By the looks of my title, you may think this is a serious, insightful blog. Although I do encourage you to take a step back and take a look at your life, this blog is not serious. I realized I haven’t shared much about what life is like here in India. We love India, but amidst the circumstances in which we live, my team and I often find ourselves doing things that we wouldn’t normally, followed by the statement Look at our lives… such instances include but are not limited to:  accidentally putting what you thought was baby powder down your clothing, only to realize… it...

The Lord has definitely been working on my heart here in India this past month. I just want to share with some of you some of the ways he has been sanctifying me to become more and more like him. 1.       1. He has been teaching me how to listen. Not to tune him out when he is tugging at my heart. To create an open dialogue with him. To be more intentional about listening rather than telling. That listening to him isn’t as hard as we make it out to be. It is a discipline to be learned. We just have to be okay with the silence and quieting the clamoring...

As I write this (originally I wrote this in my journal, I typed it up later) I am sitting on the porch at the boys’ home, watching them play on the throw throw field (throw throw is a very fun dodgeball-type game). I’m sweating (because it’s India, it’s a given) and probably don’t smell the best. Other than that, life is pretty good. I know all of the boys by name, and they me. I have seen them cry and laugh. God has given me the gift of truly being content with this place, these boys, and this gift I have to focus solely on loving them well. However, I can’t help but have in...

As I post this we are in our midpoint debrief, meaning that our time here is about halfway done. CRAZY! Since that is the case, I thought I’d highlight some notable parts of the trip so far 🙂     –  Relationships with the boys. Hearing their stories, comforting them when they miss their parents, don’t do well on a test, or are picked on.   –  Seeing the Mother Teresa house. Reading about her life and loving everything she said. She is one of the coolest spiritual role models.   –  Eating with our hands. It’s the norm here 🙂...

            Getting to know all of these boys has been quite rewarding. We have all been blessed to make several connections this past month.Thinking about home the other day i thought to myself, man im going to miss these boys. I will miss their night devotions and prayer, their childlike faith, their smiles, their silly games like throw-throw and stack-stack. I will miss tutoring them in school and teaching them English. Most of all I will miss loving them.             Gupta is...

As we reach the halfway point of the trip, it seems appropriate to introduce you to the team. Hopefully putting some names to faces will help all you friends and family when we come home and share stories about one another! Enjoy!  Meet Olivia Olivia is a little fireball of spunk, laughter, and joy. She’s one of those women whose laughter is contagious and can get a whole room laughing.  Olivia has a true Mother’s heart for the boys, always checking to see how they are feeling, tending to scrapes or little injuries, and caring for them as the sweet children...