The 26th, I joined John and Madonna in the bible school and listened to a Norwegian preacher, who was visiting for the purpose of graduation. He preached very good and taught about the Holy Spirit in a practical way; we simply need to have fellowship with The Holy Spirit!
Then the 27th came; the day for graduation and we all dressed in our best clothes to see John and Madonna got their diploma and results. There were about 230 students who graduated this year. It was a great occasion, and I think the time that is coming, will be a new start for John and Madonna to reach longer with the gospel and even be a better help in the Siloam Network.
During my stay in Kottayam, we also were able to visit two of the Nepalese who has been born again, through John and Madonna's work, as they have joined the bible school. All together, during their stay in Kerala, 6 families received Christ through their preaching! Glory be to God!
Saturday the 29th, we went all together to the beach and had a tremendous time together in the waves of the Arabic ocean. I seldom have so much fun. For nearly all the Nepalese, it was the first time to have a bath like that!
The travelling from Norway was an unforgettable experience in it self. If I count with Norway, I was in 5 countries within 24 hours. Norway-England-Maldives-Sri Lanka- India. My travel route didn't tell that the plane should land in Maldives, so I simply went off the plane in good believe that I was in Colombo, Sri Lanka. I went quickly and joyfully to the passport control on the Maldives and got a message on the phone: welcome to the Maldives! Something was wrong. One of the clerks, understood of course the situation and had to bring me and the hand luggage through the scanner and back to the plane. Only a few off the passengers had went off the plane; the rest should fly further to Colombo! But I was not aware...
In Cochin, a happy Nepali group from Lat Panchor in West Bengal, met me at the airport. They had booked a good ac car in Kottayam, to catch me up. It was a 2 and a half hour car trip, in each direction. So they really served me well!
In Kottayam we lived in a castle, in a surrounding part of Kottayam.
Edited by Egil Sætrang 04.05.2006
Reportage from Kottayam trip, Kerala; 25th April to 2nd Mai 2006
It was with joy and excitement I went for visiting our evangelists; John and Madonna Lama from Siloam network in Kottayam, who had been in bible school since September. Now I went for their graduation the 27th April.
Now, I am back in Norway and John and Madonna and the others of my Nepali friends are back in West Bengal!We are all doing the same work; we are fisher of men, to get as many as possible, into the Kingdom!
My last day in Kottayam, I was a witness to the big crowd gathering together in Heavenly Feast. Many thousands were celebrating salvation in Christ in a mega service in the centre of Kottayam City!
