After two uneventful plane rides (the longest of my life) I arrived early Wednesday morning, around 5 am local time. John Locklear picked me up from the Bangalore airport and we took the four hour ride to Mysore in a taxi. Many of you know that 3 years ago I was in Nairobi, Kenya where the driving is notoriously crazy. Well, Kenya has nothing on India. I've decided that this is due mostly to the sheer number of people who live in India, but this was, nevertheless, a pretty scary drive.

Bicycles, motorbikes, taxis, trucks, pedestrians, wild dogs, and cows all wove in and out of two lanes, appearing out of nowhere and paying no attention to the rules of the road. It was better not to look at all :)

After stopping for breakfast at John and Sunita's apartment, I was taken to mine over in the adjacent building. On the weekends I will be sharing it with two German girls named Laura and Jana who have been volunteering at BGSS since August. They are so nice and I can't wait to spend more time with them. I visited both BGSS schools yesterday (they are split between the lower-functioning or younger children and the higher-functioning or older children) and got a taste of the work I will be doing.

Prayer requests:

-continued health

-quick adjustment

-fruitful work in the school in whatever way I can

Praises:

-safe travel

-provision of funds to purchase new clothes (I really do stick out like a sore thumb! Every woman is wearing a variation of the same thing---No jeans or tshirts here!)