India

We landed in New Dehli and jumped into some taxi's to take us to the bus that was going to take us to Dharmsala. That of course was another 12 hour bus ride. I have never been one to sleep in a vehicle, so needless to say it was a very long trip. When we got there we unloaded and walked to our guesthouse. There was a big dormitory room off of the kitchen where 8 of us girls stayed and the rest had rooms with a bathroom. Bummer huh!

I will have to say landing in India was a totally different feeling then Nepal. You could feel the spiritual heaviness. I don't know if I can explain it until you feel it yourself. All I know is that it didn't feel as free as Nepal. I felt disconnected and out of sorts.

The next day we had a couple people from YWAM that lives there to tell us what we were allowed to do and say. Also to kind of give us insight on the people and the area. After orientation I still had such a heaviness and I said to God, "I need to know you are here and please give me your heart for these people." Our group got together that night to have praise and worship. I can't even begin to tell you how important that was. It seemed liked we needed to do this more and more in India.

The next morning the devo reads: If you have something to do for God, prepare to be opposed. And that is exactly how I felt. I couldn't even pray.

What we were going to be doing in India was street evangelism, teaching English to the Tibetan refugees and whatever else we thought we could do. Our first day out was such an eyeopener. There are ladies that bring their babies up from lower Dharmsala to beg for food and milk. We were warned not to supply them with food unless you were to be right there to make sure the baby ate it. We found out that they take the food or milk and return it to buy drugs. It was so hard to say no because we knew these children needed food. And these women were so persistent, they followed you around and were constantly in your face. I felt very useless.

That afternoon was our first day teaching. I have been out of school for a very long time so I felt very much like the student not the teacher. We just basically sat along side them and guided them through their assignment. It was only day one and I already felt overwhelmed. To be continued.