A few words from Sharon

Hi, this is Sharon from India writing about the wonderful time I had with people who visited my country from Scotland. Clearly, words can’t describe how wonderful it was to have them here. But I’m too excited to share it with all of you so I’m writing it all down anyway! ^.^

When I saw Lilias and David arrive at the airport with a bunch of absolutely lovely people (Kirsty, Laura, Stacey, Owen, Iain and Minty), I knew I was going to have a swell time with all of them! The very same day, they were at my Church (Christ the Rock Church) for the evening worship. There was some sort of voltage problem and the power got cut for a long time. The group lightened up the entire place with their lovely smiles and cheerful charming faces SO much that we didn’t need electricity after all!! The church was privileged to listen to them sing and dance for us. The children at our Church did a bit of dancing and singing as a part of the entertainment too..^_^.. Dinner was as good as the chats we had while eating. Saying ‘bye’ just for the night was hard!

But then they were back in no time at all to visit the tuition centres and to interact with the children AND to entertain them some more. The children loved it and it was nice to see their smiles so wide!

Then we visited with the ladies at the tailoring centre and the girls got to try out their newly stitched salwars! I can’t possibly forget to mention how gorgeous they all looked in the salwars ‘cuz it fit them perfect! After a bit of shopping it was hard to say ‘bye’ to them again. This time it was quite hard because they were leaving to this place called Dindigul, which meant we wouldn’t be able to see them for more than a week! But when we met up again, it was a wowser experience because apparently it was my birthday that day (08.08.08). They made sure they were full of surprises and charm and it worked!

I’m sure that I’ve found myself some GREAT friends to add up to the existing ‘Scottish’ list. I’m also happy that God’s blessed their entire trip because they were a big bunch of blessings to so many people out here.

We exchanged a lot more than just gifts and hugs. We exchanged love, care and mutual thoughts. That made getting to know each other the BEST part of them all!

God bless St.Andrew’s and the wonderful people from it. The memories of two different cultures synchronizing so well will be NEVER be forgotten by the ones who hold it. That certainly includes me. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. God bless you. ^_^

Sharon