7 days and counting!!!!!
Was I frightened about the whole thing? NO
Was I nervous about the whole thing? NO
That was when I first talked about it and right up to a few days ago.
Am now I frightened about the whole thing? NO
Am I now nervous about the whole thing? YOU BET !!!!
People ask me have I prepared myself - WHAT!?
How do you 'prepare'? I'll have some packing to do the night before obviously - but I can't start that yet. I've watched plenty of documentary programmes about India over the years and worked in a couple of UK suburbs heavily populated with Asian residents and have had dealings with them - but how else do you prepare?
(I did have an Indian vegetable curry tonight).
There's so much of the unknown for me and I have asked loads of probably very silly questions to Sarah and some of her colleagues - they probably are now expecting a real 'Geriatric Idiot Abroad'!
Today I rang the Emirates airline booking company and discovered that I can book the airplane seats for free at any time - so with the young ladies patience and help - did so.
Seat C19 on the Boeing 777 for the Birmingham - Dubai and return
Seats B22 & B21 on the Type 345 Airbus for the Dubai / Hyderabad journeys.
I think that the only other thing still to do of importance is to buy some industrial strength Imodium and super strong Izal toilet paper (children of the '50s will know what that is!).
So - last Tuesday before take-off, tomorrow is the last Wednesday before......
Oh, it's so much easier to do nothing!!!!!
HOWEVER, I am strengthened by the encouragement from Ann and my children and their spouses - I'll be away for Jon's birthday, my 42nd wedding anniversary and Valentine's Day - so there's a lot of expense spared already!!!!!
I am further strengthened by the various news from Sarah's Covenant Homes with the achievements that these heroes do and I post a selection below so that you can see more of what has brought me to 7 days and counting:
Sarah's Covenant Homes, India
7 days and counting!!!!!
Was I frightened about the whole thing? NO
Was I nervous about the whole thing? NO
That was when I first talked about it and right up to a few days ago.
Am now I frightened about the whole thing? NO
Am I now nervous about the whole thing? YOU BET !!!!
People ask me have I prepared myself - WHAT!?
How do you 'prepare'? I'll have some packing to do the night before obviously - but I can't start that yet. I've watched plenty of documentary programmes about India over the years and worked in a couple of UK suburbs heavily populated with Asian residents and have had dealings with them - but how else do you prepare?
(I did have an Indian vegetable curry tonight).
There's so much of the unknown for me and I have asked loads of probably very silly questions to Sarah and some of her colleagues - they probably are now expecting a real 'Geriatric Idiot Abroad'!
Today I rang the Emirates airline booking company and discovered that I can book the airplane seats for free at any time - so with the young ladies patience and help - did so.
Seat C19 on the Boeing 777 for the Birmingham - Dubai and return
Seats B22 & B21 on the Type 345 Airbus for the Dubai / Hyderabad journeys.
I think that the only other thing still to do of importance is to buy some industrial strength Imodium and super strong Izal toilet paper (children of the '50s will know what that is!).
So - last Tuesday before take-off, tomorrow is the last Wednesday before......
Oh, it's so much easier to do nothing!!!!!
HOWEVER, I am strengthened by the encouragement from Ann and my children and their spouses - I'll be away for Jon's birthday, my 42nd wedding anniversary and Valentine's Day - so there's a lot of expense spared already!!!!!
I am further strengthened by the various news from Sarah's Covenant Homes with the achievements that these heroes do and I post a selection below so that you can see more of what has brought me to 7 days and counting:
Sarah's Covenant Homes, India
2013
was a wonderful year for SCH! Each year we draw a New Year's Bible
promise out of a box; a year ago I drew this promise for SCH from Haggai
2:19: "...from this day on I will bless you." The whole year was about
breakthroughs in areas where before we had struggled to see fruit (see
first part of that verse). Best things that happened were the
long-desired transition to foster apartments and finding a building for
our critical care home in Hyderabad. What does 2014 hold? I don't know,
but I do know Who holds these kids.
And this shows what IS achieved:
Zahra and Caroline will have cleft lip surgery tomorrow. Please be prayin'! (7/1/14)
And this shows what IS achieved:
Check
out this blog post about the transformation of one of our littlest
children, Alicia! She has truly turned a corner and is looking so
healthy and happy!
http://www.schindia.com/2014/01/06/amazing-alicia/
http://www.schindia.com/2014/01/06/amazing-alicia/
Zahra and Caroline will have cleft lip surgery tomorrow. Please be prayin'! (7/1/14)
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