Author: Gregg Koskela

On the train, Saturday, August 25, 7:23 am (8/24, 6:53 pm) Our train is closing in on Bangalore, so I thought I would take a moment to briefly write about our last day in Dharwad. We visited Melissa’s school, which is run by Catholic sisters. …

Dharwad, Thursday, August 23, 9:53 pm (8/23, 9:33 am) Too many good things again today… Josh clarified some things with Arun that lightened our hearts. It sounds as if there are many ways short term visits could be extremely helpful to them. Today many of …

Dharwad, Thursday, August 23, 9:51 am (8/22, 9:21 pm) What do we hear Jesus saying to us about NFC’s connection here? In our prayer time yesterday, it’s clear that we all love it here. We feel at home, we want to connect, we have huge …

Dharwad, Thursday, August 23, 8:10 am (8/22, 7:40 pm) After our prayer time yesterday morning, we visited the Christian primary school where many of the girls attend. We sang songs for each class, and had tea and cookies (of course) with the woman in charge …

Dharwad, Weds., Aug. 22, 1:48 pm (8/22, 1:18 am) Anything else that happens on this trip is bonus. This morning, in a time of prayer/waiting/sharing, Hayley spoke about the body of Christ and the different parts we all play. “Maybe we’re the eye right now, …

Dharwad, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 8:26 am (8/21, 7:56 pm) The picture I didn’t get with my camera, but that is frozen in my brain is Hayley being pulled by smiling girls away from our group to join all 67 girls eating dinner on the floor. …

Dharwad, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 7:46 am (8/20, 7:16 pm) Last night was great fun with the girls! Hayley was so fun to watch-jumping rope, smiling, doing hand clapping games…she and I each had a girl do this thing to our hands that made you get …

Dharwad, Monday, Aug. 20, 3:53 pm (8/20, 3:23 am) We stood by our massive pile of luggage, just off the train in Dharwad, and Hayley spoke my heart: “I like this a lot better than Mumbai.” This is much more “countryside”, sort of tropical/dirt road …

On the train, Monday, Aug. 20, 8:33 am (Sun. 8/19 8:03 pm) Rural India is flashing by the train window, as we travel from Mumbai to Dharwad. We all slept well on the train, very well, so I’ll take some time to catch up. We …

Mumbai, Sat. Aug. 18, 5:45 pm (8/18, 5:15 am PDT) I’m remembering, now that we’ve been here about 12 hours, the “settling in” that happens in a two-thirds world culture. Hayley seems to be doing ok, even well. It’s a completely new experience for her, …