Author: Adventures

So, apparently I have this bubble that I have created around myself. A zone of comfort. Being here in India has certainly popped (and shall I say rather abruptly) that circle of comfortability. I have had to do things that I would never want to do. When we were in B-lore, this man came to teach us how to tell stories. This may sound very strange at first, as strange as it was to my own ears. However, stories are very important to the Indian culture. He taught us how to intertwine our stories with the B-ble. Then the hard part came. He told us that we would be venturing out into Bangalore...

As I walk the streets of Bangalore I start to notice the one thing you cant find in the pictures on the internet, or in the books at the library. That one thing just happens to be how broken and dark this country really is. Ok, so that is two things.  As my team starts a wonderful game on day one of a scavenger hunt, I get real excited about being thrown into the culture and trying to figure our way around. Each group of two received 500 rupees which in American money that is 10 dollars. So we have this money and a list of things we need to get and about an hour to find as...

    After 20 hours of flying we’ve made it to INDIA!!! This is a picture of our first bus ride from the airport to our flat. We’re safe and sound and excited to head out today to get our Indian clothing! More to come later…            

Monday was our last full day of training camp. After an early breakfast, all 100-something of us fire-breathing missionaries gathered in the meeting hall for our last worship together. As we took our seats, the director of training camp stood up and asked us to quiet down. He suggested we take a moment to stand in silence and listen for the Lord to speak. As we stood there, it was completely silent–except for the faint whispering of the Holy Spirit. In a very clear voice I heard the Lord say to me, “You will heal Alison tonight.”   Alison has acid reflux disease....

do me a favor and imagine the north pole…then imagine yourself walking through it with just a bathing suit. do you have that picture in your head? can you feel how COLD it is? ok. now you know how i felt taking a shower at training camp!!! haha! i am SO thankful for the one SHOWER i took this WEEK. the one time i SHAVED. and the one time i washed my HAIR. 🙂 if your sitting home reading this and its night time, think of me before you get into that warm shower and say a little prayer for my teammates because i have decided that i’m not showering for the next 2 months! and im...

It is done.  I realize these are strange words to summarize the beginning of my experience, but that is the phrase that I keep hearing.  I came to Atlanta carrying more than a giant suitcase, backpack, and a sleeping bag- I was also carrying a myriad of personal issues.  The thing about burdens is that after a while you don’t even realize you’re carrying them.  Regardless, the Lord has used the past few days to remove some of the burdens I’ve been carrying for years.  For example, on the first night we were instructed to go out on the streets and...