Internal process and more things I've learned in Chennai

India and I are learning to get along better. I have started to see that I had my armor on backwards so I wasn't fully protected. It's better now! Some days are harder than others but I didn't expect life to just be smooth sailing once I moved across the ocean. I just thought I would have been pretty prepared mentally right off the bat and this was not the case. Or at least I had forgotten to turn it on. Very important to turn it on.

So here's a bit my internal process and heart on my sleeve. This is what I've been thinking about the last few days and I'm quite shocked at my internal response.

So, what if God asked that I stay here? What if he made a way for my new home to be in Chennai? This is a realistic thought too. He gave me a green light for 6 months but he only shows me just enough of the picture so I'll trust in him and the rest he keeps for a little surprise later. So in my thinking on this I am able to say with a large percentage of certainty; yes, I could stay here and make India my home. Compared to my thoughts on this a week ago, this is a freaking miracle! There was no way that I could think about staying here another second, but it seems the air has changed. I know that in order for this to be the case, he has to have something up his sleeve for me to do. There is something here for me to take on and to learn from. He wouldn't ask me to stay under any other circumstances. He wouldn't place his daughter in a strange land and leave her empty handed. He doesn't work that way. He would have to show me that I have a purpose here and a reason to stay. If nothing were to change, I have no reason to stay. When August comes, I will have no reason to think that I would need to come back because I have nothing rooted here. But God can change that and provide a reason for me to stay or something to come back to. I don't know what it is or what it could be but I know that something is in the air and I'm waiting to see what he does. How knows what he's up to.

Some more things I have learned about Chennai.
-The auto driver will tell you to get out in the middle of the route if he doesn't think you're paying him enough.
-This is when you learn to pick your battles. And this was one I chose not to fight. Not over 5 cents my friend!
-The weirdest flavor of chips ever can indeed be found here! Mint? Really?
-Baskin Robbins is heaven on earth!
-The mosquito population has increased and found out where I lived!
-I will freak out when discovering a giant roach is sitting next to my head in the car.
-I will also climb out of any open car door to get away from said roach!!
-Eating with your fingers gets old...quick.
-Indian commercials are hysterical!
-Cricket is an interesting game and I DO NOT have the attention span to endure it. One match is 5 days long @ 6 hours a day?! Really?
-Laundry is an entire days work and I miss dryers!
-Wear shoes when hanging the laundry! My white feet are pretty sure you're asking them to walk on hot coals!
-Air conditioning is among the best inventions ever made by man!
-The security guy who blows his whistle and bangs his stick at 3AM is really doing it for your protection. Not to wake you up! Apparently.
-Finally...you do actually pray for rain and you can get too much of a good thing!