Author: Adventures

So it is day… 4? I believe here in India. It is nice to finally be able to begin to integrate with the people after all the long flights. The Mission rented us a pretty nice “apartment” to sleep in. I feel very secure in there. Alot of gates and locks! It has also given us an opportunity to meet and begin a relationship with the landlord and his family. God willing, we can get into deeper conversations with them in the future. Now to the kids. The kids are great. They all have powerful personalities and are hilarious. they refer to the male team members as...

Well we made it! I can hardly believe it! After 2 days of traveling we made it to Calcutta, India and have settled in to our busy little apartment.  Calcutta is a city like no other- it’s rich in color, but also in poverty and idol worship.  Half of my team went on a market/money exchange run yesterday and as we were coming back we walked past a Hindu temple. The god inside was massive, it had a sword in one hand and cut off heads in the other. It was also standing on top of another god. It was the god of destruction, an evil god and we saw people on the streets offering...

Our biggest ministry here is working with a children’s home. There is currently 17 boys between the ages of 4 and 12 living at the home. We have only spent 3 days with them so far and we have completely lost our heart already.   I know I probably shouldn’t have favorites but there is one little boy that has stolen my heart. His name is Pitam and he is 4 years old. Do you remember playing Airplane when you were little? (You lay on somebody feet while they lift you into the air). Pitam LOVES this. The first time I showed him this he didn’t want down. This kid is absolutely...