the 45 minutes because we got lost and weren't communicating well.

He has two children (2 and 4) and is a practicing Sunni Muslim. We even went to the wrong school and had to get redirected. You gotta see the way they drive, much worse than Scott. I tried to take photos but that seemed to distress my new Sunni friend, a bunch.

So frankly I stoked a Hoyo and laughed to myself and the fact that God has a big time sense of humor.

Got to the seminary in time for breakfast and then spoke to a class on ... you guessed it Romans Chapter One. "Paul couldn't get to Rome"

Monday Update2

I sent one update by email, so this many double up

I am here, safe, and busy already today. Breakfast and chapel and speaking to classes and lunch with a tour thrown in.

Funny story about cab driver, if it doesn't pop up from email I'll key back in tomorrow.

Leave comments or email me, I'll check every couple hours now that I know my way around.

Great place ... to visit.

Monday Update

Ok, lots of wacky stuff.

Everyone got their signals crossed and there was no one at the airport to
pick me up at 5 a.m.

So, I ended up hiring a cabbie. He didn't speak English and I of course
don't speak Hindi. We communicated by gestures (he has two kids 2 and 5
and is a practicing Sunni Muslim). We drove 45 minutes and got lost a
couple times. Frankly I thought I might be looking all over India until
Thursday ... but alas we finally found the seminary.

Wonderful place. Beautiful in the center of not so beautiful. 120
students and 40 staff. We did chapel and we spoke in some classes. Just a
few minutes ago had lunch (it's now about 90 degrees and we're very close
to the equator) and I'm gonna do some blogging for a few.

Yes, Jul I'm blogging from 11 time zones away.

Still bummed Dave and Jon couldn't make it, but we're doing what we can,
I've taken a couple hundred pictures to try and fill in. I tried to get a
shot of the sun coming up this morning, but man you've got to see them
drive! Worse than Scott.

Gotta fly, more later tonite.

Sunday

Arrived in London 5 a.m. Chicago time
Have two hour layover