Namaste from India!
Happy (late) fourth of July! Our team had so much fun celebrating the 4th with a few of the families that are living here. We even ate hotdogs!! Let me tell you, it was quite an adventure to get the hotdogs here. We actually packed them in one of our duffel bags. When we missed our flight to Delhi, the hotdogs still went to Chicago. Then, they came back from Chicago and flew with us to Frankfurt, Germany and then on to Delhi. After all of that, we accidentally left the hotdogs in the fridge in our hotel in Delhi! Thankfully, a friend was in the area of our hotel and picked the hotdogs up. The hotdogs made it all the way from South Carolina to India to our stomachs (and they even stayed remotely cold)! Peg, if you’re reading this, I didn’t get sick! ;-) We also shot HUGE fireworks off the top of the roof. I'm talking about the definitely illegal in America huge kind of fireworks. It was a great time celebrating the birth of our country half way around the world!
On Monday, there was a nation-wide protest in India. We’re not really sure what it was against. But we were told it was a strike against everything (crazy, right?). We had to stay inside for most of the day because nothing was open and no auto rickshaws were running. So we decided to have our men and women’s time. The men went to a friends apartment and played “Just Dance” on the Wii. The girls went to another friends house and had a spa day. We painted our nails and had massages from the neighborhood masseuse…it was amazing! Later that day we went for a walk around the neighborhood and we ran into a heard of camels! It seems like every routine activity is much more exciting in India.
Tuesday and Wednesday we broke up into groups and spent time in the city talking to people and hanging out with friends. My group had the opportunity to go to the zoo and to have lunch at an Indian families’ house. They served us a traditional Indian meal and laughed at us when we tried to eat it like Indians with only our right hand. Needless to say, we made a mess and probably looked ridiculous but we had a lot of fun!
Wednesday night we had the pleasure of being joined by several of our friends from back home! It’s been great to have new additions to our team and to be able to spend time with them. Yesterday and today we had the opportunity to do several exciting things. The girls went to two youth hostels and some of the men had a chance to play baseball. Some of the other members of our team have gotten to speak at a school and to visit several local Hindu, Jain, Sikh temples. We have been able to make many connections here and have so many exciting stories to share with you.
Tomorrow we will be traveling to a remote village a few hours from here. We’re not sure what to expect and we would appreciate your pr@yers. Until next time….we’ll be enjoying our party in the IN-DI-A!
Happy (late) fourth of July! Our team had so much fun celebrating the 4th with a few of the families that are living here. We even ate hotdogs!! Let me tell you, it was quite an adventure to get the hotdogs here. We actually packed them in one of our duffel bags. When we missed our flight to Delhi, the hotdogs still went to Chicago. Then, they came back from Chicago and flew with us to Frankfurt, Germany and then on to Delhi. After all of that, we accidentally left the hotdogs in the fridge in our hotel in Delhi! Thankfully, a friend was in the area of our hotel and picked the hotdogs up. The hotdogs made it all the way from South Carolina to India to our stomachs (and they even stayed remotely cold)! Peg, if you’re reading this, I didn’t get sick! ;-) We also shot HUGE fireworks off the top of the roof. I'm talking about the definitely illegal in America huge kind of fireworks. It was a great time celebrating the birth of our country half way around the world!
On Monday, there was a nation-wide protest in India. We’re not really sure what it was against. But we were told it was a strike against everything (crazy, right?). We had to stay inside for most of the day because nothing was open and no auto rickshaws were running. So we decided to have our men and women’s time. The men went to a friends apartment and played “Just Dance” on the Wii. The girls went to another friends house and had a spa day. We painted our nails and had massages from the neighborhood masseuse…it was amazing! Later that day we went for a walk around the neighborhood and we ran into a heard of camels! It seems like every routine activity is much more exciting in India.
Tuesday and Wednesday we broke up into groups and spent time in the city talking to people and hanging out with friends. My group had the opportunity to go to the zoo and to have lunch at an Indian families’ house. They served us a traditional Indian meal and laughed at us when we tried to eat it like Indians with only our right hand. Needless to say, we made a mess and probably looked ridiculous but we had a lot of fun!
Wednesday night we had the pleasure of being joined by several of our friends from back home! It’s been great to have new additions to our team and to be able to spend time with them. Yesterday and today we had the opportunity to do several exciting things. The girls went to two youth hostels and some of the men had a chance to play baseball. Some of the other members of our team have gotten to speak at a school and to visit several local Hindu, Jain, Sikh temples. We have been able to make many connections here and have so many exciting stories to share with you.
Tomorrow we will be traveling to a remote village a few hours from here. We’re not sure what to expect and we would appreciate your pr@yers. Until next time….we’ll be enjoying our party in the IN-DI-A!
A Hindu temple
By a river with women who were mourning for a man who just died in their village
Eating lunch at a friend's house
Look! Camels!
All of the girls (sadly, except Emily)
Part of our team some Indian friends
All of the people gathered in a home to meet us!
Welcoming our friends to...? :)
Everyone's been asking...so here's a picture of Josh's infamous mustache
Josh! You. Are. The. Man.
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Nice, Josh. Love seeing all the pictures. :) And I'm glad y'all got to be encouraged by the short term team at home.
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