For the last week I have been hanging out not doing much in a city right on the coast of the Bay of Bengal.  The name of is was visakhapatnam, good luck trying to pronounce that name!  However, I am back in Tuni and I had a great day teaching at the school.    I really hope that these next 5 weeks will be busy and that I can really help these kids.  Today they were so excited to see me back after being gone for a week and it was so cute; it made me feel so good.   The thing that is going to be tough is teaching the little ones.  Little kids are fun but I have a hard time teaching kindergarden and 1st grade ages.  I was working on their pronunciation of certain letters and they would repeat everything I said, even the directions and my hand gestures; it was funny at first but then got very annoying. 

       I was so spoiled teaching in the private school in Taiwan that I forget how easy electricity makes things.  I was so hot and all of my clothes were sticking to me, I had chalk all over and I think they gave me a really dirty rag to wipe the board.  The kids have to sit on the cement with all the sand that got dragged in.  However, they have so much joy and are really fun to teach. 

      Tonight when we got home we watched some Indian television.  I thought Taiwanese TV was funny, WOW!   I have to believe that when they were filming they were are all bent over in laughter.  It is so over the top and ridiculous.  I think the best part was the Chinese, king-fu movie that was dubbed over in Hindi(the national Indian language).   I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard.

  I only have one picture today but I thought it was so cute.  When we were walking through the village, this little girl was sweeping the dirt.   I thought is was so funny and this girl was working to hard.  Enjoy and I will write more soon!

Here are some more pics for you guys to check out.  I got to ride a camel, how sweet is that! There is also one of me teaching the kids a song, it was pretty fun.  I love you all and I am not as busy as I should be but I am hanging in there.  I am pretty lonely and still a little homesick but the month of July looks promising for much adventure.  I hope to make it to hyderabad and New Delhi; we will see?

They learned so quickly.  This next picture is of me and Nutin(the pastors wife) giving out Chocolate.  As you can see they don't even have seperate classes and there are no chairs and desks, not to mention electricity.  The kids are so cute and I will definetly enjoy working with them.  They have more joy than people who have so much and yet they have so little.  It is a constant reminder to thank the Lord above for His blessings and to give just as much as we recieve. 

peace out and God bless

Dear friends and family,

    I am here in the wonderful country of India and I have some pictures to show you.   There is a lot so have fun just scrolling through.   I miss everyone so much and I will write more about my adventures, but for those of you who just miss seeing my lovely face, well here you go.  I will say that this country is really amazing!

This is when I first arrived to the city of Tuni and they welcomed me with signs and flowers.  It was quite a specticle.  All the people on the train were hanging their heads out of the window to see.  It was a little overwhelming.

As you can see, they spelled my name in a very interesting way.

These were the monkeys after the storm.  They were jumping from house to house and hanging on all the electrical wires.

These are some of the kids that I am teaching.  They are mostly orphans that are staying with church families.

this was in one of the mountain villages that I went to and the children followed me around the entire time.  They are so cute.

     There has been a few things that I have learned since God has brought me home;  you can bleed anywhere because wherever you are you will be fighting.  What I mean is that yesterday at my church, my pastor said that there are three categories of Christians:  those that have just come out of the fight, those that are right in the middle of one and those that are about to enter the fight.    I feel as if I have been in the middle of the battle field for my entire life; coming home has only reiterated my need for God and His mercy.

       I am waiting tables, teaching Muslim immigrants and pretending that my life is the reflection of Gods will for my life.  I feel useless right now.   I feel like I am awaiting something huge and everything that I have ever wanted to do for my God seems out of reach right now.   I know that I will soon travel to the country of India and I will help serve the people over there, but I am 23 and I am still struggling with the same things and wondering when these sins I hate will stop blinding my way.    I desperately want to be healthy but I have no idea as to where to begin to cleanse myself.   I am forced to ask the question, if I keep traveling and serving people and God the best way I know how will I  soon find peace?

       Do you ever feel like everyone else is so much better at living the Christian life than you are?  How do you find complete humility?  In Acts 20, Paul is going to heart of Jewish territory and knowing nothing of what God wants of him and only knowing that there will be imprisonment and hardships, he goes willingly and does not look back.  That is my prayer!