Pithapurum

We are in Pithapurum, arrived about 90 minutes ago. There was a HUGE crowd waiting for us: firecrackers, flowers and different characters in costume, including Santa Claus - well, the Indian version of Santa Claus anyway. The also had our individual pictures blown up on vinyl with our names underneath, that was pretty cool. My picture even had a do-rag; I liked that a lot. A good number of folks I remembered from the last time I was here 3 years ago were on hand, including some of the boys who evidently are still living here. And I'm operating off my own computer so once I get them loaded, maybe I'll get some pictures up.
We left Rejurla this morning after going to a woman's house who Tim baptized when we first arrived. She's kind of the family matriarch and the only believer in the family. We prayed for them all and when we got back Victor, his brother Philip, Victor Babu (our translator) and Madau were waiting with a large, air conditioned van, so the trip here (about 4 hours) was pretty comfy.
We're resting tonight and tomorrow we'll go to Kakinada for a little business and I think a service after that, we'll see.
More tomorrow, love ya!