Update!

Hello!

We have begun our coffee shop interactions and have met quite a few nationals! We have set up appointments to meet with them again this week and are so excited to know them better! One girl has been very enthusiastic and cannot wait to share more of her culture with us. English classes have been going well also! We have had eight students and they are as eager to learn.

This week the girls learned to do henna. This is an ancient decorative body art for the hands or feet It will be used to tell stories to nationals! This week they learned to tell the story of Creation and the fall of man through henna!

We also were able to work at a couple of pilot schools. We were picked up by bus at around 8 am. We entered the bus welcomed with screams of "Auntie!" and "Uncle!" from almost every child on there! On the way to the schools, we learned that there were actually two schools we would be working in. One was for older children and the other for babies and toddlers. The older children were taught elementary English and some basic math before ending the day. They were ecstatic to see foreigners and loved playing with us.

At the babycare center, we helped bathe, clothe and feed them before showering them with love as we played with them. 

We can’t wait to go back!

Nomoskar!

Greetings! Our team has successfully landed and we are off to a glorious start! We visited the local marketplace where we learned a great deal about the vibrant and diverse culture of the people here. It is amazing how wide of a spectrum exists between the extremely wealthy and the desperately poor. Despite all of the differences between these groups they share the common thread of unbelief. Already we have visited two temples and a mosque where we witnessed the enormous need for the saving grace of our Lord. We were
so excited to pass out registration flyers for the English classes we will be teaching and finally make some
connections! The classes begin this week, please pray for an abundant number of pupils and close relationships with each one.

In His Service!

Southasia Coffee Sippers: Meet the Team!

Angela (age 21)

School: Moody Bible Institute in Spokane, Washington

Major: Intercultural studies

Hometown: Flossmoor, Illinois

Leah (age 21)

School:  University of Memphis

Major:  Social Work

Hometown:  Jackson, TN

Jared (age 18)

School:  Northeast Alabama Community College
Hometown:  Rainsville, AL

Amar (age 21)

School:  University of Alabama

Major:  Physical therapy/Athletic training

Hometown:  Ft. Payne, AL

Nathan (age 21)

School:  University of  Tennessee at Martin

Major:  History

Hometown:  Charlotte, TN