This morning we visited Freedom Firm, a new organization that teaches beading and gives jobs to trafficking survivors. Our students even got to try their hand at the difficult task of Aari beadwork. As always our students jumped right in and loved on their new friends.

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This afternoon we returned to Mahima. It was a profound and very unique afternoon. We shared the story of the four friends who carried their paralyzed friend to see Jesus. We talked about community and how the friends cared enough to see and feel his need. We moved on to an activity that allowed them to write encouraging words on the papers taped to their friends backs. They were excited to know what others had written but even more excited to write things to encourage each other.
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We had the privilege of having our Kingsland partner and friend Vinita Shaw with us from New Delhi. She has two radio shows on Air India. She knows the plight of women in India and cares deeply about helping all women understand that God has made them valuable. We decided to do an impromptu “talk show.” This opened the floodgates — the ladies shared deep heartaches about the way they and other women have been treated. They wanted to know why the government hasn’t helped. They wanted to know what they could do to make a change. Vinita boldly shared about women throughout the Bible and how God has given women the gift if influence. It was such a God moment. Their voices were heard and they were encouraged to continue to speak up and be bold women that follow hard after God. We were all amazed.