Indian travels post 2

funny story: jenny and i were walking on the street, and we litereally almost got stoned by this little old street lady digging through the trash. She was def. a little crazy, and just randomly started running toward us with a stone. Luckily we started walking a little faster and she stopped coming after us ahhhh!!!

jenny and have seen and done so much this past week. We finally made it to Mother Teresa's house of the destitute and dying. It was very hard for the both of us. Everyone was so sick and frail. When we first arrived we were quickly taught how to wash all the clothes and dishes. Once all the dirty work was done we were encouraged to love, comfort, and sit with the elderly. I didn't really know how i was emotionally going to handle this challenge. I sat down with a very very frail elderly lady, and someone gave me lotion to massage her body. She just sat there and looked at me with thankful eyes. The second thing i was asked to do was feed a women that was probably just a few days away from her death. I litereally thought i was going to run out of that building. The whole time i was feeding her she was just crying in pain. I tried to do everything i could, but I couldn't help her. It was so hard for me. A lot of the elderly women just sit in their beds and beg for money because thats all they did their whole life so thats all that they know. Jenny seemed to do very well with the elderly, but i know it was emotionally very hard for her as well. I think I held jenny's hand the whole way home so that i wouldn't cry. I don't know how I would have done this trip without her by my side. I've seen poverty all over asia, but this is a whole new form of poverty that I have never seen or heard of before.

Right before we left Mother Teresa's on the first day I also witnessed one of the elderly pass on. All the nuns gathered around, and prayed over her. To be completely honest with you after we left the house of the dying I never wanted to go back, and believe jenny was feeling the same way, but the more we thought about how wonderful all the other volunteers were, and how beautiful the sisters were I found myself getting excited about returning. The nuns are incredible, and completely filled with the joy of christ.

Yesterday was another Very intense day for us. We went back to the mother teresa house, and it was crazy. The work never seemed to slow down, but i think that was good. I'm really enjoying spending time with the elderly now. They are becoming more real to me now that I am starting to develop relationships with them. They have a sense of Joy that I didn't realize the first time I visited.

We worked at the house of the dying from 8-12 and than at 2 we had the oppertunity to go to the railway station. This is where some of the poorest people in the entire world live. First, we went to a clinic and treated all who came in. I almost threw up when meeting our first patient. The first guy we saw was a man that had a bandaged heel. When they cutt the bandage off his heel it was half eaten away by maggots and worms. I've never seen anything like this EVER. One of my friends, mickey, then took me into the railway system to actually look for dying people to bring into the clinic. It was CRAZY. So many people just starving to death. We were able to rescue one man and we took him to one of mother teresas homes. I'm pretty sure that he was in the later stages of T.B. He was so sick. I could see every bone in his body, and every time we moved him he would cry out in pain. He was also coughing up a lot of blood. When we got him outside of the station he kept pointing to the grass. Jenny and I decided to try and pick him up and lay him in the grass. After we did this he had a huge grin on his face and sprawled out like a little boy feeling grass for the very first time. It brought tears to my eyes. I wonder how long he was actually trapped inside of the station? Jenny actually was able to take him in a taxi to the center. She said it was unbelievable just to see how thankful he ways. He was probably days away from dying, maybe even hours.

When she went with him, I got the opportunity of taking an orphan to the hospital. He was obviously very sick. After the doctors did a lot of tests they told us that he had a huge whole in his heart and the chances for him living were not good. Mickey and I decided we wanted to bless this child in some way so we asked him what his favorite restaurant was, and hes responded "KFC". So we took him to KFC where he ordered fried chicken and mashed potatoes :). There is so much sadness in this country. I wish I could do more!

so pretty much everyday is filled with new and very eventful experiences. I wish I could tell more. God is very evident in this place, and i can def. feel his protection everywhere we go, especially when we cross the street hahah i think we have almost died atleast 100 times. We are still going strong, and I know its only by the power of the holy spirit wahoo...keep us in your prayers we are seeining alot and i know its stretching the both of us.