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As our three year anniversary is approaching, I thought that it was appropriate to write a message to the church. Canvas Church, you are an amazing group of people! I'm so thankful for all of you and I am filled with love for you all.
As I sit down to write, I listen to the powerful words of one of my favorite worship songs, Saviour King. "...Let now Your church shine as Your bride, That You saw in Your heart, As You offered up Your Life. Let now the lost be welcomed home, By the saved and redeemed, Those adopted as Your own. Let now our hearts burn with a flame, A fire consuming all, For Your Son's holy Name, And with the heavens we declare, You are our King. We love You Lord, We worship You, You are our God, You alone are good, You asked Your Son, To carry this. The heavy cross, Our weight of sin, I love You Lord, I worship You, Hope which was lost, Now stands renewed. I give my life, To honour this, The love of Christ, The Saviour King."
These words resound with our purpose. To honor Jesus, our Savior, and to bring the lost to Him. It reminds me of the spirit of our church. Canvas Church is a body of believers who love to bring honor to Christ and love to bring the lost to Him. You all burn with a flame of fire which was ignited by God Himself. Your lights are shining out there in our community, showing all the love of Christ.
Thank you for making Canvas Church the life-giving place that it is. Happy Anniversary, and may God open the windows of Heaven to pour out blessings upon you all in abundance that you may have all you need and be able to continue to give to all those around you who are in need.
I love you!
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Just a reminder to set your clocks back 1 hour tonight.
See you in the morning.
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Rick and I are in the office and associates are scurrying around, working hard and leveraging each other's strengths. We had breakfast at the resort, our usual - Saffron Pancakes with carmelized bananas and crispy bacon, me with a pot of coffee and Rick with his pot of tea. We sat next to Rebecca and learned that her 'real' job is architecture!!! We had an uneventful ride into work and are completely ready to come home. For those of you who may be interested we depart from India @ 12:15 a.m. IST - Friday morning; and fly a 14 hour flight to Chicago - have a four hour layover and customs stuff to do and should arrive in Jacksonville around 1:30 p.m. Friday afternoon barring no delays. I have had difficulty wrapping my mind around the 14 hour flight, 9.5 hour difference, plus the one hour difference between Chicago and Jax.
Rick and I read in the paper today, that the international airport has experience flight arrivals and departures delays due to critters (big lizards 'Komoto dragons'- seen by pilots, now that's scary, monkeys, jackals, dogs littered the runway as the Monsoon season has hit. Yes we have experienced it all!!!!!!
We are both excited about returning home!!!!! See ya'll in a few days!
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On Saturday morning, Rick and I met in the lobby for our getaway to see the #1 Wonder of the World - Taj Mahal. There was a little delay in Vineet and Sugit arriving at the resort, as they'd taken a few wrong turns, they arrived and we had breakfast. By 10 a.m. we were off! It took us about three hours to reach Agra, and the weather was very warm. When we arrived, we decided to eat lunch first. Met by Hasan's cousin, we were escorted into the most amazing five star hotel. We were greeted with wooden bracelets & bindi -The woman's mark is most often called a bindi. It can be worn as a decoration, by women of any religion, or as a Hindu religious observance. We got lots of picts for those back home. Peshawri - was the name of an exquisite Indian Authentic Cuisine restaurant. The servers allowed both Rick and I separately in the kitchen, I even got to help make the buttered naan - we captured this on video! We had Tandoori Chicken, naan, and dal.
After a filling lunch we were on our way to the Taj. When we arrived, we had to park a distance away. As we pulled in the parking lot, both Rick and I sighted a camel with carriage. We asked if that could be our mode of transportation (our options being, horse & buggy, bicycle & buggy or battery operated shuttle or the camel) You got it! We not only were escorted to the gate of the Taj, and both rode the camel, but Rick rode camelback right up to the entrance!!!!!
We had two very nice tour guides while inside, and spent the better part of two hours amazed by the elaborate marble structure. It's interesting that it took 22,000 men, 22 years 24 hours a day to build it and it was built with such precision and symmetry!
After we left the Taj, we rode on onbe of their battery operated jobees. And you guessed it! More shopping! To all the girls back home, this place was a little to rich for my pocket book. However, while we were inside, they showed us how the marble was inlaid with the precious stones of jade, ruby, pearl and other fine jewels. Vineet captured this process for us on video. From this location we went into a more reasonable souvineer shop. By the time we were finished we were all exhausted - Rick slept the entire way home. We were hosted by the most gracious men - Vineet P Singh & Suchit Bhalla - we are most grateful for an amazing day!
Sunday was meant for rest and relaxation and I did just that! All day long! Ate and slept, and started watching Bride and Prejudice but fell asleep. I did get the chance to watch it from beginning to end before work this morning! If you haven't seen it, it's a must.
Miss you all and will see you Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We have tried so many new foods! The best are paranthas, it is like a wrap filled with a potato filling; garlic naan, dal, uttapam, and tons of mocktails (beverages without the alcohol) - including a mixture of various different juices such as Pineapple, OJ, Mango, and grenadine.
Rick tried Gulab Jamun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will tell you what it is when we return.
Love ya'll.
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