This morning I had the privilege of preaching at St. Stephen’s Ootacamund(Ooty) Church of South India. Two things about the photo – yes, I am wearing a tie; no, there were more than 3 people in the church (there were about 150 there but the photo doesn’t show that.) The Parish Priest and his wife […]

While staying in Chennai my kind hosts are Jabez and Grace (Sharmilla’s sister). Today I flew with Jabez to Coimbatore where he grew up and where his father started IBT (Indian Bible Translators). From there we drove up into the hill country to Ooty where he showed me several IBT ministries. One highlight was a […]

Today Lopez was my guide – Lopez is the brother of Pastor Thomas Francis who showed us around Dubai. He kindly drove me around the city showing me the sights and helping me get my bearings. Chennai is a great, bustling city. We went to the famous Marina beach and the historic Fort area. A […]

We have become quite adept at using the trains in Sri Lanka. We were feeling very pleased with ourselves as we booked our 2nd class tickets for the 100km trip from Hikkaduwa to Mount Lavinia – tickets only cost 160 rupees each (about 90p) even though we splashed out on 2nd class in the hope […]

For details of John’s adventures during his sabbatical in Sri Lanka and India during the month of August, check out the links below. August 2nd – trains n’ planes August 5th – Christianity in India August 6th – Toda Party August 7th – a multi-cultural church?   August 9th – Indian Bible Translators August 10th […]