Everyday in India is a new adventure and a new experience. I have definitley learned that what they taught us in training camp stands true with expectations. You cant have any! WHen you think that one thing is going to happen most likely the complete opposite will. This plus language barriers, heat, sunburn, bug bites, and being away from home can make it extremely easy to get frustrated and just want to say i give up at times. I have experienced so many different emotions during my time spent in India so far, joy, sadness, anger, frustration…. you name it ive probably felt it. And seeing some of the things here just begins to wear on you more and more each day. The trash, the smells, the people who are just so thin and sick, the women with babies who beg you for money. And this week aot of unexpected things happened that really made me think and God was testing me in alot of ways. I often asked myself about whether India is where i am supposed to be adn why i was here, and i just kept praying that God would reveal to me if this was really where i am supposed to be.
This past week we had some team health issues. One of my teammates and friend Saralyn found that she had four swollen boils and had gotten staff infection. She got them checked at the hospital in Ongole but they didnt do really anything about them and they were only getting worse. We got a call the next morning from our contact James who told us that a group of American doctors from california were in and wanted to examine Saralyn at their hotel. They decided that it would be best to slice them open and drain them so the infection would not come back. Sara is doing so much better now and i know that that group of doctors was a God send to our team and an answer to our prayers. I cannot imagine what would have happened if they did not come at this perfect time.
This really made me think about how God’s timing works and how you just have to have faith. And how much they helped our team, i am sure that they did not expect that coming here. Im still not exactly sure why God has sent me to India and alot of the time it jsut feels like i am in a dream, like none of this is real but then it hits you. And seeing how much that medical team could help us makes me think of how much our tamm can help or affect one person and what a differnece it will make for them. Im learning more more everyday that its not about me and what im feelin but about bringing the kingdom of God to earth and being Jesus Christ to others.
