Well, we have skipped a few days of blogging cause we have been extremely busy since our last time online. Tuesday, after we blogged & grabbed a bite to eat, we went back to play with the orphans in Kerela. Like I said, there was 120 of them. I think this was our biggest group... Kelly & I got plenty of excersise at this place. The children like being picked up, spinning around in circles by their hands. They love to climb on you just to reach your face. They want to hold your hand. They want to kiss you on the cheek. They want to sit in your lap during prayer. They want to braid your hair & marvel at your painted toe nails. Can I just say tht India is the only thing that has ever made me want to have atleast 100 arms so that I can hold every single one of them...

Well, we would raced back & forth in the yard, played more football/soccer. We gave out candy, HAHA, they LOVEEEEE them some candy, lemme tell ya!!! It's funny because I didn't know that one of my many jobs on this trip would be singing, but it was & I did it. I have been singing so much & I'm so glad that their pretty little voices are loud enough to cover up mine. There was a girl & a boy there that we prayed for before we left. One had a fresh open would on the back of her head & the boy had had a deep cough, I'm hoping it wasn't his lungs, but we prayed over them & will continue to, of course. After we left there, we headed back to our hotel & called it a night, we were a little beat, but we had to be up to go to the other 2 orphanages that were about 3 or so hours away. This was where the tsunami had hit & one of the places that housed the orphans was only cheap becase the lans was where the tsunami was & the people that had owned it were not found after it hit the coast. We met tons of children that were effected by that tsunami in 2004. There stories of survival will send chills up your spine. I won't go into their stories, but Cliff & Mary have been great about obtaining stories about the children & taking pictures to go along with that, so I'm sure we'll have something up & running for everyone not long after we get back. The other place we went to (I wish I could remember the name of it) was just as amazing. They gave us flowers we sang more songs, we even did a choo choo train in the yard, all the kids were lined up making train noises! That was cute. Jeremy & Veer played soccer with the boys & veer was playing so hard that he lost his lunch if you get my drift! I'm sure it was worth it : ^)
I ended up arm wrestling with some of the boys I got beat a few times, but I did win once, I think he let me cause I'm a girl & he saw me losing so much. We played duck duck goose & ended up making new rules to make it more fun & then I got to draw & paint a picture for one of the boys. I didn't get to finish it, but when I asked him to finish it for me, he wasn't as sad. Then the long drive back & we met up with the Chester team for dinner & our devotionals. Oh yeah, & before you heare it from anyone else, I love Indian food & they are laughing cause they say I can put away some food. Let me just say thatI am enjoying the food very much & it is no lie, I love spicy food all, but they have video of me pigging out (Hellooooo, it was curry!!!!), ok not really, but they thought it was funny cause I was in my own little world while they were talking.

Ok, so yesterday, we spen 8 or so hours in the bus driving through the mountains to Tenkasi. Can I just tell you how BEAUTIFUL this place is!!!! The weather is beyond perfect & the scenery is post card perfect. We woke up this morning, had breakfast & Kelly had a mosquito in here eggs, but she is a champ cause that didn't stop her (can I just say we have adapted) then we were of to Sam Georges place. We spent the whole day there. We did our bible story, sang songs, taught for about an hour & a half, hung out with the bible students, went to the new site were they are building, I got to get pushed around in a wheelbarrow (sp?) with the kids, got to play on the roof (What a view), we bought them tons of rice, shoes, toys, stuff they needed. I was binging back one of the girls from playing in the field when Mary, Cliff & Elizabeth (Sam's Wife) were rushing off to get a woman out of the street from up the road, they brought her back in our bus & she was so weak she couldn't walk. She was so skinny and probably hadn't eaten in a while. She couldn't talk, they carried her out to give her a bath & they are taking her to the hospital. Her name is Reba & she is not well at all. I wish I could explain her condition more, but I just can't it brings tears to my eyes. We started to pray over her & she was just looking up at us. She was in pain & we could feel it. Please pray for Reba's recovery. I'm sure we will be able to get updates on her condition as we keep in touch with Sam's place.

We will stop by Sam's for just a moment tomorrow & then have a 4 hour drive to get on a plane back up to Mumbai. We will stay 1 day & then Fly out heading back home this weekend. I can't grasp how fast this trip was, but I can honesty say that this has changed my life. A part of me is kinda looking forward to sleeping in my bed, hot water in the shower & a cold glass of milk. The other part of me, a larger part doesn't want to go & kinda won't mind if Allison loses my ticket home. Seriously, though. It's hard to leave behind. I already can't imagine not waking up early in the morning just to have tons of children wanting you to love on them. Anyways, we have to be up early & I will get back on in Mumbai.