If we've said it once, we've said or thought it a thousand times.
- cows roaming the streets
- traffic
- people, people, people
- traffic
- temples, colors, bells, horns
- goat herds being shepherded down busy streets by cowboys on motorbikes
- spicy, spicy food
- Muslims call to prayer, 5 times/day
- did I mention traffic?
- newborns being cradled by mother's precariously balanced on 95cc motorbikes w/ three other family members somehow saddled on the bike as well
- close calls w/ nary a scratch
The resilience and indomitable quality of the human spirit is incredible to watch. They walk for miles, work long hours, ride bikes in the midst of buses, motorbikes, rickshaws, and work so very hard.
Words don't suffice.
She was a weightlifter in the circus, but is no bigger than Jill. 200lbs over her head, and 400lbs hoisted with a bit in her mouth. Post injury, she was forced to work several more years by taskmaster (ringmaster) and parents who were being paid. One night after nearly bleeding out she turned the radio to distract her. Raised Hindu it was the first Christian message ever heard...and she responded.
He reached the pinnacle of financial success, but at 18 was alone on his birthday. Despondency took over and he tried to commit suicide for the next 36 hours. While bleeding out he decided to reach for a Bible, and read about good shepherds and bad shepherds. Who would be a good shepherd for me, he wondered. The revelation came that his name was Jesus. Miraculously he lived and now shepherds many.
We're simply overwhelmed, blessed, fatigued, homesick and at the same time can't imagine leaving such a mass of humanity we've been gifted to serve.
A healthy debriefing is in order.
blessings, Jeff and Jill
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