Shopping and Sunday Service

On saturday we went and did a little shopping. Sylvia bought me two Indian long shirt things that go over pants so that I could have something to wear to town and church and such.

While we were shopping my camera fell out of my bag without me realizing it so now I have NO camera to show you pictures! I am very sad about this! We have had bad luck with our camera since day one of this trip! Oh well, maybe it is for a bigger reason I am not supposed to have a camera?

Anyway, so I got new shirts and Huda decided he wanted jeans. He saw a lot of people wearing cool designer jeans so he wanted a pair. We went into two different shops and at the second one he tried on 20 different pairs of jeans! They were all either too tight or too big, fit in the waist but not the leg, ect...Finally, the very last pair fit! So he bought them. They are actually really nice and fit really well. They were having a sale so Huda got them for $14.00 or about 700rs (rupees), not bad.

While Huda was trying on jeans Sunil and his wife found us and hung out while we were waiting (Sunil is Sylvia's neighbor where we had the youth meeting at.) Sunil is soo good with Gideon and just LOVES him! He swept him away and walked around with him. He and his wife have been unable to have kids, they are trying sime different treatments so hopefully they will get pregnant soon, it is sad cuz Sunil just loves kids so much and is so good with them! After Huda bought the jeans Sunil took us to lunch...now here is where I have to say how good everyone has been to us! We have not paid for a single meal, bus or rickshaw ride and Hunduo even helped pay for the hotel we stayed at that first night, its amazing how generous everyone is, Huda and I feel kind of bad. We aren't used to everyone paying for things for us! Anyway, so we went to a really nice place with good food. so far, my favorite things are naan, lentils and tandoori chicken. At this place we tried goat (not so good) and had a really yummy chicken dish that I can't remember the name of (as usual). We have been eating SO MUCH good food!

After this we went home where our lugguge had finally arrived and organized all our things. This is the point where we realized the camera was gone and I was SO upset I even cried (which I don't do very often but felt pretty silly about it afterward) Afterwards we visited Sylvia's Pastor, Pastor Benny, who was very kind. Sylvia says that he does not really have a gift for teaching but he really loves his people and is never too busy to pray with an individual any time of the night or day. He gives of himself and his things even when he is not paid back in return so he is a good pastor. He is not used to dealing with forigners so we had to talk slow and repeat a lot of things but he invited Huda to share in church. Pastor Benny's wife lives in a different state. She is a nurse but Pune doesn't pay very well so she lives in another erea so that she can make money so thier ministry can go on. She only visits once a year so it is a challenge for the family. They have three boys who live with Pastor Benny so not only is he busy with the people and responsabilities of the church but he cooks, cleans and takes care of his boys (who are young teenagers) on top of that he walks every day to stay healthy. He is a very disciplined man! When we got back I went to bed pretty quick (I was soo tired) and Gideon woke up at 4am...it feels like I will never get a full nights rest!

So Sunday (yesterday) we visited Sylvia's church which is a very traditional church. The men sit on one side and the women on another and all the women wear shawls on thier heads. It was a nice service though and Huda got to share. He was really nervous! Having an interpreter really threw him off, Bbut he did a great job. After church we went home and ate lunch and started a bollywood video, at two I was so sleepy that I went to take a nap and didn't wake up until midnight when Gideon woke up! He fell back to sleep at 2am and so we slept until 5am. Today we are visiting one of the children's homes 4hrs away. It is all girls so I'm guessing they will have lots of fun with Gideon.

Some prayer needs would be that Gideon would sleep through the night and that Huda would have a job when we get back...it doesn't seem that intel is going to hire him. Everything is going well here. I feel so spoiled! I am missing home but I imagine the rest of our trip will speed by and we'll get home and miss everyone here.

Love to all

The Mckays'