Arrival in India

I arrived in India well and met up with my team with great excitement and anticipation for what this time will hold. Everything went well in getting our things and going through customs and then when we arrived at the Guesthouse we always stay at we were amazed to find they had given our reservations away. The man who runs the place also has another one across the street so got us situated there. We got some rest and then this morning ate together as a team in the little German Bakery here...delicious! Am looking forward to shopping with the girls today for their first Indian clothes and just being with them as they are being exposed to so many new things all at once. I described India last night this way: 'It is the place that your senses are perpetually provoked to a new limit you never thought you'd experience. Everything smells, looks, feels, and sounds so much more amplified here for some reason and I know that can be overwhelming at first. As for me though, I am full of joy to be here and am thankful. Very thankful. I will write more soon friends. Thank you for your prayers and support. God sure loves these people, it is beautiful. Today I read in my devotional about how Jesus took time away from the croud to be alone and in silence. Pray I would fight for this silence in this time and find more in my heart to be joyful about than I can even explain, or need to explain. Abundance is what he has in rest, joy, fellowship, and friendship. (please excuse this blog being kinda choppy! I don't have much time).