Cultured? for a week now...
Namaste! (Hello in Hindi)
Well, we've been here for almost a week and it's seemed like a lot longer. We 3 girls live in an appartment in a relatively nice area (which means that we get hot water for about half of our showers, as long as we remember to turn the hot water on), and people have cars around here. The guys have their own appartment right around the corner so it's good, cause as girls we can't walk around alone at night. That brings me to my next topic...it's crazy being a girl here! Men are ALWAYS just standing alongside the streets, in the middle of streets, or hanging out of buses, and because we are white we all get a lot of looks. Sometimes whistles and swooning songs sung to us too. (So some might ask, what's the difference from Canada eh? haha)
We have been learning a little bit of Hindi...it's been so frustrating not knowing the language! People kinda take advantage of us in the market and when we get rickshaw rides (which we do pretty much every day), just because we are white. But it's okay...we just have to be patient with ourselves and keep praying that the language will come in His timing.
Prayer requests:
--That we will not be fearful in this place.
--That the language will come quickly.
--For us as a team, that we will learn to have some fun together...it's been tough to just relax and have a good time.
Thank you everyone for praying and for your comments...I feel your prayers very much! I hope you are doing well, and I will keep trying to get on the internet...it's not readily available. (maybe a good thing, hey Mom? :)
God bless,
love, Bethany
p.s. There is a market right near our place called Masi Ghar, which means "House of Christ"...which is actually the meaning of my name! I just found that out today...thought it was kinda cool. Bubye...
Well, we've been here for almost a week and it's seemed like a lot longer. We 3 girls live in an appartment in a relatively nice area (which means that we get hot water for about half of our showers, as long as we remember to turn the hot water on), and people have cars around here. The guys have their own appartment right around the corner so it's good, cause as girls we can't walk around alone at night. That brings me to my next topic...it's crazy being a girl here! Men are ALWAYS just standing alongside the streets, in the middle of streets, or hanging out of buses, and because we are white we all get a lot of looks. Sometimes whistles and swooning songs sung to us too. (So some might ask, what's the difference from Canada eh? haha)
We have been learning a little bit of Hindi...it's been so frustrating not knowing the language! People kinda take advantage of us in the market and when we get rickshaw rides (which we do pretty much every day), just because we are white. But it's okay...we just have to be patient with ourselves and keep praying that the language will come in His timing.
Prayer requests:
--That we will not be fearful in this place.
--That the language will come quickly.
--For us as a team, that we will learn to have some fun together...it's been tough to just relax and have a good time.
Thank you everyone for praying and for your comments...I feel your prayers very much! I hope you are doing well, and I will keep trying to get on the internet...it's not readily available. (maybe a good thing, hey Mom? :)
God bless,
love, Bethany
p.s. There is a market right near our place called Masi Ghar, which means "House of Christ"...which is actually the meaning of my name! I just found that out today...thought it was kinda cool. Bubye...
posted by Beth at 12:19 AM
1 Comments:
Beth, I'm so happy that you have this website so that we can know what's going on (brilliant idea!). Are you taking lots of photos too? If you have your digital and need to empty your memory card, you should get an account on www.flickr.com, where you can save your photos.
The Office this week was about Diwali, the Hindu holiday, so I was thinking about you. Love ya, and I expect you to be fluent in Hindi when you come back.
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