Manju's village

THE SMALL PATH WE CLIMBED UP THE MOUNTAIN!!!

Manju's family lives in this little hut. One hut for the kitchen and the other had 2 rooms and very small. In that village they were considered homeless. Very sad situation. Manju has one little sister and one brother. Her brother is at an orphange.

The group of followers we had the whole time we were there!!

Down by the river...

OH and having the privalage of eating with our hands. And yes i did too!!! FUN FUN FUN!!

Manju the girl my sister is adopting came from this small village that we visited. Wow that was an experience!! We drove back in 2 hrs. The first half of travel was on decent roads, and the last half was on dirt roads with many potholes. And then when we got to the village we had to hike up the mountain to find where her mother lived. And that was amazing. We hiked about 15 minutes out of town looking for the place, asking as we went along. The path we had to walk on was not wider than 6-10 inches!! And straight up!! We met up with her family and then we walked around the small village. Walked down to the river with her mother and her little sister. We then went and bought some gifts for the family... rice and some clothes and such like. We had this big crowd of followers the whole time we were there. It was so interesting seeing yet another part of the world. But they were so poor... it was so sad, seeing all the dirty faces and sad looks in little childrens eyes, knowing they don't have much of a future outside of this small town. And then wondering how many other villages around i have not even seen who are a lot worse off. Where is my heart of compassion?I want to save them all. How can I? I feel so overwhelmed. How can i help so many? And why was i born where i was? It could have been me here in this village. It could have been you. What am I / you doing with what we have been given?

hospital visit

Today we visited the hospital. Lindy and i took a bunch of baby clothes and handed them out to mothers with new babies or ones having babies. It was incredible the smells and sights. Nothing clean and dirt everwhere. There were a lot of patients. Many just laying on the floor on mats. One lady in labor and sitting on the floor with many people around her. Seemed like her family and extended family and friends where there to  help or watch!! hmmmm don't know how these people survive. They seriously would think our hospitals to be palaces. Yet so many unhappy and unsatisfied people in America.  Why? We have so much and been given so  much. And why was i born where i was and not here or in some other land? We are taught so much on cleanliness and just so many things that i can't even begin to all say. I see so much each  day and am again so thankful for my heritage.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE!!! Thank God for all you have been given.

Finally some photos, but the night is late and the body is tired and the internet is slow so just 3 tonight!!

A beautiful view from some lookout spot. You feel  on top of the world here! You live totally on the mountain side. And they are steep mountains!! So driving around is a bit of a trust experience and don't look down and hope the car coming gives you space!!!! Oh and all the stuff that looks like rocks, that is houses and villages!







My precious niece and nephew!! Oh how I am loving being with them!!  







This man we see when we go to town... he holds a cup with some liquid and begs. So sad... he had flies all around him and his hands and skin on his stomache was all caked with dirt and filth.







The end of the week

Wow so much to see and do. Today is the first day the sun is shinning ! That is wonderful! It is so refreshing and maybe today we will finally get to see the beautiful snow capped mountains!!! The veiw from Lindys house is amazing! We came down to the vegetable market today. That is very interesting. I can't wait to go back by myself and spend more time looking and browsing the shoppes! Manju will go with me. She knows the town like the back of her hand.
Good times we are having!! We have been so tired and going to bed early. Maybe one of these days we will get our energy back!!!
God is good and faithful!!!

Arrived

We have arrived in the land of India!!!!!!!!!!
I feel in total shock at all the sites around me....
No way to discribe all the people, smells, trash, sad faces,.....
Wow never knew such a world existed! I feel so sad... why was i born where i was?
Had a great time unpacking all the fun things with my sister. Now we came to town to email and presently
there is some campaign going on outside with much yelling and screaming! Protesting or something....
Keep praying for us!

Here I go....

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I can't believe what is happening!!!!!! Today i leave.....for India!!!!!!!!!!
Just my cousin Elvin and myself.
Pray for us:
for safety in travels,
for protection from all the evil around us,
God's blessing and anointing to be upon us,
that our lights may shine brighter and destroy the darkness!

"If you always do what you've always done, then you will always get what you've always got!"
-quote stolen from April (thanks April your life has been a blessing to me) 

Landing for 4 days

Home and barely have my feet down before i run off to India!!

Just got back on Thursday from a 12 day canoe trip with my youth girls. We did not canoe for 12 days, but had an awesome time! We spent 6 days on the Suwanne River in Florida, then drove down to Gator boys camp for a few days and helped out there. The Canoe trip was absolutely more than i could have asked for. The bond we felt after we got home was incredible and the things we worked though were not all fun easy things, but it was awesome to find freedom in areas that you were not aware were locked and closed and see others find freedom as well! I was stretched in many things. God did a great work in my heart in tearing out some ugly things that needed cleansed, and i am so thankful He keeps refining us and making us more like HIM!

Now off to India another part of the world..... Pray for me and i will try to keep you all posted with life