DownshoreDrift

Note: For obvious reasons, the language used in this post is neutral.

In 2004, I went to India. We flew into Delhi and then travelled north to Dehradun, the capital of Utteranchal state. We had an amazing time working with a children's home and travelling throughout the country. We met with many people who were doing incredible work there and we made a lot of contacts. Two weeks from today, I, along with two others will be returning to India. We will return to the same children's home (they actually have 6 throughout India) and will travel to several different hospitals. We are going to be doing advance work to set up a public health conference in the fall. We are also going to be looking into possibilities for microbanking initiatives that would help entrepeneurs with small business startups. This is all very informal on this trip and we are really just going to meet people, see what opportunities are available, and try to go from there. I expect for concrete things to come out of this trip, however, and for multiple platforms for future positive work to be developed. Your prayers for the development of positive relationships through our contacts, as well as for safety, would be much appreciated. There will be three of us travelling. The other two men going with me work in the fields of public health and finance. I'm just going to help set stuff up.

Here are some pictures from our last trip. The first two are from a slum in Delhi that we visited to tell The Story to. Can you see why we feel that public health is a major need? The next picture is from one of the Children's homes where we were telling The Story. Hindu kids were climbing on the roofs of the houses across the lane to see and hear us tell The Good News through interpreters. It was amazing. The last picture comes from a trip to Rishikesh, the third most holy city on Hindus on the Ganges River. This man was bathing for the purification for sins. There were quite a few people there that day in what was easily the most horrid place I have ever visited.