Well it’s tough to describe a day in the life in India because schedules and times don’t have anywhere near the same kind of meaning that they do in the states. Here’s a general idea of what we’re doing:
515 – wake up, walk outside to where the kids are lined up. They sing a few songs and pray, and afterward they do their chores and bathe
7:00 – we walk over to the chapel with the kids where we pray, sing songs, and then they study.
7:45 – we go put the food in the kids bowls, and at 830 they come over and eat. Depending on our schedule for the day, we either go back with the kids, or eat our breakfast.
10:00 – if we don’t have an event to go to and report on, we go into the office (figuring out rides is always a task)
300 – we are supposed to come back from the office (it hasn’t happened yet). Between when we get back and 530 we can do devotions, chill, or whatever
530- we play with the kids until 630
630 – the kids go to the chapel and do a similar routine like they did in the morning, and they eat at 8ish
730 – we eat our dinner, and then afterwards we go to bed/email (unless you’re me), and go to sleep
The frustrating things is there is a good deal of time that we are not doing anything, but we don’t feel like we have enough time for devos or email. The extra time we have is when we show up for something (like a meal or a ride) and it’s not ready so we just wait around.
Changing gears, the landscape is somewhat tropical, but it doesn’t have as much vegetation. As you’ve probably seen there are a lot of Palm trees. The land is pretty flat, but there are a lot of small rocky mountains that jut out. The soil is very sandy in some areas, but in Salem it is more fertile and red.
Please pray that we get enough time to spend with the Lord and that we get enough sleep. The time we have to pray and read the word is sometimes taken up by other things, and it is so crucial to our lives. It’s also tough to get to bed early enough because after dinner we like to try to email and post on the blog, but if there are other teams here (which there have been since we got here) we have to fight for the computer. Not only that, but there is usually a lot to talk about at night, and when you need to go to bed by 10 to get 7 hours of sleep, and you finish dinner around 830 or 845, it’s difficult to do.
I hope I’ll post more in the future, thanks for all the prayers,
Billy
