I have selected only a very few pictures to give you an idea of our trip to Mysore to see a church plant there and some of the sites. To the left of Jeremie is Pastor Phillip, who is a great man of God. He has been in Mysore for 13 years now. He has a house church, because having a building outside of his house would result in much persecution by the Hindus. Mysore is strong in its Hindu faith and will persecute anyone who goes against it. Pastor Phillip and his family (wife, two girls, and a son) have been working in this field for years now. He has seen quite a few Hindus come to Christ and live for Him. He has been arrested once for having service on Sundays, as people will say he is disturbing the peace. Please pray for him and his family. On my next blog (Alan), I will be going into more detail about his life.
Here is a tourist attraction, and is a water garden that is by a large, and I mean large Dam. You can see the dam in the background and that is about half of it, as it wraps past where we were standing. This thing is mammoth. It was raining the entire way up to the spot where we took the picture, but it was a great time. We stopped here on our 4 hour journey back home to Bangalore.
Here Jeremie and I are standing in front of a Palace that was built for some king who I cannot remember, but he was very famous then. Actually, his family still lives in half the palace and the rest is owned by the government. As you can see neither Jeremie nor I have lost weight, Jeremie it appears has managed thus far to gain about 5 pounds. When you go into these places you have to walk barefoot, as there is heavy Hindu and Muslim influence.
This was another small palace that has been since turned into a hotel and restaurant. We took the two gentleman out to eat here. It is considered a 5 Star dining experience, and it was that. The food was great and the service was amazing. They were always there to move your chair in and out and they made sure you were happy the entire time. The two most amazing things were one, the meal cost us about as much as going to Ruby Tuesdays with the family, around $40 ($10 a person) American dollars, where a dinner like this in the states would run into the hundreds of dollars depending on where you went. The other amazing thing was that our waiter was a believer as well and we were able to converse with him. It was a great meal with great company.
This is a steeple shot of a Roman Catholic church built int he middle of town about 70 years ago, give or take a few. The problem the Pastor was telling us is that the church actually is very accepting of the Hindus and will hold celebrations with them and do not condemn or evangelize the Hindus. This church has become very syncretic. It is beautiful though inside and has amazing architecture throughout.
Here is one of the darkest places we visited. This is a Hindu temple and it is a spooky place. We wend inside and it was the darkest feeling I have had in a long time. It was a crushing feeling all over, and we knew we were not welcome there. We watched people pay homage to all these fake Gods and sacrifice to them. It was very heart breaking and my soul mourned for these people, as they are so lost and heardened to the truth. It was an experience I will soon not forget, nor do I really want to go into these temples any time soon.
This is a study area for Muslim children inside a Mosque. We were only allowed on the outside premise and a look around the courtyard. We were not permitted instide and we had to walk around barefoot. There is not much to tell from description, but they were living very meager here and sleeping on blankets like you see in the picture. They do not ever let the Qur'an touch the floor, as it is very sacred and special to them. We should take an example from them in how we treat the Word of God. We take it for granted way too often.
This is a city shot of Mysore. We were on an old city wall look out post. This just gives you a basic idea of what the city looks like.
We had to wait for the cows to get out of the way so we could go through the tunnel. They did not want to leave the tunnel because it was raining, and they probably would not have until the police car pulled up behind us.
I have selected only a very few pictures to give you an idea of our trip to Mysore to see a church plant there and some of the sites. To the left of Jeremie is Pastor Phillip, who is a great man of God. He has been in Mysore for 13 years now. He has a house church, because having a building outside of his house would result in much persecution by the Hindus. Mysore is strong in its Hindu faith and will persecute anyone who goes against it. Pastor Phillip and his family (wife, two girls, and a son) have been working in this field for years now. He has seen quite a few Hindus come to Christ and live for Him. He has been arrested once for having service on Sundays, as people will say he is disturbing the peace. Please pray for him and his family. On my next blog (Alan), I will be going into more detail about his life.
Here is a tourist attraction, and is a water garden that is by a large, and I mean large Dam. You can see the dam in the background and that is about half of it, as it wraps past where we were standing. This thing is mammoth. It was raining the entire way up to the spot where we took the picture, but it was a great time. We stopped here on our 4 hour journey back home to Bangalore.
Here Jeremie and I are standing in front of a Palace that was built for some king who I cannot remember, but he was very famous then. Actually, his family still lives in half the palace and the rest is owned by the government. As you can see neither Jeremie nor I have lost weight, Jeremie it appears has managed thus far to gain about 5 pounds. When you go into these places you have to walk barefoot, as there is heavy Hindu and Muslim influence.
This was another small palace that has been since turned into a hotel and restaurant. We took the two gentleman out to eat here. It is considered a 5 Star dining experience, and it was that. The food was great and the service was amazing. They were always there to move your chair in and out and they made sure you were happy the entire time. The two most amazing things were one, the meal cost us about as much as going to Ruby Tuesdays with the family, around $40 ($10 a person) American dollars, where a dinner like this in the states would run into the hundreds of dollars depending on where you went. The other amazing thing was that our waiter was a believer as well and we were able to converse with him. It was a great meal with great company.
This is a steeple shot of a Roman Catholic church built int he middle of town about 70 years ago, give or take a few. The problem the Pastor was telling us is that the church actually is very accepting of the Hindus and will hold celebrations with them and do not condemn or evangelize the Hindus. This church has become very syncretic. It is beautiful though inside and has amazing architecture throughout.
Here is one of the darkest places we visited. This is a Hindu temple and it is a spooky place. We wend inside and it was the darkest feeling I have had in a long time. It was a crushing feeling all over, and we knew we were not welcome there. We watched people pay homage to all these fake Gods and sacrifice to them. It was very heart breaking and my soul mourned for these people, as they are so lost and heardened to the truth. It was an experience I will soon not forget, nor do I really want to go into these temples any time soon.
This is a study area for Muslim children inside a Mosque. We were only allowed on the outside premise and a look around the courtyard. We were not permitted instide and we had to walk around barefoot. There is not much to tell from description, but they were living very meager here and sleeping on blankets like you see in the picture. They do not ever let the Qur'an touch the floor, as it is very sacred and special to them. We should take an example from them in how we treat the Word of God. We take it for granted way too often.
This is a city shot of Mysore. We were on an old city wall look out post. This just gives you a basic idea of what the city looks like.
We had to wait for the cows to get out of the way so we could go through the tunnel. They did not want to leave the tunnel because it was raining, and they probably would not have until the police car pulled up behind us.
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