When I say traditional, I mean cooked in a hole in the ground. Pastor Praveen does not have an oven. What he does have is a hole in the ground that has some rocks in it. They fill this with local semi-hardwood and light it. For two hours they feed the fire heating the rocks until the pit is several hundred degrees, then they remove whatever is left of the wood leaving only hot rocks behind. Then comes the layer of banana leaves, the food to be cooked, more banana leaves, burlap then dirt.
Two hours later it is dinner time.
After dinner, Pastor Praveen shared his testimony. He was originally a Hindu Priest involved in witchcraft, possession, curses, fire walking, and more. He went to a Christian meeting to disrupt it, he was losing customers (yes, customers) that normally came to him for healing. Instead they were coming to this Christian Pastor for prayer. He ended up coming back again and going up for the altar call. He was kicked out of his hime and told that he had disgraced his family. He has had death threats and vandalism. He left a life of comfort and wealth in New Zealand because he felt called to be at this church. I would encourage you to ask the students about his testimony, it is definitely powerful.
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