An Adventure In India

It was Sunday, March 6.  Our group posed for a picture before we hopped in the vans and set off towards India.  (Well at least the airport)

 

 

We were all excited as we flew out of Minneapolis.  Our lay-over was in Paris, where we couldn't see the Eiffel Tower :(, but there were some things to take pics of in the airport.

 



 

After a long flight, we landed in India in the middle of the night.  It was eye opening as we drove past people sleeping on the sidewalks, taxis and rick-shaws zooming past, and the slum areas on the side of the road. 

We got a good sleep until morning, then we got ourselves out of bed to explore the city. 

 

 



We saw many people, who all seemed to be staring at us.  I loved the sights and sounds of the town.

 

 

The first day visiting the Children's home was exciting, and so was meeting the staff who are doing a wonderful job there.  Of course, playing with the kids was a huge highlight!

 

 

 

We painted four rooms there, and others worked on painting the play ground equipment.  Some of the guys in our group did maintenance projects as well.

 

 

We had a bus to get us from our hotel to the Children's home every day, this was a typical bus ride.

 

Our last evening was beautiful and sad all mixed together.

 

And the goodbyes were hard...

 

All in all, it was an awesome experience!  I loved the kids, the culture, the traffic, and the times when my eyes were truly opened to what our sisters and brothers across the world go through day to day.

 

 

*Many of these pictures were taken by our team leaders.