As I thought about a subject to blog about this week that would give you a picture of our life these days, I thought about the things I am looking forward to for the coming week. One of those things is Pakistani Fellowship.
Why, you ask, am I excited about Pakistani Fellowship when I am not from Pakistan??? Well, it all started about six months ago. I was talking with the couple in this photo. They are Klamint and Romela from (you guessed it!) Pakistan.
We were chatting about the fact that we have lots of families at IGSL from India, and lots from Nepal, and lots from Myanmar, Vietnam and other countries. Each of these groups of students meets together in a monthly fellowship time to share the things they have in common, like food, and music, and language . . . in short, just to enjoy being with their own people, and of course to pray for their country. We used to have two families from Pakistan, but the other one graduated, so Klamint mentioned that they were feeling lonely. He said, "We can't even have Pakistani Fellowship any more . . . there is no one to join us."
I said, "You could invite me and James!"
Klamint was surprised! "You would come?" he said.
I checked with James, and he said, "Sure!"
So that's how we started our monthly official meetings of the IGSL Pakistani Fellowship. We always start with a meal (Pakistani food, of course) and just enjoy being together, and we end the evening by praying for "our" country. By the second monthly meeting, a couple from Nepal joined us. So now there are six of us! I am trying to convince Klamint to teach us an Urdu worship song this month. Pakistan could really use prayer these days, so we feel a real sense of urgency in praying. These friends are very dear to us, and we always look forward to our time together.
SO. . . that's what I am excited about this week!
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