This week has been the hardest of the last three weeks. Our ministry was
working with Mother Teresa Ministries. The girls of Eagle Eagle Condor went to
Shanti Dan, a home for mentally disabled women and girls, while the guys worked
with destitute and dying men. Shanti Dan was hard simply because they have a
lot of people, but not many workers. If they had more workers, they might be
able to work with the girls that have a lot of potential to be something great,
but to the workers that are there, it's just a paying job to them. We had to
get up a 5 every morning, because the Mother House is on the other side of town
and we had to be there by 7. Then we head to Shanti Dan after the sisters at
the Mother House lead us in prayer to Jesus, then because they are Catholic,
there was the prayer to Mary. There is a song we sang after the prayers:
We have our hope in Jesus
We have our hope in Jesus
That all things will be well
That all things will be well
That all things will be well
In the Lord.
Sounds like it should be upbeat and joyful, right? Well, we all sound like a bunch of depressed freaks. Then we head out to our different houses.
I became especially attached to 4 girls, Josephine, Aasha, Maria, and Nilima. I got to feed Nilima pretty much every day except the last day. The other three girls are more independent and able to feed themselves and walk. The entire girls’ floor, which was where we were working, was amazing, simply because, the girls have so much joy.
We only did half days, but we were still beat by the time we got home.
The bus drivers become completely insane during the afternoon, so coming home on a crowded bus is fun. No sarcasm.
So far, I have bought some awesome stuff here. I got sari fabric, but I'm not getting a sari made, mostly because I don't really want to show off my not so attractive bare midriff. So I'm bringing it home and I'm going to make a dress out of it. I also bought a skirt, and bangles, and earrings. I also bought 5 tubes of henna, which they call mahindi. Despite the small amount that I bought, it will last forever. I've also had it done on my hands four times. I got it done today and on Thursday, on both hands and on both sides of my right hand. It's super cool and very pretty. I wanted to buy and anklet, but compared to the women over here, I have fat ankles. :)
Sunday, half the team leaves for Delhi and then on Monday, the other half. We are working with a guy called Greg Watts, and maybe some random dude that Aush met on the street called Moses. I don't have a lot of details, so I can't give you any.
This concludes this week’s episode of, My Life, My World: The Blog of a Girl Who is Currently in India.
We have our hope in Jesus
We have our hope in Jesus
That all things will be well
That all things will be well
That all things will be well
In the Lord.
Sounds like it should be upbeat and joyful, right? Well, we all sound like a bunch of depressed freaks. Then we head out to our different houses.
I became especially attached to 4 girls, Josephine, Aasha, Maria, and Nilima. I got to feed Nilima pretty much every day except the last day. The other three girls are more independent and able to feed themselves and walk. The entire girls’ floor, which was where we were working, was amazing, simply because, the girls have so much joy.
We only did half days, but we were still beat by the time we got home.
The bus drivers become completely insane during the afternoon, so coming home on a crowded bus is fun. No sarcasm.
So far, I have bought some awesome stuff here. I got sari fabric, but I'm not getting a sari made, mostly because I don't really want to show off my not so attractive bare midriff. So I'm bringing it home and I'm going to make a dress out of it. I also bought a skirt, and bangles, and earrings. I also bought 5 tubes of henna, which they call mahindi. Despite the small amount that I bought, it will last forever. I've also had it done on my hands four times. I got it done today and on Thursday, on both hands and on both sides of my right hand. It's super cool and very pretty. I wanted to buy and anklet, but compared to the women over here, I have fat ankles. :)
Sunday, half the team leaves for Delhi and then on Monday, the other half. We are working with a guy called Greg Watts, and maybe some random dude that Aush met on the street called Moses. I don't have a lot of details, so I can't give you any.
This concludes this week’s episode of, My Life, My World: The Blog of a Girl Who is Currently in India.
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