Wednesday Update

Wednesday 20 January 2016.  1500 hours.  Mungeli, India.   (that makes it about 0330 in KC on Wednesday morning.)   the monsoon made a brief cameo on Tuesday evening.  it’s the dry season in this part of India but you’d have never known it.  monkeys, goats, cows, dogs, chipmunks (with loooong bushy Read More...

2016-01-20T16:52:26-06:00January 20, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Update from Team 2

it has been a busy few days. lots of travel, lots of work, the occasional wifi outage so to bring you up to date, here’s a quick snapshot of team two’s last few days in India. friday and Saturday were spent with dinesh (the world’s most affirmation-needy tour guide) touring a bit Read More...

2016-01-19T15:32:04-06:00January 19, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Friday, 15 January 16.

Click “read more” at the end of this post to see the entire thing. Friday, 15 January 16.  New Delhi, India.  2240 hours — approximately 21 hours after arrival. first thing that hits you is the smell– smoky, smoggy, spicy. it fills the plane right after touchdown and never goes away.  it Read More...

2016-01-15T17:31:24-06:00January 15, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Team 2 is Airborne

E. J. Becker is our blogger for Team 2 and the second half of the trip. … Tuesday, January 13th, 1457 CST, 2057 UCT (universal coordinated time — when it’s 0830 UCT in Kansas City, it’s 0830 UCT in New Dehli. Knowing this is key understanding all that follows, so pay close Read More...

2016-01-13T21:58:43-06:00January 13, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Wednesday Day 8

The group has been so busy serving the last few days, it’s hard to find time to even write about what we’ve been doing. Sandy has been very busy teaching English in the Rambo School and Nancy and Carla have been giving her a hand. There were vocabulary lessons with Bingo games Read More...

2016-01-13T20:53:34-06:00January 13, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Day 4

We traveled into the hills of Kona Park where it was cold enough to remind us that this is the month of January. Neeraj, his wife Deborah, their 3 year old son, Duguu, and Prerna were our guides. It was overnight trip and heavy blankets were in demand at the lodge where Read More...

2016-01-10T16:47:30-06:00January 10, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

India — Day 2

All day today there has been music playing over a loud speaker in the village of Mungeli. It filled the background of our conversations as we made rounds with Dr. Anil Henry and toured the hospital. Dr. Henry tells us it there’s a celebration or festival going on. This is the thing Read More...

2016-01-07T15:44:59-06:00January 7, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|

Arrival

The folks on the first leg of the India trip have arrived, but not without challenging travels. This text came from Rev. Carla Aday on Monday evening: Adventure begins. Tight connections and delayed flights. nancy, Betsy and Louise made the connection but Sandy and I did not. We are rerouting through Amsterdam Read More...

2016-01-06T22:19:44-06:00January 6, 2016|Categories: 2016 India Mission Trip Blog|
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