The project partners with a church so they are given spiritual as well as medical guidance. There are about fifty women in this particular location but each CSP has about the same number.
Some of the mothers sang a song for us today. They gave their testimonies and told us to pray for their sponsors. They said without their sponsors their children may not be alive and they wouldn't know the saving power of Jesus Christ. Amazing.
We got to sit in small groups with the moms and ask questions and play with their children and hold their babies. Some of us brought baby clothes.
It was a wonderful experience. These women were so appreciative of everything.
Then we drove south to the airport to catch our plane to Kolkata. And here I am! The Sonnet hotel in West Bengal is very nice. The food is far less spicy here than in Chennai which appeals to some in the group.
The food in Chennai was SPICY. I enjoyed it but our first meal tonight was good- lots of yummy identifiable vegetables!
The temperature is about ten degrees cooler here than in Chennai as well. It was in the 90's there but it's so nice here and less muggy. I'm glad we are on the home stretch of the trip here because ending in Chennai may have been a lot to handle!
Time for bed- tomorrow is a busy day- of course!
So glad you are having such an enlightening experience...but will be happy when you are home :). .. Love you Cinde
ReplyDeleteOoohhh, I just accidentally discovered how to respond!!!! I am so glad you have a bit more comfortable accommodations. You're having an extraordinary experience and rest is so important as you continue on your mission. I am sure you will have great difficulty describing-trying to convey the people and conditions that you have witnessed. Indeed a mission of a lifetime and life view changing.
ReplyDeleteI will write more when I figure out how to operate my kyboard. Geez.
Love you so much!! Mom & Dad. Xxoo
oh, i finally go connected. now get used to using it! Geez, you'll be home before i get this tech stuff figured out. I have so much to learn. anyway the weather has been nice so we have been doing some garden work and I started prunning the blueberries only got half done so far.
DeleteHarriett is doing ok but fell out of bed and bumped her head she is up and getting along fine-never missed a beat.
Osbornes are coming for corned beef tomorrow.
Dad dug some raspberries for Capt Hojo and Osbornes. I prunned those too and we still have lots. sharing the garden stuff is the best part. Dad has some lettuce & broc plants sprouted. I have some things i want to start too. I made soup last night with leeks from the garden.
We think of you all day long. You are an amazing woman, courageous, compassionate, do you realize that you have traveled the farthest and are doing mission work that absolutely no one in our families have ever even considered? Wow!
Well, I think I will try this again tomorrow. kisses and hugs to you.
Love & blessings!!
Mom & Dad
Oh geeze mom-- you know your comments are PUBLIC right?
ReplyDeleteBut I love you and Dad and Cinde too :)
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