I have been away from my blog over the last thee weeks. I went to India first and then on my way home visited the church plant in Sweden that my wife and I have had the priveledge of being a part of the last 2 and a half years. I must say that my time in India was a real eye opener to the way that God is working in that country. We had a chance to visit 5 house churches and to hear testimony of how the lord is drawing many people to Himself.

I have heard that the Lord is working in mighty ways in different parts of the world but this was an opportunity for me to visit one of them and actually experience it. We heard many testimonies while we were in India of His power to change lives and we met many people who lives had been changed.

Perhaps the thing that touched me the most about the church planting movement we observed was the prayer that goes on behind the movement. During my time there I was encouraged to pray much more than what I have ever done before. Prayer is not for God's sake it is for our sake. God knows what He is going to do before we ever pray but He loves to make us a part of what He is doing when we pray. In prayer we say to God that we are weak but He is strong. We say to God through prayer that we cannot do the work He wants us to do by ourselves but we can do all things through Him who strenghtens us.