As we’re back now, we thought we’d update you on the last week of our experiences.
Saturday:
- We had a day off from the projects so we got more of a chance to explore the local area and in the evening we went to see a Bollywood film.
- The film was an experience in itself, with cats, cockroaches and mice all sharing the cinema with us
Sunday:
- In the morning we went to Bombay Baptist Church, a large and lively church – not dissimilar to TBC
- All felt very welcome and felt they loved having us as guests (although maybe parading us round the church was a step too far!)
- In the afternoon we ended up getting soaked walking along a promenade into the sea surrounded by raging waves as we made our way to a mosque
Monday:
- The boys went to the Bandra Pre-school, some of the girls went to NB and the rest spent the day at Blue Edge
- Hannah became known as ‘HANNAH MONTANA!!!’
Tuesday:
- All groups went to the same projects as yesterday, but really started to grow relationships with those they spent time with
- In our daily devotions we discussed prevention of some of the things we had seen. We felt the need to advocates and raise awareness back home
Wednesday:
- Our last day of projects and a chance to visit the projects we hadn’t seen before
- We had our last devotions and thought alot about what we had seen and experienced. This included thinking about questions Claire and Katie had hand written for each of us (because of the lack of photocopiers.)
- We spent time looking back and laughing at the things we’d written on the quotes board we had been building up for the two weeks we were there.
Thursday:
- Our last day was spent with a debriefing from Leena, a nice lunch out and all the girls having Henna done by some women from the Bandra slum.
- We all had a time of prayer with Leena and praed for each other, realising how much we’ve learnt from the two weeks spent in Mumbai.
- A torrential downpour meant we had to pack the wet clothes in our suitcases and hoped to be dry enough for the flight home.
Another smooth journey back meant we all arrived safetly back early on Friday morning. Although very tired, we have so many experiences we want to share and can’t wait to tell you more about it!
Thanks for all your prayers,
Love the India Team x
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