hello from kolkata, India.
how's america treating all of you? wonderful, i hope. i sometimes feel like i'm there in the heat with you... it's probably a lot dryer there though. :)
today is a nice rainy day here. we have the day off today, so this morning i slept in until 8, which is amazing here... then went to a more westernized street here, park street. we went to the bookstore, we all got a different jane austen book & we're going to rotate when we finish. :) i started sense and sensibility this morning. you gotta love some good ole jane austen... just sayin'.
we have had a good tiem in india so far! we spent the first week in delhi... it's quite a long story, but our train ride to kolkata didn't work out. we had to rebook a later ticket & that ticket meant that we had to go to city of Agra for a day, back to Delhi, then on to Kolkata. all of that = a ton of traveling, BUT the TAJ MAHAL is in Agra, so while we were there, we got to see it. it was a once in a lifetime opoortunity. The Taj was super beautiful. it was huge. i have a lot of photos that i will post when i get back. no worries. :)
we went back to Delhi, then left the next day for Kolkata. i can't lie, the train ride was long & sketchy. a man gradded at me, was talking nasty at me & then my shoe got stolen, BUT we sat across a christian family & they were great! it was like God reassuring me that He is working here. he is working in the hearts of these people even if i don't see it. even in the midst of all the chaos & craziness, he is raising up disciples in this nation.
this was our first week in Kolkata. i really like this city! we went to an HIV/AIDS hospice & did a little program & got to meet some women and play with kids. they were soooo cute & responsive. i think we used every form of transportation possible that day! we traveled all over kolkata. :) the next day, i went back with my leader Michele to teach some guitar to a few of the boys there. it was pretty cool! yesterday we went to Mother House, where Mother Teresa lived, died, and was buried. we saw her tomb & got to see where she did some of her ministry. it was pretty cool... it was weird to see people praying at her tomb. it just reminded me to pray that God would show himself to these people.
One thing I'm learning & I've been challenged by is just counting the Gospel & counting Jesus as worthy enough to sacrifice anything for. comfort, rights, food, health, wealth, time, happiness. do i consider Jesus worthy enough to sacrifice all these things for? absolutely. i'm trying to remind myself of His worthiness every time i walk the streets. this culture is super different than my own. my rights as a women are different, the weather is different, my environment is different, everything is changed but still, He remains the same & I am choosing to worship & honor, adore & discover Him more here. He is so worthy!! that brings me great joy. I'm learning so much here! that always happens... even when you think you are going for someone or something else, it's really more for you & God ends up radically shaking things up & teaching you so much abuot Himself. i love him. :)
thanks for praying, i appreciate all that i can get.
please pray for opportunities & realtionships to be formed.
i love you all! missing you...
xo
how's america treating all of you? wonderful, i hope. i sometimes feel like i'm there in the heat with you... it's probably a lot dryer there though. :)
today is a nice rainy day here. we have the day off today, so this morning i slept in until 8, which is amazing here... then went to a more westernized street here, park street. we went to the bookstore, we all got a different jane austen book & we're going to rotate when we finish. :) i started sense and sensibility this morning. you gotta love some good ole jane austen... just sayin'.
we have had a good tiem in india so far! we spent the first week in delhi... it's quite a long story, but our train ride to kolkata didn't work out. we had to rebook a later ticket & that ticket meant that we had to go to city of Agra for a day, back to Delhi, then on to Kolkata. all of that = a ton of traveling, BUT the TAJ MAHAL is in Agra, so while we were there, we got to see it. it was a once in a lifetime opoortunity. The Taj was super beautiful. it was huge. i have a lot of photos that i will post when i get back. no worries. :)
we went back to Delhi, then left the next day for Kolkata. i can't lie, the train ride was long & sketchy. a man gradded at me, was talking nasty at me & then my shoe got stolen, BUT we sat across a christian family & they were great! it was like God reassuring me that He is working here. he is working in the hearts of these people even if i don't see it. even in the midst of all the chaos & craziness, he is raising up disciples in this nation.
this was our first week in Kolkata. i really like this city! we went to an HIV/AIDS hospice & did a little program & got to meet some women and play with kids. they were soooo cute & responsive. i think we used every form of transportation possible that day! we traveled all over kolkata. :) the next day, i went back with my leader Michele to teach some guitar to a few of the boys there. it was pretty cool! yesterday we went to Mother House, where Mother Teresa lived, died, and was buried. we saw her tomb & got to see where she did some of her ministry. it was pretty cool... it was weird to see people praying at her tomb. it just reminded me to pray that God would show himself to these people.
One thing I'm learning & I've been challenged by is just counting the Gospel & counting Jesus as worthy enough to sacrifice anything for. comfort, rights, food, health, wealth, time, happiness. do i consider Jesus worthy enough to sacrifice all these things for? absolutely. i'm trying to remind myself of His worthiness every time i walk the streets. this culture is super different than my own. my rights as a women are different, the weather is different, my environment is different, everything is changed but still, He remains the same & I am choosing to worship & honor, adore & discover Him more here. He is so worthy!! that brings me great joy. I'm learning so much here! that always happens... even when you think you are going for someone or something else, it's really more for you & God ends up radically shaking things up & teaching you so much abuot Himself. i love him. :)
thanks for praying, i appreciate all that i can get.
please pray for opportunities & realtionships to be formed.
i love you all! missing you...
xo
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