The sights and sounds of this place will forever be sketched in my heart. Will I ever come back here, I don’t know that answer. If it was left up to the Pastors we have met, Steve and I could stay here forever and teach God’s Word to hungry people. The streets are full of people…the cars are everywhere…the horns never cease from honking…the curious looks haven’t stopped either. We visited Mother Teresa’s’ burial sight, a very special opportunity. What an amazing women she was, and her heart still lives on through the people here. Steve and I finished a long day of preaching…Steve spoke at Bethel Church this morning as he described it to be a very spirit filled church. Then tonight he taught at a Assembly of God Church in there “Hindi” service.

I was at a Baptist Church in the morning and a youth service at the AG Church tonight.  I was asked to teach on sexual purity and boy was it a fun time. Pastor Jacob asked our team to come forward at the alter up front and pray with anyone who came forward. I know I spoke with two people with huge stories of sexual sin…we can only pray for their healing in this area. Tomorrow is a new day, with plans of a childrens home ran by our buddy Souman. He’s a pretty cool guy…I call him my body guard and he likes that…Oh yea, they don’t make shirts in India to fit me…and when I found a pair of jeans I liked they were going to charge me twice as much as they would’ve charged Todd…sounds like discrimination against big guys to me. All this rambling to say this…My heart is overjoyed that I came to India. The people have proved to be very special, rich or poor, young or old we have been blessed by all we have come in contact with. The needs here are a bit overwhelming, but with God all things are possible. (as I type, firecrackers are exploding outside my window) crazy people…)

NorthPointe family, be in prayer that our next several days here go smooth. Pray for hearts to be touched with the Love of Jesus. Ask for strength for each team member by name. Pray that we will continue to lift up Jesus.

Steve did a great job teaching during the pastors conference. 125
pastors/wives and volunteers. He is pumping out tons of  material to
all in attendance.

I did a youth ministry break-out session that was attended by 31
people of all ages. One guy was 65 years old and he is on fire to
reach youth for Jesus. I may pack in my bags and bring him home with
me to work in the wherehouse.

I took pictures of all in attendance and wrote their names down to
that our wherehouse team can be praying for fellow youth workers in
Kolkata.

Over all, we are very humbled… Feeling blessed that God would use 9
of us to share hope with the hopeless and encourage those who are
discouraged…God’s kingdom is so huge! Pray for us as we want to be a
star shining bright in a dark place.

Much more to come.

Keep praying…

Our team is tough, resilient and prepared for such a time as this. I awoke this morning by hearing on a loud speaker outside at 5am Muslim prayers. It was very disturbing to think they awake that early to pray…did you even pray today? Faithfulness isn’t convient. Todd, Melanie, Chenicua, Stace, Kim, Tina and Rupee headed out this morning for the slums to teach and share God. After they left I stepped outside our compound to see the streets for myself. All I can say is WOW! People, cars, bikes and even naked kids walking around… It’s loud, horns honking, birds going crazy, people whistling…WOW! Steve and I are teaching at the Pastors Conference. Steve is tearing it up right now as I type this (hope he doesn’t get mad at me for not paying attention but I have to do something to get my mind off the fact that I have a speaker pointing At my head and giving me a headache). In about an hour I will be taking the youth pastors and workers out for a session. Pray for a bonding to take place with all of us.

Pray for our team’s physical and spiritual health.

We will update you all as often as possible.

Keep praying!

Much Love,

Kevin