July 12, 2012

Today was a lovely day! The girls took a break from reality by going to Café Palette to have some good vibes, talk and paint. Someone alerted the media though that 6 American women were painting, so naturally the media showed up from a couple different newspapers to interview us and take our pictures. The men went bowling with some friends at a place called Go Bananas! To add a little fun to the day when we arrived home from our day Heath, Nathan, and Travis had surprise notes for the girls telling us how wonderful we are! Since girls are so great, we made up a game for the boys. They had to guess who painted which painting from Café Palette and of course Travis won the game!

 

July 13, 2012

Today we had a social hang out day! Our group wanted to go see The Amazing Spiderman, but they were only showing it in Hindi. We ended up just going to have a family lunch at KFC. The manager asked us if we wanted to have a tour of the kitchen and of course we jumped on that offer. So hairnets and all we headed to the kitchen of KFC! We went to a 4D movie called Under Earth where we were tortured by fake bats and rain that ruined our hair. That night we went to training at a small neighborhood nearby and got the chance to go pr@yer-walking. We had an Indian feast that night which was spicy and amazing! Unintentionally though we insulted the Indian family because we only ate our one huge plate of food and did not stuff our faces by eating three plates of food.

July 14, 2012

This is that day of the crazy auto adventure! Words cannot even explain this incident, but here it goes. Mary Emily, Rebekah, Kelsey, Alecia, Rachel, and I had just left a friends house and walked out to the main road to get an auto to head back to the hotel. We were aiming to get an auto for around 60 rupees (very fair price), but the men at the block were trying to make us pay the outrageous price of 150 rupees (come on guys, this wasn’t out first day in Indore). We ended up leaving that block and attempting to walk across the street to more autos (harder than you think). As we paraded across the street, with beggar children on our arms, a steamroller towering over us, and scooters driving between our toes we finally managed to get a ride home to the hotel! That night we got the chance to go to an Indian wedding. It was very western, long, and there was plenty of spicy food! The boys especially enjoyed the chicken appetizers and the pink drinks. Our group also really got a kick out of Nathan aka national geographic photographer (if you saw his outfit you would understand). 

(awkward family photo)

July 15, 2012

Today we went to a local church and had lunch with some Indian friends. We were actually present this morning for the inauguration of this house church. We had a day of much needed rest! Our group once again ventured to the mall for dinner. A few of us went to Easy Day (aka Wal-Mart) to get some treats for our train ride tomorrow night! We will be heading to Jaipur for our mid summer excursion tomorrow. I cannot wait to see what the Lord has in store for us as our adventure continues. 

Quote of the week: while the whole group was riding down the elevator, Alecia decides to state, “I have a statement to make. My kurta has pockets.”

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