Author: Adventures

That may seem like a strange title, but this is a strange post, so it works!  It is the story of one of my skirts  🙂 Just one short week ago, it was a normal, clean skirt.  Now it smells and is covered with all sorts of fun stuff from my week. And, because I’m me, I’m going to include a picture so you can get the full experience 🙂 It may not look like much, but that skirt is covered in memories. That biggest mark you see came from a day with the kids – I’m still not quite sure what it is… There is chai all over – and by that I...

So we’ve been in India for over a week now and my heart has been pretty much all over the place. I’ve been stretched past what I thought was my capacity to love- and though hard, it has been so beautiful. As a team we have made it a priority to come together as a body every morning on our rooftop overlooking the town and experience the presence of God in a variety of ways. The other morning, God gave me some insight into what He sees in this team of girls. As we were reading through Ephesians God spoke, “RATHER, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is...

This past week in India has been great. Honestly, there wasn’t a super profound Jesus experience that rocked my world and changed my life forever. But my heart is SO full. Joy and peace abound in my soul in such a unique way when I am in this country. I love it. So rather than giving you thoughts or stories from the past several days, I want to let you in on a few of the many little things that Jesus allows to repeatedly make my heart smile in this beautiful country. Cows on the streets Decorated cows on the streets Such vibrant clothing Electricity randomly going out multiple...

I stand here on the roof looking out over the night of this city in India. There are twinkling lights off in the distance, a flat land filled with beautiful people who have yet to be told of their worth and power. Young men on motorcycles, buzzing past old men walking slowly and silently on the side of the road. Women in saris on the street, climbing into autos with their families. Hindu chants, square buildings with open windows, constant car horns. Temples of idolatry, a god for everything and all, falsehoods rampant in a place so desperately in need of the truth. God’s breeze...

So we’re here. And already this experience has been like none other. That sounds so cliche, but I can’t articulate it any more truthfully. I haven’t ever been on a trip like this before, and I can already see how God has and is going to use us all in so many amazing ways. Forgive me if this is poorly written and choppy, there’s so much I want to express and only so many ways that I can say it all. Bear with me. After two solid days of nonstop sweating, I have fallen in love with India. It is overwhelming in every way you could probably think of. The crowds, the...

I have to take a few moments to share my meeting with Wendy.  My team (Team 2) has been assigned a project to literally clothe the orphans.  We are going through all of the SCH locations and making sure every child has clothes that fit and are labeled as theirs.  This is something that needs to be done badly, but they do not have the man power to do it on their own – which is where we come in! 🙂 Yesterday we went to the first home – the largest – and started sizing each child.  There was also a ton of time to hang out with the kids and give them the...