Sunrise in India
Well, here we are. We are in South Asia, and beginning to do life here. So far we are learning tons from Mackey who is out amazing mentor right now. She is 70 and has lived in India for 5 years. She has been super encouraging, but has not hesitated to push us to do things on our own. There are a lot more things to remember to do here, and its obviously difficult directionally in getting places, especially with the language barrier. However, we are beginning to learn where we are through land marks.
So, We arrived at about 12:30 am on Thursday the 7th, and made it to our new home at at 3:30am. The next morning I was up at about 6 am ready to go. So Wednesday we spent some time going to the grocery store and getting acquainted with our new city. We walked around about 3 miles to the grocery store. Which is actually kind of like an Indian version of Wal-Mart. They even had some things that said great value. We will pretty much be able to get everything we will need there. That afternoon we rested a while. Friday morning I woke up at about 4:30 am ready to go once again. On Friday we were able to spend time in the aftercare center. Unfortunately our translator was not able to go with us on that day, but we went anyway. Currently 25 women live there that were previously CSW's, and also 15 little boys that had been rescued from begging traffickers. It was so exciting for me to finally get to see those faces and meet those souls. Oh, what awesome things can King can do in these souls. When we arrived most of them came toward us, and wanted to hold our hand. We shared what we could, but we didn't get to spend much time there because we could not really communicate with them. They seemed glad we were there. I'm sad I will only get to go there for a few hours a week. We are only able to get a translator on Tuesday and Friday. We can only go for 1.5 hours in the afternoons, but we are praying that God will provide a way for me to spend some more time there. On Tuesday we will be going back to do a lesson with them and share a B-story with them. On Saturday we went to this touristy street. We were able to get some Indian clothes to be able to fit into the culture better. Mackey took us to lunch at a restaurant that was yummy. It was kind of an overwhelming place. So many people. So many lives. So many souls. So, today, Sunday, we were able to go to this church and meet two other americans doing an internship with a "company" here. They are very encouraging and have been here about 2 months. We were also able to meet with some partners about the work we will be doing in the slums. This is where we will be spending a good bit of time until more develops with the aftercare center. We will go here Monday-Friday. There are two stitching classes one in the morning and one in the evening. There is also a young girls class in the afternoons for young girls that are at high risk. We will go to the classes for the first time tomorrow.
It really didn't take long to get adjusted, but I'm probably still running off adrenaline. I am looking forward to sharing more details as the days unfold. I just wanted to do a little 4 day summary of what that days have looked like.
I pray your soul is well and filled with joy in the King!
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