September!

It has been very evident that I have received a lot of prayer. I can’t begin to explain how grateful I am! I have not had a migraine the entire time that I have been here. I get minor headaches but they go away after taking Excedrin. I pray that this continues. I am also feeling much better and often enjoying the food. I’ve discovered that I can like a lot of different foods if I just stop thinking about what they look like or are made out of! Yesterday we were able to go into town with the Chairman. He bought us lunch at a restaurant and it was amazing food. It was much more like Chinese, but the best I have ever had. Between 3 of us, we ate 4 individual meals. Then he took us to Baskin Robbins! I couldn’t believe they had one here. I haven’t seen any other American style food though.
The children have started to open up to us. They love having their pictures taken and then looking at them afterwards. They looked at pictures of my family for about an hour. They play lots of hand games because there are no materials for them to work with. They have no crayons, scratch paper, cards, toys, children’s books…nothing that American children take advantage of. They are able to play soccer and cricket. Other than that, they merely entertain themselves with jokes and hiding games. I have noticed that several of the children are sick or have lice. I am not sure if they are treated for anything at the moment.
Today is the start of the youth conference for India Baptists. It is being held here at the seminary. It goes on for the whole week, so no one attends classes. Kim and I were able to walk down the street this morning and buy tapioca potato chips and cream cookies at a stand. After we came back I tried to take a nap but the cow in the backyard was mooing. I never knew they were so loud!