India is a very social place, I love that. Even when you are in a car you are still interactive with others on the street. You pull up to some lights and someone will ask directions or smile.
We love to go for a walk in the evenings and get a coconut when we can. Invariably we always meet someone on the way that we have to respond to, it might be a simple, hi, where are you from or a beggar.
One night we passed a guy and we smiled and said hi. A few minutes later he was at our side asking if he could walk with us. We said sure and chatted and got to know each other. He is a Muslim fellow and was interested in knowing other cultures and we enjoyed getting to know him. We were a bit suspicious of his actions at first because we have other times when people befriend you because they want to take you to a store where they get commission from. We ended the walk and exchanged cel numbers. A couple of days later we got a call from him asking if he could come over. We ended up going for another walk with him and then he came back for tea (chai). We talked for 4 hours about our differing faiths. It was so interesting and such a privilege to be able to share our faith with him and to introduce him to the kingdom of God. It is just the beginning of a friendship and we don't know what step or changes he may make but the exciting thing was to have such an opportunity and we shall pray for him.
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