Monday, January 29, 2007

More Photos ...

Sunday, the last night of the diocese convention, drew thousands of Christians from around Kerala to Kottayam.
We were all called to the stage, where the bishop presented the entire group from Oregon with prayer blankets.
Bishop Samuel Thomas (don't you love that smile?) wraps Heather's prayer blanket around her on stage.
Monday, we drove for hours into the high mountains of Kerala, visiting several diocese missions and schools set up for day laborers and their children. Anee stands at the entrance of church being built at the end of a long, rocky path in the upper elevations of the Keralan rubber tree forests.

Most laborers in India can't afford power tools, so most of the houses and buildings, including the churches, are constructed with hand tools.

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