Hi from the team in India!
First of all – a big thank you to all those who have been praying for us. We thought we’d give you a taster of what we’ve been up to so far…
Saturday:
- On the plane we had our first (and second) of many curries!
- Thank God for the safe and easy journey.
- We had our first insight into the crazy roads of Mumbai.
Sunday:
- Went shopping for Salwar Kameez and tried out our bartering skills.
- Made friends with street children and bought them biscuits.
- Got followed by the ”Crazy Eye Man” for about half an hour!
Monday:
- Orientation from Lina from Oasis India
- Dan and Matt went to their first project, a drop-in centre in the red light district; an eye opening experience.
- Katie and Claire had their first fit of giggles whilst carrying 10 litres of water back to the hotel in broken bags.
Tuesday:
- Girls went to their first projects, half to a school in the slums and half to a house for women who have been rescued from the brothels (Nirmal Bhavan -NB).
- We were humbled by the hospitality of the people we met even though they have so little
- Matt slipped over when jumping off a moving train.
Wednesday:
- Some of the girls went to the Aruna project, some visited the same as yesterday and Matt managed to navigate himself through Mumbai while Dan was ill.
- We were inspired by the Oasis staff giving hope to the hopeless
- The real monsoon rain started…
Thursday:
- Half the girls went to the Gatkopper slum and half spent their last day at NB, and the boys were at Blue Edge for the last time as well.
- We realised that us simply being there held so much significance for those we spent time with.
- Waded through loads of water and got thoroughly drenched.
Friday:
- We all went to the Salvation Army children’s centre making fools of ourselves acting out Noah’s Ark and doing the funky chicken.
- Children were so eager to learn and loved the Hokey Kokey!
- Libby scooped up poo with her toes whilst running across the road. Fiona’s current fall-over-tally = 5
We’re looking forward to the rest of our work here and already have loads of stories to tell. It would be great if you could pray for:
- Health: a protection that we don’t compromise our effectiveness by being ill.
- Weather: that the weather doesn’t prevent us from going to the different projects. (the heavens have just opened and has nearly flooded in about 5 minutes.)
- So many prayer requests from those in the projects which we’ll share when we get back but just keep all the staff in your prayers.
Look out for more updates soon!!
The India Team x






