So we just boarded our third and final flight, this one is only an hour and a half!!! Yay!!! so every time we landed in a different airport the first thing i do is check my phone to see if i have coverage to call Zack, but of course i never do.
So about our trip so far.. It's gone pretty smooth except for the throwing up incident :) so the first thing things i have noticed about India and its people is that is smells really different here and the people have no problem cutting or letting other people cut in line (us americans were outraged! but it seems normal here) other than these two things they really aren't that different from Americans, some are rude; some are quite friendly. The lady i sat next to on our last flight was a doctor in Philadelphia but was originally from Mumbai (Bombay), India. She was very nice and further educated me and Sami ( a girl from my team sitting next to me) about India and Indian culture. This women was obviously from a wealthy family and one thing that struck me as odd was as we were landing in Mumbai, she pointed out the never ending lights of the slums (it was dark so we couldn't see much), it was odd though becasue she poijted them out like they were a tourtist attraction, not a horrible place where people were forced to live... hmmm... i think i have a lot to learn about India culture.... [ this is me interjecting my thoughts about this as i sit at my computer in Ohio. I was very tempted to judge this women as she pointed out the slums with such little apparent compassion as she lived out the american dream in Philly, but i hear the Holy Spirit inside of me questioning my own heart... how many times have i driven past a trailer park (the american equivalent to a slum) and never though twice about it. I drive my by in my car, listening to my ipod, talking on my cell phone, driving to my ridiculously expensive undergraduate school and never once think about the people in the trailer park living in poverty... hmm really made me check my own heart. ok back to my thoughts on the plane.]
Honestly, the trip has been uneventful so far; lots of sitting then lots of standing in lines to get back on a plane where we sit again... :)
I'm really excited to see what God is going to do here! I'm learning not to be afraid to share the gospel even if it might seem offensive, because it is offensive! but it still must be shared in love and in truth; as well as in Gods power!!
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