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North-Bound spent the day in Hong Kong as a stop-over to Delhi, India! Took the bus... tried real Chinese cuisine... saw the harbor... posed with the Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan stars... and looked like real tourists with our cameras in this big city! We are boarding in 2 hours time and will arrive in Delhi around 02:00 am. Will be in Delhi until Friday to get to know more of India first hand. Will travel to Cotta (orphanage) on saturday... What a privilege!

I knew there was something about this country that drew me to it the moment we received our itineraries in the beginning of the year. 

Of all the places in India He chose one of the most beautiful. Just to recap… We have been in India for the last 5 weeks. Ministries have been set out for our time up to now but the last week in India was very much unplanned. We are only flying out to Bangkok on Sunday morning. Our travel budget is very limited and all odds seemed to be against us going to the mountains in the North of India. We prayed together and trusted God to lead us. In short the team received the following from the Lord (and...

We are on a race!!! We hope we are winning... :-) We were greeted by the air-hostess this morning with a pleasant sentance... "sincronize your watches". The challenge is simple. Complete a list of tasks and sight-seeing challenges in Bangkok and surrounding areas. The finish line is tomorrow night 20:00 in Phuket! From eating sticky rice and mango, riding through the streets with a took-took, rasting stinky feet fruit, feeding fish, taking the train, beeing threatened for jumping on grass, seeing a palace to meeting locals.What a privilage! We are however still on our way to our final destination. Soo...

The lime team has had a cultural weekend! Here is some photos of what we did: Picknick at the waterfall... Yeasterday we went to a hilltribe village. We as a team had the opportunity to share our testimonies and could encourage the local believers. They received us into their homes with the greatest hospitality.Sunday lunch at the hilltribe village... The village greeted us this morning and sent us on our way with 3 bags of lichis and 2 bags of rice on our hands. Very humling and a privilege!

We have finally arrived in Delhi from Varanasi, India. I can truely testify to seeing how God provides when we are in total dependance of Him. As a team we have had an amazing yet very challenging time in Varanasi. We were blessed to really experience how God brought light and truth to people in this very oppressed place... Ganga river, Varanasi Spriritual gurus next to the Ganga river, Varanasi The work-your-way team met up with us at the main bazaar this afternoon... felt like seeing family! We as a nothbound team are heading off to Agar to visit the Taj...

Nainital... truly a diamond in the rough! Can now see why some say Indie is a country of contrast! Here are some photos of our new home for the next week... Enjoy! View of the lake:   View from our humble abode (Rs1100 per night for the 12 of us)... Streets of Nainital... New mountain friends...   Will surely keep you updated!

Taj Mahal... enough said. We departed by train to Agar this morning and spent the day visiting one of the Worlds man maid wonders! Wow! India greetings!!

Jai masih ki! (I greet you in the name of Christ) Northbound spent our lay-over in Hong Kong. Taking a bus into the city, doing window shopping and spending time with the locals was a great way to start the journey! We arrived in New Delhi at 03:00 am and arranged for 3 local taxis to take us (and the backpacks) to the main bazaar. What a country! We spent the first 4 days in Delhi getting settled into the ‘Indian way’ of doing things. Taking hose showers, eating samoosas and chapattis, enjoying the aircon in the metro and experiencing...