A busy past few days...

Hey everyone, its been awhile since I could really sit down with quality internet and update again. I've been really busy this last week, mostly working on project stuff such as cad drawings, note recording, report write ups and a recommendation to publish and send to the client. My one concern was writing up and publishing this recommendation correctly, while my project leader is in Hong Kong on a visa issue. Of course, I screwed it up. Only slightly though. But the good side of it is now I no longer have to be in fear of botching something up since I've already done it.

Enough about the office, this weekend a bunch of us went on an INCREDIBLE day trip to a local village (no one even remembers the name of it). We drove about 4 hrs into the surrounding hills to see an absolutely stunning view of the mountains, ate lunch and continued home. The roads were incredible: they went from paved, to gravel, to rocks strewn on a mountainside. And half of us were on motorcycles too, painful at times. Oh man, but it was sooo worth it. I am continually amazed by the beauty of God's creation here. And there are so many trails everywhere so there is always something new to see. Great times. I think India is really forming me into an outdoors person. Not only does the incredible natural beauty move me to stay outside and hike, but the general living conditions (although perfectly comfortable) are much more like camping when compared to living standards in the US. That might be a little bit of a stretch, but I definitely feel much more comfortable in the uncomfortable than I did before. I consider it a good thing. Some of the pictures are at the bottom

Yesterday, I went out with the men's group from my church. We headed down into the bazaar for dinner, desert and some quality air hockey. This was air hockey like you've never seen it before. About 1.5x a standard table, Two on two, with three pucks on the table. Absolute craziness, but totaly fun. I'm looking forward to getting to know these guys and do more fun stuff with them.

Today, we tagged along with Samuel, a friend of ours who does medical service in the surrounding villages. These villages are only accessible on foot, and the hike was amazing, although I am dead tired tonight. This was such an enjoyable experience though; we met some local families, had lunch with our roomate who teaches at a local school, had chai 3 times, enjoyed freshly fried potato chips, and even tried to solve one of the villagers drainage problems. That was interesting, and I don't think he was too excited with our ideas, but I hope it helped. I felt useful at least. Unfortunately, another person we were supposed to meet with never showed and so much of the time was spent admiring the scenery, but we may go back again and help out some more.

Well, sorry for the brevity but I have to be off. Although things are going well so far here, I certainly miss the friends and family at home and I wish I could share these experiences with you more physically. You are all in my thoughts and prayers, and if you think you might be up for visiting, YOU TOTALLY SHOULD! You wouldn't regret it. Just make sure to exercise aerobically before :)

Grace and peace,

The picture doesn't do it justice

The interns and our friend Amar, here for a week recording some music

Baby Corin again, this time with our neighbor Zarina. So cute.


This was a better part of the road... and yes, there's a cliff on the other side of those rocks.
Good times.