I love my boys!

I wanted to make sure that I told a couple of people before I posted this but I am just home for the summer. I really feel called to the minisrty that I was involved in India. I love the boys (how can you not?) and I feel that I have found purpose there. There is so much work that can be done there and I feel that I have the love and energy to really pour in there. There are things that I miss friends and family, as well as, things like water, salad, and washing machines- I never realized how powerful those this are- but if it is for the Lord you don't think about it as much. I am so glad to be home and around people that I love, but I will also be ready to go home in India.

Pray:

That I find a temporay job for the summer.

All I hear about is that the economy is SO BAD. I have been surrounded for the past 5 months by people that live in shack house the size of my bedroom.

That I am able to build up a community around me here the underdstands and prays for me when I am there.

home again

After a long night of fighting with a taxi driver and sleeping in a hundred degree airport- I finally got on the plane and felt so much better, even though I had to sit there for almost twenty hours. But I am HOME!!!
Johnny and I sat outside and enjoyed birthday cake and a cake that Jessica made with love in our beautiful back yard.
Before I left I asked Fazal , one of the boys that suffers from some type of mental disorder, if he could take care of my cat while I am gone. He has become obsessed with the cat since I have been there. This was the first time that he understood that I was going because it was interpreted into Hindi. He looked at me with those big dark eyes, and asked (in Hindi), "Who is going to take care of you?" This boy how comes from a family that will never except him because of his disabilities, cares more about me than about himself. I love him and will miss him so much.


Being at home and looking at all my stuff I feel really ashamed. I can not believe how much stuff I have. I think of how the boys have so little and are so happy. I am so grateful of the time that I was able to share and learn from the boys. I now know where to find happiness. It is not ANOTHER summer dress or a new pair of shoes. It is having people around you that you can grow with and love.

Prayer Request:
That the boys can share the love of Jesus with their parents as they go home for two weeks in the first week of June.

Pirate P-A-R-T-Y

I had the best birthday ever!!!!!

Themed of coarse. All the boys dressed up like pirates. They painted their faces and made costumes out of leaves. I was Wendy, Indian style and I helped make Emma Tinkerbell, with cardboard and old wrapping paper, super cute. We made three cakes and had chow mein , which is a really big deal here!! I love them so much and would do anything for them. When they are happy than I am happy.It is going to be hard leaving them. I am heading home in 10 days which is crazy. BUT, I will be coming back at the end of the summer. I am heading out before Monsoon, I do not do well in the rain. See ya all soon.
PS- It is almost impossible to use the Internet here. I am sorry that I have not updated this blog. I will have pictures and more stories when I get home and have FULL access and electricity all the time.