Final service!

The following is a video of our gathering for the final service of our family retreat in Nagpur. As you will see, the Indians sat on the carpets placed on the floor. But they kindly provided chairs for us foreigners. (Everyone used chairs through the week.) The gathering shown in this video was this morning's Sunday worship service. We sang beautiful worship songs and roof-shattering praise songs! They had a small combo of keyboard, 2 guitars, standard drum set and another set of conga drums.

As you watch this video (I think it's about 1 minute or less), you will see the general congregation of course. Then as the camera pans toward the front, you will see a row of ladies directly in front of me and in front of them are 2 rows of men in white shirts. The men were ordained as part of this morning's service. and the women behind them are their wives. What a moving experience to lay hands on a young Indian pastor and lift him in prayer for God's special anointing with the Holy Spirit. (But I doubt you can pick him out of the video clip.)

After the service (worship, sermon, ordination, communion, and farewell with a "holy kiss"), I met with the pastor I prayed for along with his wife and #2 daughter(of 3). I promised them I would pray for them every day. I know that God puts no more significance in an American's or foreigner's prayers, but most of the people here seemed to do so. At any rate, a pastor needs to know that we are praying for him/her everyday.

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