Author: Adventures

  On Friday, we had the honor of being invited to have a meal with a local Christian family. The previous night, we had prayed over the grandmother of the same family, and the Lord healed her arthritis in her leg. Now, we were getting a chance to sit down and have a meal with them. Our team is constantly learning new cultural rules that are foreign and sometimes catch us by surprise. On this night in particular we learned a very important fact about Indian dining: there is no such thing as a small portion. To understand what I mean, it is important to know that Josh, one of the beloved...

Hey everyone!   My co-leader, Jeremy, and I are so excited to say that team made it to India! We started our first two days resting and getting accustom to the culture.  These past 3 days, we have spent our mornings going to a home that houses women who come out of the sex trade.  There, we teach the women English, tell bible stories, and sing songs.  We then have the afternoon off due to the hot weather.  We normally find ourselves resting and spending time with the Lord.  In the even going into the night, we do house visits.  We have been entering homes...

In India, we eat with our hands. This sounds like a pretty simple task. After all, most babies first learn to eat with their hands until they are eventually upgraded to a fork (or maybe chopsticks). Be warned, as our team would now tell you, this is not easily done. In fact, there is quite a trick to it. The first priority is that you must always eat with your right hand. Eating with your left hand is considered rude, unsanitary, and even offensive. Now, our hands are simply not used to holding scolding foods for any periods of time, so especially when dealing with rice-based dishes, it is...

In India, we eat with our hands. This sounds like a pretty simple task. After all, most babies first learn to eat with their hands until they are eventually upgraded to a fork (or maybe chopsticks). Be warned, as our team would now tell you, this is not easily done. In fact, there is quite a trick to it. The first priority is that you must always eat with your right hand. Eating with your left hand is considered rude, unsanitary, and even offensive. Now, our hands are simply not used to holding scolding foods for any periods of time, so especially when dealing with rice-based dishes, it is...