Pics: Leaving Mumbai... Hello, Goa!
Leaving Mumbai... Hello, Goa!
This was the house we stayed at in Mumbai (so thankful for our hosts!!), our room (when I 1st arrived, I slept there with STIFLING HEAT - that means I had a hard time breathing, but survived, and the rains came to cool things down), and the dog, Rana - nice dog. Too bad I don't have a picture of Meher, our wonderful Indian Auntie (she is FUNNY!) and Naidal (such a great help to us, and blessing, sharing so many stories of God's Faithfulness!)... Naidal was our escort to the train station; we were SO thankful for him!! Lots of new sights and smells there! Picture 100 people sleeping on a really dirty floor / benches / dark / open room... and you'll have a picture of an early morning train station in Mumbai. Naidal helped us find our car and seat - we had air conditioned accomodations (wow!!); but Craig and I both decided that next time we would prefer to travel w/ the locals because it would be more fun!! On the train, we had our own little adventure of walking through about 20 cars - like you would do if you were 10 yrs old... but we wanted to see the front!! We got lots of stares, smiles, nods, ignoring, "Hello!" along the way; but it was worth it! Also interesting - we got to watch the countryside fly past (beautiful greens, hump-back oxen leading a plow, and huts for houses)... and the door was WIDE open; no guard rail or anything!! (Definitely NOT the U.S.) I could have jumped out, but I didn't. :) We also met a neat couple in our AC compartment and taught them how to play Euchre (they picked it up really fast, and we used terms like "powerful family, big bro/little adopted bro" instead of "trump, right bower/left bower"... fun!) When we arrived in Goa (a Portuguese, tropical city/state on the west coast), a guy from YWAM (Youth With A Mission, a Christian intnernational ministry) picked us up at the train station - again, SO NICE... God provides!!! He was our Indian SMILEY honorary family member. (He's the one in the yellow shirt - Raju - he had the BEST laugh and smile!!) We've had lots of fun conversations w/ all the YWAM people (Indians, Brazillians, ages 20-40) about different cultures, how we all do things, etc. Lots of Laughs!! (The head bobbing/nodding side-to-side has been the most interesting thing for Craig and me...I think it means, Yes, or I hear you, or ???)
Another cool thing we learned: There are 3 ethnic groups in India... Darker Skinned people of the South; Lighter Skinned people of the North; and Asian/like China people of the Far NorthEast, called Naka. Both of us have REALLY enjoyed our time w/ YWAM Goa (partial staff pic in lower right) - volunteering at the preschool, me getting to teach some (lots of motions/drama/facial expressions, which I love anyway!) and Craig helping out with various maintenance projects.
Those pics of the kids are some of the cutest kids we've seen... well, i guess they've all been pretty cute. God does a nice job.
The last 2 pics are of MY LIPS!! Yes, those are my smackers! :) And they have lots of beautiful blisters on them!! Look closely, they're tiny. The docs here think its some viral infection, so we're on some meds... and I gave it to Craig. sorry. (he drank from my water bottle...) But lots of people have been praying...and us, too. Jesus can heal ANYTHING. Thanks for all your prayers, emails, and comments!!! Blessings!!!
This was the house we stayed at in Mumbai (so thankful for our hosts!!), our room (when I 1st arrived, I slept there with STIFLING HEAT - that means I had a hard time breathing, but survived, and the rains came to cool things down), and the dog, Rana - nice dog. Too bad I don't have a picture of Meher, our wonderful Indian Auntie (she is FUNNY!) and Naidal (such a great help to us, and blessing, sharing so many stories of God's Faithfulness!)... Naidal was our escort to the train station; we were SO thankful for him!! Lots of new sights and smells there! Picture 100 people sleeping on a really dirty floor / benches / dark / open room... and you'll have a picture of an early morning train station in Mumbai. Naidal helped us find our car and seat - we had air conditioned accomodations (wow!!); but Craig and I both decided that next time we would prefer to travel w/ the locals because it would be more fun!! On the train, we had our own little adventure of walking through about 20 cars - like you would do if you were 10 yrs old... but we wanted to see the front!! We got lots of stares, smiles, nods, ignoring, "Hello!" along the way; but it was worth it! Also interesting - we got to watch the countryside fly past (beautiful greens, hump-back oxen leading a plow, and huts for houses)... and the door was WIDE open; no guard rail or anything!! (Definitely NOT the U.S.) I could have jumped out, but I didn't. :) We also met a neat couple in our AC compartment and taught them how to play Euchre (they picked it up really fast, and we used terms like "powerful family, big bro/little adopted bro" instead of "trump, right bower/left bower"... fun!) When we arrived in Goa (a Portuguese, tropical city/state on the west coast), a guy from YWAM (Youth With A Mission, a Christian intnernational ministry) picked us up at the train station - again, SO NICE... God provides!!! He was our Indian SMILEY honorary family member. (He's the one in the yellow shirt - Raju - he had the BEST laugh and smile!!) We've had lots of fun conversations w/ all the YWAM people (Indians, Brazillians, ages 20-40) about different cultures, how we all do things, etc. Lots of Laughs!! (The head bobbing/nodding side-to-side has been the most interesting thing for Craig and me...I think it means, Yes, or I hear you, or ???)
Another cool thing we learned: There are 3 ethnic groups in India... Darker Skinned people of the South; Lighter Skinned people of the North; and Asian/like China people of the Far NorthEast, called Naka. Both of us have REALLY enjoyed our time w/ YWAM Goa (partial staff pic in lower right) - volunteering at the preschool, me getting to teach some (lots of motions/drama/facial expressions, which I love anyway!) and Craig helping out with various maintenance projects.
Those pics of the kids are some of the cutest kids we've seen... well, i guess they've all been pretty cute. God does a nice job.
The last 2 pics are of MY LIPS!! Yes, those are my smackers! :) And they have lots of beautiful blisters on them!! Look closely, they're tiny. The docs here think its some viral infection, so we're on some meds... and I gave it to Craig. sorry. (he drank from my water bottle...) But lots of people have been praying...and us, too. Jesus can heal ANYTHING. Thanks for all your prayers, emails, and comments!!! Blessings!!!
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