The countdown has offically begun!

I apologize for not updating much lately. Spring break kind of through me off posting (as well as everything else I am supposed to do!). My goal now is to post once a week till I leave for India. Speaking of leaving, exactly six weeks from today I will be boarding a plane for a roughly 14.5 hour flight bound for Delhi, India. (Yes, despite the long travel time I opted for the direct flight rather then deal with layovers. Maybe I will regret this decision, who knows.) I cannot believe that it is coming so quickly! It seems like just last week I was deciding where I wanted to go for my Transcultral requirement and that was in October. Let me catch you up on a few things that have been happening these past few weeks in regards to my trip.

~My visa has been approved! Yay! They are letting me in and out of the country! Now I just need to pray that my passport makes it back from the consulate without getting lost!



~Jana called from India! (She is one of the ladies I will be staying with and she is coordinating my trip) I was so surprised, mainly because I thought it would never really work with the time difference. Right now it is currently 8pm here on the east coast and 5:30am in Delhi. That is a 10.5 hour time difference. Nevertheless, it was nice to put a voice to the e-mails we have been sending. I can't wait to meet her she sounds like a very sweet lady. I will be spending the first week at the hospital in Moussoori working 8hr days to complete my requirements and then the next two weeks I will be traveling with Jana and her sister Jodi to the local villages.



~I had my first experience eating Indian food while I was in London, UK. Figure that one out! It was good. I like rice, vegetables, pitas, and chicken (I forget what the name is. HELP!) so as far as that concern goes I think I will be more then fine. Hot, spicy things remain an issue. I tried a few different things that made my mouth burn and eyes water. Hopefully, I am not considered too rude while I am there! Jana assured me that while I am with them they cook a variety of different things, even American food. But no beef! It is illegal to kill cows in India as they are the symbol of the fertility goddess.

It has really hit me these past weeks that I will be traveling alone. Maybe its because of all the traveling I did over spring break that I realized how nice and important it is to have a travel buddy. Although while I am there I will be with Jana and Jodi most of the time. I will be alone traveling there and back, I will be on my own in the hospital with very few English speakers, and there will be no one to share my stories with when I get back. Now I know all of you want to hear my stories and I am grateful for that but what I mean is that no one will be here that shared the experiences with me in India. Traveling alone was never my plan but apparently it was God's. I know that He will be with me the entire time and then some. Pray that I can feel a sense of peace and comfort on this issue. Thank you.
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~Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God. And trust in me." John 14:11~