India? who would have thought!!?
January days...life is good, God IS way better! I’m sure I’m missing something but here it goes... --what a wonderful Christmas/New Year season it was! Family, fun, food, friends, fellowship - perfection! —flying in a plane that notes how far and which direction Mecca is on the flight map. At the same time noting how much time until the next prayer —flying on a plane that starts the safety announcements with the travel prayer from the Koran —learning to bring my hands together and a little bow to show gratitude and greetings (learned from others in this culture which brought tears as they greeted me) —experiencing a ride on what I call a tuktuk but correctly named an auto rickshaw. —riding in the ‘auto’ the wrong way on a major street..horns blaring at us until we could cross. —eating with, singing/dancing with and just being in gatherings with amazing, kind, thoughtful and giving people from 67 different countries (out of 195 in the world) —rooming in a ‘dorm’