We have arrived at Harvest India's main campus and are settled in (and now just about ready for bed!). We were pleasantly surprised to discover that there is indeed wireless Internet which means that we'll all be able to touch base with friends & family back home on a pretty regular basis (that said, power is not always the most reliable or consistent thing -- it is often out for full days at a time).
Our travels today went well -- we began with a slow morning of breakfast (a little spicier than my usual breakfast food but the chai tea was AMAZING) and then met together as a team. I was super excited about this first meeting together because for the first time it felt like we all really started to open up and connect with one another. I'm looking forward to getting to know the rest of the team and am excited about how the diversity that we bring to the table!
Tomorrow we will be visiting the elementary school in the morning and then spending time with the women at Asraya in the afternoon. We'll also have the opportunity to be fitted for some Indian-style clothing.
Please pray that we will all get a good night's rest (and seriously praise God for the A/C that all of our rooms are equipped with!). Most importantly, please pray for the children we'll be visiting at the school and for the women of Asraya. We are asking God to help us to love them well and to reveal himself both to those we are spending time with and to us. We are so excited and have felt very blessed so far by the incredible hospitality of our Indian hosts (we were all honoured with lei's -- think Hawaii but instead of plastic, they're made with a LOT of real leaves and flowers which smell sooo good).
I've learned one word so far... "Vun-dah--lam-ah-nu" is how it sounds. I have no idea how to spell it. It means THANK YOU. I found myself saying it so frequently that it didn't make sense to not ask how to say it in their language.
Anyway. It's super late now (like 1am) and so off to bed I go!
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