Safely in India!

This may be a long post.  I hope it even makes it up.  I've not been
able to access the blog, and was having trouble even connecting to the
internet.  I'm sending this email to Elisabeth, who, I hope will be
able to get the mail and post it.

We are safely in India!!!!  I guess most of you know that since you
probably got to hear either Mike or Rob talk for a few minutes during
church last Sunday!  Anyway, I had to make that declaration too!

Our flight was LONG, but uneventful.  They kept feeding us -- I
suppose full people are happy people?  They even provided a sack
lunch/snack to eat during the "night" hours when most people tried to
sleep.  We all managed just a couple hours of sleep, but that was
probably for the best.

We arrived in Delhi in the early evening.  By the time we claimed our
bags and cleared customs, we were ready to head straight to our hotel
(the Check-Inn) and crash.

The ride from the airport to the hotel was an adventure!  We
discovered that it didn't make any difference how many marked laned
for traffic there were -- the Indian drivers always created one or two
more.  If there were two marked lanes, there were 3 lanes of cars, plus
motorcycles weaving in and out.  If there were four marked lane -- 5
lanes were driving, plus motorcycles.  They drive on the left side of
the road and use their horns constantly.  It was bumper to bumper
traffic almost all the way to the hotel.

We didn't stop to get supper since we'd just had breakfast on the
plane a couple hours earlier.  By the time we got to the hotel I was
hungry, so attacked the snack mix Elisabeth had thoughtfully made us.
(That snack mix has come in SOOOOO handy...)

Mike and I each slept until about 3AM.  (Rob had his own room, so I
can't really vouch for his sleep...)  I woke up hungry, so ate a
couple crackers and collapsed asleep again.

We were to leave for the airport again at 7:15 for our flight that
would get us close to Kulpahar, so we didn't have time for breakfast.
Ticket mix ups sent us to various places in the airport, but we
eventually got cleared to fly.

A McDonalds in the airport provided our breakfast, but they didn't
have a breakfast menu, so we just got food.  Mike ordered a spicy
paneer wrap; I got a spicy chicken wrap, and Rob a spicy chicken
sandwich.  You notice each had the word "spicy"??  It was!  Mike's
turned out to be a vegetarian dish.  I think it was breaded cheese.
Anyway, full tummies.

We flew on a couple hour flight with one stop and made it to our stop.
But not yet to Kulpahar!!!

Oh dear, it is now "Tea Time" and we are celebrating someone's
birthday.  You will have to wait until later for the tale of our
hair-raising ride to the Kids' Home!!!  Rob was on the side of the car
where he got full benefit of all the near misses!!

Until the next time......

Keep us in your prayers.  We love each and every one of you!

Jacque