We were in Punjab (which means “land of 5 rivers”), and it was hot. I mean it was really hot. People kept making their way into the large upper room of the pastor’s house. At least it seemed large until more than 200 hundred people crammed their way into it. They all sat on the floor, scooting closer and closer to each other as more people arrived.
With th
e increase of bodies came the increase in temperature. We sat drenched in sweat. On our previous visit here I had noticed that the room had no windows…just open spaces where the glass should go so I gave them an offering to purchase windows. Now I regretted doing that. They bought windows that could not be opened so there was no ventilation at all and the room was a giant oven…but no one really cared. They had come to worship Jesus and worship they did! For more than 2 hours they exploded in worship and prayer as wave after wave of God’s Presence filled the room.