Our first full day in India

After nearly 30+ hours of travel, we arrived in Delhi. The sights and sounds reminded me of New York City! We were greeted by Uma, our trip guide, who had arranged for all of our transportation. After arriving at the hotel, we got to our rooms, and had a traditional Indian dinner at the hotel. The food was DELICIOUS! We had lamb, black bean lentil, squash with corn, chicken, flat bread (called namm -which is absolutely delicious), steamed rice, and many other foods, I can't remember the name of. The foods are rich in flavor, with curry, cumin, coriander and various other spices! After eating, we went to bed, and at nearly 1am, it was easy to fall asleep. The jet lag is a little tough today, our first full day, but we pray that everyone is on India time by tomorrow. Today, Sunday, we went to the Delhi Bible Fellowship, a small Christian church, about 5 minutes from our hotel. It was absolutely amazing to worship with fellow Christians, in a country that has only a 2% Christian population. There were about 50 other people in the service, and they welcomed us immediately! Much of the afternoon was spent preparing our supplies for bringing to Shah Abad tomorrow, as well as resting and shopping. This evening we met 3 of our translators, and were able to share dinner with them, while getting to know them better.

Tomorrow is our first day at Shah Abad, and everyone is excited to get there, though we are trying to prepare ourselves for what we will see. It will be a stark contrast to what we are used to seeing, and how people live. I expect to be reminded of our generous, gracious and abundant God has been in our lives!

Please continue to pray for our team's health and safety, for the hearts of those we come in contact with, and for us to be obedient to what God has planned for us to do.

On the funnier side of this day, I would like to add that our team has already share much laughter together! 3 other team members are putting together one-liners....read them, and enjoy!

Jason and Delilah