"Finding your feet on a wonderful road..."

Little kids are just funny, ya know? You just never know what they're going to do. But you can always count on them bringing a smile to your face.  Here at the girls' home, we have three little girls that never fail to make me smile: Genevieve, Esther, and Zinnia These girls have such an innocence and joy about them that can't be missed. Everyday they attend preschool at a local school in the morning and then they come home at lunchtime for an afternoon abounding in whatever adventures their imaginations can come up with. They're such curious and creative little ones that never cease to amaze me in what they find to do. Some days its coloring or playing with clay or drawing on a Magnadoodle; some days its bumper cars with our laundry baskets; some days its "helping" by taking the clean laundry off the clothesline and "washing" it in a bucket of water that my air conditioner drips into or even "cleaning" the ...

The joys of Easter…church services, the promise of spring weather coming, family and friends, egg hunts, candy, and of course the joy of knowing that we have a Risen Lord… Easter is just one of those days that though we see the pain and horror of Good Friday, we can find hope in the promise of Sunday. At our home, Easter was full of wonderful blessings and exciting surprises as the girls got to experience just a glimpse of the Easters that I grew up having as a child. As per every Sunday, we walked to our small Telugu church (where we double the size of the congregation gathered in a 10 x 15 ft room) to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord as a family. After a joyous celebration with the body of Christ, we headed home to prepare for our afternoon fun- an Easter egg hunt! We had 84 bright colored plastic eggs (thanks Mom for hauling them from the States!) filled with delicious candy. We hid the eggs all around the house and let’s just say the girls were pretty excit...

No matter how old or independent you get, you never seem to be too grown up for your Mom. So leading up to my Mom's arrival in India, you can't imagine the excitement that I felt with the knowledge that we would soon be reunited. I planned out all the adventures that we would go on, anticipating the day that I would finally see her. We had so much to do, and with less than two weeks to do it all in, our time was full of adventures. After two exhausting days of air travel for her and an overnight bus ride for me, we were reunited in Hyderabad and had a quick turnaround as we set out to fly to Delhi for a few days packed with tourism. Upon our arrival, we visited one of the six ancient cities of Delhi called Qutub Minar, did some shopping at a local craft market, and even ate some delicious American food at TGI Friday's and Hard Rock Cafe...YUM. We went on a safari at Jim Corbett National Park where we saw peacocks, monkeys, beautifully colored birds, and then some t...