Smells Like Bacon

In India, we often joked that Americans smell like meat because when asked to describe the smell of America, people apparently say meat. This was only a joke until, to our surprise, when we arrived at the airport in Chicago it actually smelled like bacon. Weird. Anyways, we have been safely back in America for 2 days now! It’s hard to believe we just spent 6 weeks in India, but it did happen. In the next weeks and even months, we will continue to process what we saw, learned, and experienced. And though we are glad to be back, I think most of us still have India on the brain in some way or another. Some days I find myself filtering America through Indian eyes whereas before, I filtered India through American eyes. I think that just goes to show that G0d gives us the ability to adapt to another culture because we have the universal g0spel to deliver to them.

Before we flew out, we spent a few days in Delhi shopping in the markets, debriefing, and adapting to the real heat, which is similar to South Carolina weather. J Amy Chasteen came to Delhi with us for a few days, and we loved getting to see her! We had a great time talking through our trip a bit, laughing about the funny things (of which there are a lot), and just enjoying each other.

There is too much I could say in a concluding blog post for a six-week trip to a third world country. But I think I would say, G0d has shown himself faithful. He provided for all our needs and has blessed us immensely by teaching us new things and hopefully changing our hearts to reflect His more. Thank you for all your pr@yers and support throughout these past weeks! It was evident that He was holding us tightly everywhere we went. We will miss the place, but our hearts are burdened for the people. For now...

Namaste, India.