Women here endure so much. In this society, they are seen as the lowest of the low. They are unnoticed, unwanted, and unappreciated, yet they do so much and are so much in their families.  This week I spoke during nutrition, which is the main ministry we do in our slum with the women. On Tuesday evening, about 20+ women walked into the flat and sat down waiting to learn better nutrition and receive some nourishment from the milk we gave them. During this time, I spoke out of Proverbs 31 and encouraged them with the picture of the excellent wife. The Lord led me to tell them that like this...

Although we have officially been in India for a week and 3 days, it feels like we have been here for months. Some of the Indian experience is just as I expected, but so much of it is nothing like I ever imagined. None of the briefings or research could ever really prepare us for our India and all that would be before us everyday. I just about laugh every morning we hop on a bus to get to our ministry site, because I am always at disbelief at how crazy the experience is to get from one place to another, as we are herded in like sheep and crammed into our bus like sardines. A smile...