Brother Jim Clark sent the photo and following in an email message
Namaste again! OK, here's my second report. There were a couple of reasons why I went to India in September. The primary reason was to accompany my friend Bill Berry (who is also the pastor of our church) who has been going to India for the past 5 years to conduct prayer summits for Indian pastors. These are essentially 3 day retreats to which pastors of all demominations from a given city are invited. The intent is to encourage and minister to them personally, strengthen them, build unity between them, and cast a vision for them of working together towards serving and loving the people and their city with Christlike love. A secondary reason for my trip was to see all I could and enjoy this amazing country!
From Singapore I flew to the city of Chennai (formerly Madras) about midway up the east coast of India, a city of several million people. I arrived around 10 PM and was met by an Indian friend of Bill's, Simon, along with a driver, who took me to my hotel. The next day Simon very kindly arranged for a car and driver to take me around Chennai to see the sights. The traffic was intense and amazing, and I soaked in all the sights, sounds and smells. In many ways it took me right back to Kathmandu, Nepal in the late 60's...very similar in many ways.
In the attached photo you will see my visit to the beach (where the tsunami came ashore a couple of years ago).
From Singapore I flew to the city of Chennai (formerly Madras) about midway up the east coast of India, a city of several million people. I arrived around 10 PM and was met by an Indian friend of Bill's, Simon, along with a driver, who took me to my hotel. The next day Simon very kindly arranged for a car and driver to take me around Chennai to see the sights. The traffic was intense and amazing, and I soaked in all the sights, sounds and smells. In many ways it took me right back to Kathmandu, Nepal in the late 60's...very similar in many ways.
In the attached photo you will see my visit to the beach (where the tsunami came ashore a couple of years ago).
