We’ve been having an awesome time here in Hampi! Our coffee shop has really started to feel like home. Working in this cafe has given us awesome opportunities to meet travellors and locals alike. We’ve been able to share the fathers love and grace with all of our new friends. We’ve heard many times from our customers that there is something different about our place. They say that the very atmosphere is more relaxed and light. It’s great to hear that God is drawing people in by the atmosphere alone!
We’ve also had some awesome opportunities to speak and hang out with travellers outside of the cafe. We’ve been bouldering and cliff jumping and swimming with our new friends. We feel so increadibly blessed!
We’ve also had the chance to worship and preach in a few churches. On one occassion we were told to prepare a song and a testimony for an evening service. When we arrived, however, we were told to lead worship for an hour, to preach and to each give our testimonies. We’ve become very good at being put on the spot.
This past weekend, we took the bus to Bellary and were given the opertonity to once again preach and share our testimonies. One of our teammates even led Sunday school (Once again on the spot). The pastor and his family blessed us so much that weekend with their hospitality and kindness. They even blessed us girls with beautiful sari’s and both the gentlemen with traditional tunics! It was such a wonderful surprise!
God has blessed us in so many ways since arriving in Hampi. This will be a time of our lives that we’ll never forget! We’re excited to head to Goa in a week, but we’ll be sad to leave all of our friends and our new home. We’ve had such an increadible , God filled time.
Prayer Points
The spiritual atmosphere is very heavy here, so please pray against bad dreams and spirtual warefare.
Please pray for continued good health, protection and safety.
After
5 Days in Mumbai. Preaching in 4 different Churches, having an awesome new year
celebration with our team in a church and a 20 hour train ride, we finally made
Hampi, which will be our home for the next 4 weeks :)
The
train ride was long and hot, but before we knew it we were in Bellary! Pastor
Christopher picked us up and graciously took us to his home for a lovely
breakfast and lunch! Afterwards he took us to Hampi and to our beautiful cafe!
Hampi
is so incredable! There are rice fields everywhere, which makes everything look
green and bright! There are also beautiful boulders and palm trees all around
the cafe.
There
are many tourists in Hampi, which is quite a change from Mumbai where we only
crossed paths with locals. The street that the cafe is on is lined with guest
houses/hostels, restaurants and locals stands. The cafe is located right in the
middle of it all, which will be great for meeting people!
The
Cafe is awesome! The walls are open which is great for airflow at night and we
have our own cold shower and “Western” toilet without a seat. :) We have a lot
of cleaning and preparing to do, but we’re very excited to open in a few days!
It will be great to meet some backpackers and have fellowship with them. It’s
been wonderful to connect with some of the locals that we will be spending time
with over the next month. They’ve been so kind and helpful these last few days.
We
opened the café yesterday and we’ve already met some awesome people! We’ve been
waking up each morning and starting the day with prayer and worship. Before we
open the café at 10 we all complete our work duties (worship duties) and then
we open the gates for the guests! Half of the team works in the café in the
mornings while the other half works in the afternoons. This gives us awesome
opportunities for prayer walks and fellowship with other backpackers. God has
really blessed us with an amazing peaceful space!
We
all feel very blessed to be in this beautiful country and we’re very excited to
begin the next chapter of our adventure!
We
hope you’re all doing well! God bless you!
Prayer
Points
-For opening the hearts of the other people and for words of
knowledge
-Against Evil spirits and spiritual warfare
- For health and that we stay healthy
