Last week we spent the week in a city north of here. It is one of our target cities in our state. There is currently a six month training school going on and Chad and I traveled up there with a short term team to do the teaching for the week.
Pictures don't at all show the heat. It was h-o-t. Between 105-110 each day and no electricity in the mornings. Usually around 12:00 the electricity would come on and turn one ceiling fan on. I don't know how Chad taught in the heat. I struggled just sitting in it. By the end of the training I was so drained just from sitting in the heat!
Chad teaching
I went with some of the team to do a little VBS alongside a pastor and his family for a couple days. It was about an hour and 15 minutes away from the city in this little village. This was probably the most villagy I have been in the past year. 
Check out all those kids packed in that tiny, hot room
The bathroom... you just walk in and squat on the concrete (they put the curtain up for us because they could tell we were a little uncomfortable)
21 weeks while in the village!
Check out this man on his motorcycle with these sheep/goats. It was such a funny sight. One across his lap, one strapped in a bag on each side...
One story... we took a bus to one city and then a train the rest of the way. When we arrived on the train, we were trying to get off at our stop. But it is very common for Indians to push their way on before people get off (elevators, trains...) So we were trying to get off, but all of these people were pushing on. We were elbowing people and trying to push them back and push our way through, but these people were strong and feisty! All of a sudden a girl (who could tell we were trying to get off) yells "the train will leave in 30 seconds!" Some of the Indians started pushing us HARD and basically pushed us through the crowd, but not before the train started to leave. We all had to jump on the platform as the train pulled out of the station- with all of our luggage. Thankfully, Chad was in front of me and he threw the suitcases off and turned around so fast and caught me as this Indian lady pushed me off. Definitely something I hope to never do again, but definitely a memory I won't forget.
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OK, 1- it always amazes me how the people who live in the villages never look sweaty even when it's 110! 2- props to you for enduring 110 while pregnant! 3- the dude with the sheep on his motorcycle is hilarious, and 4- i cannot believe you jumped out of a bus while pregnant! that almost sounds like something I would do ;) haha
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