Day 6: last night in Kolkata and prayer for healing

Hi all,

Wow. What a week. What is the meaning of the purpose of God and/or the nature of spiritual warfare, when spiritually, w/respect to FS, we started w/dark vision & ended in glorious light … But our bodies started strong & rapidly degenerated into sickness?   Weird. Still trying to see what God is saying in all of this, and we are still trying to battle strong.

First the good news: THERE IS NO MALARIA.  Catherine got a blood test & it came back negative – praise God!  (Good thing too, b/c she threw up her malaria antibiotics.)  However, half of us have dropped like malaria-free flies. James is weak, feverish but okay … (As you might expect, his good humor & ability to keep a safe eye on us hasn’t waned much.). Jen stayed home today w/ symptoms similar to Catherine’s – chills, fever, aches, diarrhea.  Anna also went down with stomach ills & fever late in the day. And Catherine is still touch & go. Pls pls pls keep praying – we’re trying our hardest to fight but man, we need all of you backing us up, or even standing on the front lines of intercession for us.

Day 6: Morning Update

From Robert:

I feel like we have gotten a lot done because we were able to experience something about people’s lives here, and especially to see the Hilton’s ministering to the women. That is the most remarkable thing. Also, everyone feels inspired to try hard to support the work here which is beautiful and noble….’

From James and Robert:

Cathy and Jen are both sick. Please pray for their quick recovery, so that they can continue their work and also able to fly home on Saturday.

Day 5: Sickness, Light, and Friendships

I’m actually writing this on the morning of Day 6 . . . yesterday was sort of a wash for me and I just didn’t have the energy to type.  I stayed home (Becca stayed with me) totally sick, while the rest of the team came to FS.  This is what they told me about their day…

They had a great morning conference call / morning devotions with Jeff, Santosh (JVI lawyer), Kyu and Tom Kim . . . learned a lot about JVI & how it works in relation to FS and other justice ventures.  They were really impressed with Santosh, a Brahmin Indian who married 2 castes below his own, and was practically disowned for it.  Even now, the 2 families don’t get together, and when they do, they eat with diff sets of cups, plates, etc. Acc to teammates, Santosh is really something, born & bred here in India, but just really living out the Gospel in so many important ways.