Opening feast

So this past weekend we went to the opening feast. We travelled by train to get there from Paul's parent's house which was interesting to say the least. I will share more about Indian trains later . : ) As we drove up to the conference center I was really shocked at how developed and beautiful the grounds are at ACC. The meeting hall and eating hall are beautiful and there is a really flashy play set which the kids spotted out right away. Paul is a legend in India so as soon as people saw me, they asked if I was Paul Chacko's wife and shared stories about Paul lol. They have all heard about me and how Paul fell in love with my while I was playing piano at victory lol. The friends in India are so warm and several older kids just took my kids under their wings and took care of them.

 It was really sweet. : ) One thing I have noticed about Indian children is that they are really good with younger kids. This is a value that they are taught. I've noticed with my in-laws that the older children are expected to take care of the younger ones. They are taught to care for the younger ones instead of doing what they want all the time which I don't think is such a bad thing. In any case, it was really nice for me at the conference : ) We arrived at the grounds right in time for the ribbon cutting.

They let off a bunch of balloons which Rohan was disappointed about because he wanted one lol.

There were several government officials there and it was sort of a ceremony I guess. The feast was later and Kara opened the feast meeting about the great cloud of witnesses which was really neat. He said they are following along very closely with us and that they are really interested in how it is going for us. He said they watch us through tv and that the technology is much more advanced in heaven. I really felt my Dad's presence in that meeting which was really neat. He also talked about how God is not preferential to people who come from high profile families. He said it doesn't matter if you have spent all of your life in prisons. It was a really encouraging and uplifting message about the work God will do in us if we are whole-hearted. I was in and out of the meetings with Rohan so that is all I can really remember from the feast. In the next meeting, Kara spoke a lot about pride and how he has never given in to any thoughts about how his work is meaningful to the church. Wow! That was amazing to hear from him and that must be why God has been able to use him to such a great degree. I really sensed my need to be humble and to esteem the others always above myself. He also spoke about being week in oneself so that God can do this great work of transformation in us. That was also so good to hear and a reminder to be dependent on Jesus.