We have made it "home", safe
and sound. Home is: in Guntur, has an American bathroom, has a fridge that we
fill with water and Thumbs Up, and a bed we call our own. The journey to get
here started at 5:30 yesterday morning, so
5:00 pm. MN time. Which wasn't bad due to the fact that our sleeping is
no where near normal. Our trip began and as the sun rose it was a deep orange
almost red, due to the pollution that covers India. We stopped to eat at a
little rode "hotel" and got our classic breakfast, puri with coffee.
Then started our journey again. We drove through the Nagarjunasagar Left Earth
Dam (pictured below), which used to be the largest dam in the world and as
we climbed up the little mountain we saw monkeys! Like crazy, moments ago in
the car I had said I wanted to see more monkeys this trip. And then they appeared, tons! So we slowed the car
and I took some super quick pictures. Six hours later we got to Guntur, dropped
our bags off at the little house we stay in, and head over to the bible school.
All the students and almost all the local ministry leaders from surrounding
villages had come to welcome us. We got two roses each, and all got lays full
of flowers, gave hugs and then headed to lunch. Lunch was at the wonderful
pastor's house, his wife is an amazing cook. The meals here are 2-3 times
larger then 1 meal in MN, at least for me. But if you tell them you only want a
little (which is a normal portion) at least 4 times, they will listen. There
was two different types of curry chicken, with fried chicken (not what you
think, but the best), green bean with goat, and scrimp curry with white rice!
After we finished our delicious meal we headed home to unpack while the man
went to some business. After cleaning and changing sheets, plus unpacking,
which felt wonderful, we took a little nap (still trying to get used to the
time) and then ran to the little store. We got some juice and a couple of
little snacks, along with eggs and other necessities. then off to dinner, again
at the bible school, where we had chicken curry and potato curry (which is my
favorite).
