[In the sanctuary of the YMCA we slept and read and ate, waiting for news of tickets or contact with family. Temptation came in a strange form - young wide-eyed converts to the Children of God (a cult that believed Jesus was coming within the next 20 years) who wanted us to go and stay with them. We'd never have to worry about the next meal or running out of money again - they would look after us. We'd heard rumours about free love and that they'd been kicked out of Kathmandu for proselytising, so politely declined.]
SUNDAY 2ND JANUARY, 1977
"Big breakfast - cornflakes, poached eggs, toast and coffee. Phoned B.A to see if any telex - but no reply yet. Sat on veranda and wrote diary! Feel better staying in nicer place and not wandering the streets of Delhi.
Sat in small garden below and had coffee. Read all afternoon.
"Children of God" came and talked to us in lobby. Strange but cheerful. I still reserved opinion - don't like the St Paul approach having it [religion] rammed at me. Theirs is a new order they say - will have nothing to do with the old - I don't agree there because rejecting too many people out of hand. They don't believe they'll have a problem of age because Jesus is coming within the next 20 years. Their group was thrown out of Kathmandu for open preaching; in India they are taking over Mission Schools etc.
(Subsequently had 2 more of them pushing pamphlets at us in the streets).
Supper - Indian food again, then went to bed before 9.0!"
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