Traveling through open countryside and rolling hills to remote villages in Odisha  Pastor Nabin and his friends from this local village church. These are mud homes hard as concrete made from local clay soil. Goats were out on lunch. This little village was built on the side of a mountain given to these poor families by the government to settle on. A very popular women’s evening sport in India. Pastors conference with pastors from surrounding village churches.  Travelling to tribal villages Pop quiz, which one looks safer, this one…? ... or this one? A long slender fibrous green pod from the Moringa tree something like asparagus. Remove the beds and a small village home becomes a church! Church teens  A family brick making business. One of the sons in front of the machine that mixes the mud which gets poured one by one into the mold he is holding. I’m not sure, but I’m pretty sure this is the first rototiller ever invented. It grinds up the clay soil into powder to go into the mixer above. Bricks drying in the sun Bricks are then stacked around a large log fire and baked for 3 days This little church is surrounded by 16 tribal villages in the mountains that have never heard the name Jesus. Their mission is one by one to reach all of them! The pastor was so excited about our biblical presentation he wanted to say a few words about it.Notice her leathery skin from many years of hard work in the fields. Roz offered and was on her way out to help this woman in the fields, and everyone shouted out “Not dressed like that you don’t!”
7 Comments
Julie Sarnowski
3/31/2026 06:12:53 am
It’s so beautiful to see how God is working through all of you. “ Behold, I make all things new!!
Maria Wilander
3/31/2026 06:59:14 am
What a wonderful close to your mission! I look forward to see the children’s workbooks!
Natalie Rosamund
3/31/2026 07:21:59 am
These digests are spectacular-- educational and beautiful in so many ways, thank you! The clay house is so neat! And the pictures of the beautiful people, all the good work being done, the little church surrounded by the 16 tribal villages they will reach to the glory of God, the moringa, and the animals, and home-that-became-a-church, and the brick-making process, and that picture of the woman who works in the fields is a masterpiece, and wow, beautiful beautiful picture of Roz!... and if I were there I think I would enjoy joining in the "women's evening sport"! :-) God bless you guys for labouring with such heart in God's vineyard in India, and everywhere you set your foot. God bless your travels back home and I pray angels surround you each leg of the journey!
Salem Barker
3/31/2026 07:35:50 am
This is amazing, Gary! I love these updates!
Schumann Noreen
3/31/2026 07:38:51 am
I can’t say it any better than Natalie-the pictures tell a story
Michele Dillon
3/31/2026 06:18:07 pm
Gary, these photos tell a wonderful story about how God loves these people through you and your team. I love your grit and your humor. God bless all you do for His Kingdom come!
Bill Kindorf III
4/5/2026 09:19:20 am
Amazing - I hope this is as rewarding for you and Roz as it is impressive to all of us! Leave a Reply. |
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