Jungle Chickens and Elephants

Settling in here has been quite the adventure, but the families here have made the transition so much better by accepting me into their homes and taking me in as practically family. It means so much for the host family to bring me into their home and begin telling me their family stories as well as their heritage and where they came from.

Bro. Peter Biswas and his family pictured below are the host families and some of the truest people that you will ever meet. Like I just said, when a family begins telling you stories of where they came from and showing you their family photo album it makes you feel at home as well. At least, that is how I feel.

Sis. Tuni, Elizabeth, Bro. Peter, Shilo
(left to right)

When Sis. Tuni started telling me a story of how in her village elephants used to come marching through the village just for no reason at all, I definitely knew that I was not in Missouri anymore. When she added to this the fact that there are these wild chickens (aka. Jungle Chickens) that roamed around and were twice the size of a normal chicken. I found that humorous. It's just a completely different lifestyle than what I was brought up in. Different lifestyle, different people, different methods of doing things, but we are all connected by a common thread, Jesus Christ! 

Other than conversing of jungle chickens and sipping tea, I have been teaching the youngsters at American Standard International School and dodging hartals. Also the Bible school here has started up and it it really awesome to see how dedicated these students are! I showed up at the church late last evening to find them singing and praising God with formal leadership and no music! They do it out of a genuine love for Him, not some manufactured or generic love. It was quite inspiring and humbling I must say.