Back from India. Wow! What a different world that is! It is such an amazing country full of complex people and brilliant countries. Coming back I do not even really feel culture shock and I wonder if that is because I've been in and out of the country so many times or because India is just SO different from the United States.
Either way, our 9 weeks there was both challenging and encouraging. Things just are not always easy in India. Hiring a rickshaw, for example. Being a westerner, one can expect to pay a LOT- unless accompanied by an Indian. Preparing food is no microwave event either- especially when all one has to work with is one gas burner and a few large pots for 16 people!
But, seeing the students grow and learn was definately worth every inconvenience and challenge! God taught us how to be open and honest with one another and that "ministry times" may come in unexpected ways or look differently than we might expect. Some of the students also really learned how to serve others and look beyond themselves when things are going crazy- a valuable life lesson.
Although this outreach was in many ways more difficult than I would have preferred, looking back, I would have it no other way. Through the challenges we quickly learned lessons it would have taken much longer otherwise. It was through these challenges also that we learned to work through our differences and love each other no matter what.
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Its hard to keep a blog, marriage, two kids, missions, and a relationship with the Lord, isn't it!?
Oh, and by the way...I think maybe your poll is a little unfair to choose from...But I feel if you have grace and forgiveness, you can have the rest of the choices because they will follow on the heals of grace and forgiveness.
In my opinion at least.
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