Only 5hours 33minutes left!

Man, this week has flown by!

But then I’m not all that surprised. We started out in Dindigul (I now know the correct spelling!) last Saturday in the early hours of the morning, and then staying at Parsons Court Hotel – very nice!  We were only there for two nights, while we visited our friends at Hephzibah Mission Field; Abraham, Ruth, Danny and the family.  There we received a warm welcome at the Abraham’s church, and visited the Martha Medical Mission – an establishment for medically assisting those who live in poverty in the surrounding areas in Dindigul.

So after 2 nights, we then set off into the mountains in the state of Karla… a good 3-4 hour bus trip – as if an 8 hour train journey from Chennai wasn’t enough.  But it must be said the views along the way were spectacular!

We met some tribal folks in the mountains, as well as visit 2 schools set up by two sisters with the same vision of opening a school to educate the children of the mountain tribes.

So after a night in Karla we came back to Tamil Nadu (Dindigul) for another 2 nights before coming back to Chennai.

I won’t go into details… since there aren’t any details to go into.  We spent yesterday sleeping after the all-nighter train journey, which we followed with a celebration at Christ the Rock Church for Sharon’s 18^th.  Happy times!!!

And today… shopping with Sharon, Raj and Vanitha.  So we’re sitting at Captain Thacker’s just now, just chilling.  And to be more detailed – just for the banter – Kirsty’s watching iRobot on Lilias’s iPod, Stacey and Iain are playing chess, Minty, Sharon and Lilias are watching, Laura’s sleeping, as is David… and me, well… Typing this blog – what else?

So yeah, not much to report since our arrival back in Chennai.

I’m looking forward to going home, but am sad to be leaving.  The past two weeks we’ve been engaged in almost every aspect of the Indian culture and lifestyle, and it will be a shame to leave it all behind to get back into our own.  But I have no doubt that through our lives we won’t forget how we’ve been touched by the citizens of India, and how they’ve been tremendously happy to invite us into their lives.

If you think you know India from what you see on the news or in a documentary; I guarantee that you don’t.

See the world for what it is – and see it with your own eyes.

Thanks for all your comments and support while we’ve been here, folks – muchly appreciated!  See y’all soon…

Owen x