Here I am! I have arrived in one piece and all went great! The flights were easy but long! I forgot how hard it is to be on a plane for that many hours all at the same time. They should really knock people out for those things! I got in about 12AM Tuesday and made it my lovely bed around 2AM. I didn't sleep much right away and after I was up for a few hours, I went back to bed and slept all day long. I was woken up @ 6PM to go to dinner. I had been asleep since 8AM!! To say the least, I wasn't able to sleep last night at all and to my surprise I'm not tired now.
I love my temporary host family! They are a young YWAM couple from Ohio with a little 2 year old girl Gloryanna. Rebecca and Steven are wonderful!! They're sarcastic and witty. Right up my alley! I'm not drama and Rebecca likes that a lot! She's also happy that I'm not one of those pretentious Christians and I know how to have a little fun. This is how I know there is a God! :)
Not much has happened in these first 2 days. Sleep and eat just like a baby! I've been around the city a little bit but not too much. I have a lot of time to do that!
I have been talking with Kavita about the Dark is Beautiful campaign that WOW is launching in March. Check it out!!! I am privileged enough to be able to participate with them in this fantastic women's equality campaign and I couldn't be more excited. There has been a lot of press around the conference and we are praying for a great turn out. Keep it in your prayers! This is huge for Chennai and many many more women are effected than what we realize.
There has also been some talk about my mentoring young women at a few of the "tech" colleges and I'm looking forward to exploring that as well. As many of you know, that is where my heart truly lies and so the opportunity to give of myself in this way is overwhelming! Soon I'll have more details on that.
This really is a dream come true for me! I cried when I stepped into the airport that early Tuesday morning. This is real and every day I wake up and it's real. I'm in India and it feels like it was meant to be.
Again, I am blessed. So so blessed!
3 comments:
Sandi - I just went to the Dark is Beautiful website (http://www.darkisbeautiful.in) and I have to say, I am so incredibly moved. I know we come at life from different places, but we both share the same passion of women's equality, and that is something I treasure! I'm so jealous that you get to work on such an amazing campaign! I can't wait to hear more about it. GO YOU!
Hi Sandi! I'm super happy for you. You have to know that you are a wonderful person for giving yourself to helping other women in need in another country.
I look forward to vising your blog and learning more about life in India. Thank you so much for sharing you're the best!
Yay! You are there! I'm so happy for you, and love that I can follow along with your adventure by reading vicariously through your posts. : ) God bless you girl and may you continue to revel in your dreams!
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