Pastor Asis arranged for us to visit the Northpointe Community today. We drove for about and hour and a half to the project in the district of Howrah. The project supports local women through a number of different activities including a free doctors clinic, adult literacy training and tailoring training. A group of thirty five women had their graduation ceremony today from the tailoring course and we were invited to present the certificates and we gave them each a gift of a heart or a love spoon that we made the other afternoon.
It was lovely to be able to share with them and congratualte them on their success. It was wonderful to see how much the women had appreciated the love, support and guidance of the tutor and staff.
We were hosted for lunch and then were able to see some of the garments the women have made close up.
On our return we drove through some more monsoon rains. The rain has carried on apart from a brief interlude which allowed us to get to and from dinner (we have to go outside) without getting wet, but now the rain is falling again. The lawn outside got flooded earlier so we are now wondering if we will have to swim to breakfast in the morning.
Please pray for us as a team - we all are feeling a little run down and tired.
It was lovely to be able to share with them and congratualte them on their success. It was wonderful to see how much the women had appreciated the love, support and guidance of the tutor and staff.
The aim of the programme is to equip women to support themselves and their families. The training takes place three days a week and for the other three days a week those who have already graduated can come and use the sewing machines free of charge to make garments.
On our return we drove through some more monsoon rains. The rain has carried on apart from a brief interlude which allowed us to get to and from dinner (we have to go outside) without getting wet, but now the rain is falling again. The lawn outside got flooded earlier so we are now wondering if we will have to swim to breakfast in the morning.
Please pray for us as a team - we all are feeling a little run down and tired.
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