Orissa Prayer Conference

For two days we have experienced parts of the Prayer Conference scheduled for these days.  The Rev. Dr. George Lucas was the guest speaker.  Those on our team also had opportunity to speak in several different settings.  In all of the experiences we met wonderful people and made new friends.

 Our daily schedule went something like this for each of these days. 

 8:30 – Breakfast

10:30 – Leave for the Church Center

11:00 – 2:00 – Services with usually three speakers as well as singing and testimonies

2:00 – 3:00 – The mid day meal

3:00 – 6:00 – Time on our own back at our lodging

6:00 – 10:00 – The evening service with a message and then a cultural program

10:00 – 11:00 – The evening meal and then back home to our lodging

 As you can see we have become accustomed to lengthy services and a very different eating schedule from what many of us are accustomed to in the west.  Also interspersed in this schedule are at least two times for morning and afternoon tea breaks.

 As a team we are learning a lot about each other as we live in community through-out this time.  It is exciting.