we arrived at 300 am at the airport.. which was not the best thing. though the recordings say to arrive two hours before your flight... they must not have known that the spokane airport still sleeps at that time.
but, it gave tim and i some time to just drive around and chat. i am not sure if i made to much sense since i had not sleep at all, but it was a joy to spend the last hour in spokane with him.
window seat! but i was too tired to completely care. then a one and a half hour layover in seattle.. which i tried to sleep.
that plane left me even more tired being crunched in the middle to two people. the man on the left couldn't believe that i was going to india.. and when we arrived in newark, he pointed out the window at the india air airplane and said loudly.. there's your plane to india! i laughed.
i spent about 5 hours in newark. prayed, ate sushi, charged my phone, made phone calls, prayed more, ate german chocolate, and read.
by the time we were all on the plane, which sat at least a billion people but only had half a billion, i switched to an empty row and slept the first half. the second half i tried to learn russian, hindi, spanish, french and more german on a goofy program in the head rest in front of me.
airplane food to india is... different.
we flew over russia, then i enjoyed a sunset over kazakestan.
upon arriving, i was treated with lack of joy by the people probably due to me over looking some paper work i was suppose to fill out. :) oops. eventually i got into my taxi and we made our way to delhi.
the man talked in his broken english and we had small conversation about love, having girlfriends while being married, and God. he believed in God but i am not too sure if we understood each other.
very quickly i found out that things worked differently in india than anywhere i had been... he took a short cut and eventually we came to halted traffic. so he turned around and started driving back up the one way street. no one really pays attention to lanes here either.
we got to the place of where we thought i was staying and then he told me that it will be impossible to find this place that i later found out i had no reservation with. so he took me to another place where after bardering, we came to an agreement at about three times the cost of what i am paying for where i am now. it was a rough first night, but i never once felt God wasn't with me.. even if i was too tired to realize what was really happening.
i slept, woke, first morning.
i walked to the ajay guest house and got a room, dropped my stuff off and ate breakfast. over the day, i made a couple phone calls, walked down random alleys, drank much chai (which is, besides comparing with curry masalas in rapid city, completely better than any i have had in the states). around mid afternoon, i spent some time on the roof of the guest house, then walked. i met a group of indian men and they tried to convince me to visit kashmire. they turned out to be really rad guys and after dinner, i spend a few hours with them just talking and building friendship.
eventually i came back to the guest house and spend some more much needed quiet time before falling asleep to the living night of paharganj.
already today, i enjoyed a much needed bucket shower with warm water, and more german bread with nutella. (they have a german backery and i brought my own nutella).
as for the rest of the day, it will be spend in prayer and Lord willing relationship building with the people here.
thank you all for the prayers. i hope this update gives you a little smile on how great God is. i suspect He has much in store and i continue to wait with josiah for funds and his arrival.
lately, i have been encouraged to pray. mainly because prayer works. i read mark 11.22-25 this morning. so i believe it when i say, Lord, have Your will in my life. in this time here, and the people of india! may i have wisdom and special knowledge when with them and boldly proclaim Your truth in love. i also pray for josiah, for faith, funds and that we can be together soon. and also for those who read this. that they can too share a heart with You for the nations. danke Papa, and thank You for bringing us back to You, for bringing us life and truth of who You are! amen, ja amen!
viel Liebe, israel
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