Varanasi - what a place! Our accommodation is just down the road from where Budda preached his first sermon and as a result the chanting and music go on all night as the locals celebrate the festival of gods with parades and elephants and men dressed up to look like the gods.
Today we went to a local school and lead the children in Epic Kids songs and stories for 1 hour. The rest of the morning was spent teaching these children English lessons.
In the afternoon, Juanita, Makaia and Azariah joined some other Christian ladies and went to jail!
Thankfully, the jailers did let us out at the end of our visit unlike the other ladies who have not yet been convicted but are locked up until their court date. Some of these women have been waiting for up to 8 years for their court date. The women are accused of murder, child trafficking, stealing and other have just been framed. We spent an hour with these ladies making jewellery, sharing stories, sharing Gods love and colouring in with the children who are allowed to stay with their mothers until they are 6 years old. There were 72 ladies from a variety of ages but a lot appeared to be in their 20s and 11 children of which several had been born in prison including a 6 week old little girl. As I (Juanita) spent time cuddling this little girl, I could only wonder what her life will turn out to be like.
Today we went to a local school and lead the children in Epic Kids songs and stories for 1 hour. The rest of the morning was spent teaching these children English lessons.
In the afternoon, Juanita, Makaia and Azariah joined some other Christian ladies and went to jail!
Thankfully, the jailers did let us out at the end of our visit unlike the other ladies who have not yet been convicted but are locked up until their court date. Some of these women have been waiting for up to 8 years for their court date. The women are accused of murder, child trafficking, stealing and other have just been framed. We spent an hour with these ladies making jewellery, sharing stories, sharing Gods love and colouring in with the children who are allowed to stay with their mothers until they are 6 years old. There were 72 ladies from a variety of ages but a lot appeared to be in their 20s and 11 children of which several had been born in prison including a 6 week old little girl. As I (Juanita) spent time cuddling this little girl, I could only wonder what her life will turn out to be like.
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