{"id":15682,"date":"2022-03-19T19:38:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T23:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15682"},"modified":"2022-03-19T19:47:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T23:47:46","slug":"christ-church-umc-al-hindu-immersion-azalea-3-19-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/?p=15682","title":{"rendered":"Christ Church UMC AL, Hindu Immersion! Azalea! 3.19.22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did some studying about the BAPS Mandir before the team got into town.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-TfPDrFt\/0\/f2563b7c\/M\/IMG_3260%202-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Espa\u00f1ol!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-zzbjDHg\/0\/fc566265\/L\/IMG_3252-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-N72KFb2\/0\/282bae45\/L\/IMG_3253-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-rJnfSQw\/0\/17192cc7\/L\/IMG_3254-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-rH3bx5z\/0\/543a35a5\/L\/IMG_3255-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOYB!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-74mjjRN\/0\/78cf67cd\/L\/66938426496__0E8C4B92-F00C-4F48-AFD7-8EA7A4CFEA71-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-kqNTHdh\/0\/06f770c8\/L\/66938440370__C7497D6B-30CB-4253-B6AA-26AB95709941-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Palabras!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-dxFFJ9p\/0\/005b5dd0\/L\/IMG_3258-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perfect weather.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-dLnvhmz\/0\/10b2fc4e\/L\/IMG_3259-L.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I set up all my new gear including the projector, my Mac Air, the Pyle speaker system and decorations. Glad to say everything worked perfectly.  I decided not to use my wireless microphones.  I was plenty loud for the conference room.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-kvCJMCs\/0\/3cdaf0e2\/M\/IMG_3261-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-m3mzfDz\/0\/6ac2b79c\/M\/IMG_3262-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-c9mTJTj\/0\/a7a62feb\/M\/IMG_3263-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-gWZKVpq\/0\/1588db15\/M\/IMG_3264-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Something-Different\/Prep-for-Christ-Church-31922\/i-m8Z7ksW\/0\/f6142ac1\/M\/IMG_3265-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Had a wonderful time with my friends Ben and Liz Birdsong from Birmingham AL today!  They are now working with Christ Church UMC.  What a blessing the team was for me!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-wx9KLGN\/0\/64312c94\/L\/IMG_3381-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I did a presentation on Hinduism as well as have our prayer time together.  Then took them on Safari to the BAPS Hindu Temple.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-sZCnFwK\/0\/639296f1\/M\/IMG_4813-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-HD9vbLV\/0\/7a24c88d\/L\/IMG_4815-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After seeing the temple, we ate at the Shayona cafe, which I thought was really good.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-X4DQSVF\/0\/ead2468c\/L\/IMG_4818-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-7w85M8Z\/0\/395848d4\/L\/IMG_4819-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then a walk around Global Mall and through the Ganesha Temple.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-Dqq7Q9W\/0\/b37247eb\/M\/IMG_4820-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-hF3PhFj\/0\/9f8ef4d8\/L\/IMG_4822-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-5LFvfzV\/0\/126399f2\/L\/IMG_4823-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-98dSL5R\/0\/8e02ab76\/L\/IMG_4824-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-8BgHNZ8\/0\/5b83ed93\/L\/IMG_4827-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-3bXQS8V\/0\/c06b48a9\/L\/IMG_4829-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-77WRjrS\/0\/40dd1f80\/M\/IMG_4831-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-rzVHrqD\/0\/a39dd9a0\/M\/IMG_4833-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then over to the Azalea to work with the kids at the mission.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-sSW2fXP\/0\/633e75a1\/M\/IMG_3267-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-HbMcn6p\/0\/8e48e0d9\/M\/IMG_4834-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-ZBVrxqM\/0\/90f84bf2\/M\/IMG_4836-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-khRDc43\/0\/0a456ded\/M\/IMG_4843-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-33QJM2t\/0\/7bff3a88\/L\/IMG_4847-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-M8FKz72\/0\/9487ace1\/L\/IMG_4848-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-2DhK4R4\/0\/55e21154\/L\/IMG_4849-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-wwvCDrF\/0\/ac9a70fc\/M\/IMG_4851-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bible story!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-7HpNT9w\/0\/a7483ef1\/M\/IMG_4855-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Love was shared!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-53LGnwH\/0\/8cca7253\/L\/IMG_4861-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over to QT for a little treat before heading home to Birmingham!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Teams-2022\/Christ-Church-UMC-AL-Hindu-Immersion-31922\/i-JW58hmF\/0\/b273bea6\/M\/IMG_3321-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve really missed the teams!  So far we have three more scheduled for the Summer. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did some studying about the BAPS Mandir before the team got into town. Espa\u00f1ol! OYB! Palabras! Perfect weather. I set up all my new gear including the projector, my Mac Air, the Pyle speaker system and decorations. Glad to say everything worked perfectly. I decided not to use my wireless microphones. I was plenty loud [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15682"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15686,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15682\/revisions\/15686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whirlwindmissions.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}