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| The village our team went to, about 30 minutes outside of Aurangabad; we are sitting in a small church service room, a sort of pink- painted chapel, and the room was crowded, I mean packed, with kids and adults from this village and others who travelled up to 4 hours to worship with the Americans. It was a fun night. This picture, especially the boy in the center, sparks a fire in my heart everytime I see it, I never get tired of it... it's Hope. |
I think about India, all the time. I think about my babies, my
thais- Rina, Renuka, Shivani, Komal, and all the other kids at New Beginnings Children's Home that I now consider my little siblings. I think about the beautiful people, families, and children I've met there- faces I can never forget, and the things I saw, the things I did. I think about the person I was before this trip and who I now am because of India. I find myself thinking about how much I want to go back, but also about how much this world in front of me, right here in Texas, America, isn't so different from the one I saw in Maharastra, India. I would say India plagues my thoughts but the verb isn't consistent with the warmed feeling I get. India is on my mind, heart, thoughts, actions, and perspective constantly, and, above all, I think about the hope that the Lord places in my heart when it all races through my mind. Hope is the one-word description of my India, my love. India has forever changed me, and I intend to let it keep changing me. I think of a phrase I learned during my time in Aurangabad, a phrase that my kids taught me, and as of now one of the only phrases I know in Marathi.
Deo priti ahey. I have no idea if its spelled right, but judging from the signs I say in India, spelling things correctly isn't one of the biggest concerns. All I know is that this phrase came alive for me in India. I will now never forget these words written on my heart, (not written by me but the kids and people and friends and brothers and sisters that showed it to me everyday, refusing to let me believe anything less, anything else) God is Love.
