Moondougie's Blog

We landed at Indira Ghandi Airport just about 24 hours after we left Orange, CA. We’re all checked in to our rooms after a pretty short drive (in 3 taxis) to our hotel. Now to take a hot shower (surely Gary will leave me some) and get a few hours of sleep before we go back to the airport to take the final leg of our flying to our destination.

Thanks for the prayers! Everyone and all our luggage are at the hotel…

– Doug

You know those cool maps that show the whole world and where the sun is and isn’t shinning? We flew at the top of the day/night boundary the whole way. The sun was setting for most of our flight.

We’re about to land in Amsterdam (“it’s about time!” says my rear end…)

KK, we’re at our gate, waiting for flight to Delhi..

This is an interesting airport experience. Walked done steps from the plan into a bus (but if stairs are good enough for the President…) Can’t find any power to recharge from… Bob and I have been through the body scanners, but the rest are behind us and it looks like security is on a union break or something… They’re calling for Jarrod and Andrew to come to the desk, but they are still on the other side of security screening and there’s no way Bob and I can get through the sea of humanity between us and th desk… God will work it out!

Thank you SO MUCH for the great prayer send off at 10:00 this morning.

We are at LAX, have eaten lunch and are waiting to board our plane…

…less than a day till we head to LAX and then spend 2 days in airplanes and airports, as we make our way to Siliguri!

Please pray that we have an eventful trip – that we see God work mightily – not only in the lives of the Adivasi, but in our hearts as well.

It looks like its cooling down a bit. I’m hoping the weather holds…

We leave for India in less than 3 days time (if our flight is on time…)

Please pray for us as we wrap up our preparation (out last training/prayer meetings as a team is tonight). Please also continue to pray for us as we pack (for not forgetting anything important and/or not taking anything that would get in the way.)

Thank you for praying earlier for my head cold. While I’m (Doug) still a little congested, the head cold didn’t develop into nearly as bad of a cold as my summer ones usually end up being – truly an act of medical mercy by God, prompted by your faithful prayer!

If anyone has any questions they’d like us to try and answer – or if you’d like to send encouragement our way. Making comments here on the blog will go a long way in that direction. A few of us are taking our mobile devices and we should be able to check the blog from time to time over the days of our trip. We’d love to read your notes of encouragement and prayer along the way…

I’m trying to see how much I can do with updating/editing the blog from my iPad. If this works, there’ll be a .PDF file of the gospel in a cube presentation I’m working on (trying to hone as much as I can without losing anything critical to the message…) If it shows up, please take a look and give me any suggestions, comments, questions, etc. – I appreciate the help as I prepare for the trip (less than 2 weeks away now!!!)

The Gospel in a cube

-Doug