God is SO good!

The mission team is just finishing up a wonderful trip to Sri Lanka. Here is the trip described in facebook status updates from Kathy!

February 29: After almost 7 hrs. of hairpin curves, crazy traffic, tooting horns, passing whenever you can, lush tropical greenery, majestic mountains, rushing waterfalls breeze in our faces (no ac) we arrived at our friends’ house tired but blessed. :D Had a wonderful day with them today!

March 2: Hiked into the jungle today. Climbed lots of stone stairs, walked over a rusty, boards missing swing suspension bridge, walked a balance beam concrete wall, dodged a bull, saw the most beautiful lush tropical views with beautiful mountains, rice fields, waterfalls, finally arrived at the house we were to visit. Had a special time with the family in their humble abode. God is good!

March 4: Today’s adventure: Left the house at 6 a.m., drove for almost 4 hours passing on hairpin curves (just honk your horn) hopefully the big tourist bus you meet pulls in before you hit :D, with beautiful views of mountains, tea plantations, banana trees, waterfalls, no guardrails with sheer drop-offs that look like a few miles below. Watched them pull a man out of a 25 ft. ditch he had drove his motorcycle into the night before. He laid there all night. He was walking with help. Hopefully he’s alright. Went into the area where the fighting had been going on for 30 years and had ended about a year and a half ago. We were told we wouldn’t have been able to go there if the war hadn’t ended.

Had a great time with prayer, praise and teaching in a home there. God is good!

March 5: Our outreach for today brought us back on the twisting, turning roads passed tea groves, down a narrow bumpy road to the first house we had fellowship at. In the rainy season you have to walk through water up to your ankles, by the time you get to their house your feet and legs are full of leeches. Thankfully it is the dry season! They fed us a delicious Sri Lankan lunch and we were on our way to our next visit.

Had a time of prayer, fellowship and more Sri Lankan food. Was delicious! Hiked down a mountain as the sun was setting to visit a woman who had found a baby in the tea bushes about 14 years ago! He is in 8^th grade now. Wow, amazing how God wanted this baby to grow up in a Christian home! Their homes are so small & sparse but they welcome us with open arms as they want fellowship with the Christians and have a hungering for God’s Word and need of prayer. God is so good! He has blessed us over and over again on this trip!

Please continue to pray as most of the team heads home in a few days. Greetings to all of you from the wonderful Christians here in Sri Lanka!