Namaste friends and family!
India's monsoon season is in full swing. Talk about a relief! We get cool breezes all throughout the day.
India is hot, but not as hot as I was expecting. The temperatures are pretty much in line with Kansas and I know that Kansas isn't even in the worst part of the summer yet. The part that is tricky is the lack of air conditioning. I am lucky and get to sleep in a room that has air conditioning. I also get a nice breeze during the motor bike rides. (Motor bike=our mode of transportation.)
The food has been treating me well. No sickness yet! My mom prepared me well for Indian food by cooking spicy food growing up. I had my first scoop of peanut butter for the first time in over a month this morning. Delicious! And the bananas are fantastic. The water I drink is purified, so no complaints there either.
As for what I'm actually doing... there is not a lot to say. HCC stopped all their projects at the beginning of April. If you want to know more on that matter I'm not the person to ask, I only know the simple fact that they have been stopped. And many of you know, the projects were my main reason for coming to India. And to put it plainly, something I don't want to admit but I'm afraid I have to: I'm bored in India.
India culture is a lot more slow than American culture. There is a lot of time between everything and when someone says a time to be somewhere it's basically considered a suggestion. This is proving to be a hard task to learn. I'm used to waking up and going non-stop until A. it is time for bed B. it is time to relax with friends.
My host family here does plan on keeping their women project going. I've visited the site of a children's program that I hope to be starting soon. Again when it will start is unclear. I have been told many different start dates but none have been right. When we went to the site we were asked not to come back for two days because a boy in the village was badly beaten and they didn't want us to be there for the drama it has created. The villagers lives are something that is out of our control, and something we must respect.
A few highlights so far have been going to Alibag (a beach city), seeing a Bollywood film in the theater, eating Indian food, learning some Hindi, and the simple pleasure of having a lot of time to read.
I have met a lot of kind and wonderful people. I'm hopeful that my trip will start to look up and my boredom will become infrequent. Please pray for this and for me to find peace in my personal challenges here.
Hannah Joy.
P.S. I'll post some pictures within the next few days.
India's monsoon season is in full swing. Talk about a relief! We get cool breezes all throughout the day.
India is hot, but not as hot as I was expecting. The temperatures are pretty much in line with Kansas and I know that Kansas isn't even in the worst part of the summer yet. The part that is tricky is the lack of air conditioning. I am lucky and get to sleep in a room that has air conditioning. I also get a nice breeze during the motor bike rides. (Motor bike=our mode of transportation.)
The food has been treating me well. No sickness yet! My mom prepared me well for Indian food by cooking spicy food growing up. I had my first scoop of peanut butter for the first time in over a month this morning. Delicious! And the bananas are fantastic. The water I drink is purified, so no complaints there either.
As for what I'm actually doing... there is not a lot to say. HCC stopped all their projects at the beginning of April. If you want to know more on that matter I'm not the person to ask, I only know the simple fact that they have been stopped. And many of you know, the projects were my main reason for coming to India. And to put it plainly, something I don't want to admit but I'm afraid I have to: I'm bored in India.
India culture is a lot more slow than American culture. There is a lot of time between everything and when someone says a time to be somewhere it's basically considered a suggestion. This is proving to be a hard task to learn. I'm used to waking up and going non-stop until A. it is time for bed B. it is time to relax with friends.
My host family here does plan on keeping their women project going. I've visited the site of a children's program that I hope to be starting soon. Again when it will start is unclear. I have been told many different start dates but none have been right. When we went to the site we were asked not to come back for two days because a boy in the village was badly beaten and they didn't want us to be there for the drama it has created. The villagers lives are something that is out of our control, and something we must respect.
A few highlights so far have been going to Alibag (a beach city), seeing a Bollywood film in the theater, eating Indian food, learning some Hindi, and the simple pleasure of having a lot of time to read.
I have met a lot of kind and wonderful people. I'm hopeful that my trip will start to look up and my boredom will become infrequent. Please pray for this and for me to find peace in my personal challenges here.
Hannah Joy.
P.S. I'll post some pictures within the next few days.
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