Lots of Visitors

We have had many visitors the last couple of days. It is always a blessing when people come to visit and share their lives with us. Raja and Rosemary came to give Moriah a beautiful dress and pray for her. It is so sweet that they do this for us. It makes me a little uncomfortable that they spend the little money they have on a dress for Moriah but I know they wanted to do this. Rosemary loves to hold Moriah. She is the mother of two young boys and she keeps telling me that she didn't have any girls so she likes to spoil Moriah. Also Rachel is the sister of our driver Thambu. She is a beautician and best friends with a Hindu seamstress. She has realized that I have not had much success shopping for Indian clothing and decided it would be easier to bring her seamstress friend Shanti over to tailor my clothes. Wow, what a blessing for me. Now I have clothes that acctually fit me correctly and look very nice. This also gives us a continued opportunity to share Christ with Shanti.
We had a visit from Malachi Jacobs as well today. He is connected with some family ministries and is helping us to connect with these. This is a continued need for the pastors families. We are grateful to be making some headway in these areas. He also brought a gift for Moriah. He brought her a feeding set with a sippy cup and even a baby spoon... Since Indians do not eat with silverwear I thought that this was a funny gift. I think that we will have to teach Moriah to use eating utensils because it will be awkward when we go back to the states if she does not know what a spoon is...
I must also make a clarification about a previous blog... I said that Amma head never seen a band aid before... Well there are in fact band aids in India and the are very cheap. However, these families make so little that even a cheap band aid is hard to afford. Also, since they rarely get medical care they would not know about band aids. So the point is basic first aid items are available and very inexpensively in my mind. But for families who only make 30 dollars a month it is difficult even to spend 50 cents on a luxury like a band aid.