Like I’ve said before I was bummed to have to leave India before everyone else. I felt bad leaving knowing that the job I had been assigned was not yet finished – it wasn’t as ‘important’ but for the staff it was more needed. There was still a lot of work to do to finish going through everything in the storage room and then having to put everything back in an organized place, and I would not be there to help finish. My work-aholic side of me was very disappointed that I would not be there to complete the task. But we finished as much as we could, and even worked extra hours to make as much progress as possible. My awesome group of WR have bravely offered to finish the enormous task while I am away ~ good luck Ashley, sorry for leaving such a mess I know you will do a great job!
The kids did a special program for us since we were leaving… they sang some songs and a group of boys even wrote a new one just for our teams. These kids really are an inspiration to us all. It was very touching to hear these kids and to know that they will continue to pray for us everyday in their times of prayer. It was a quick goodbye as Cathy and I were being dropped of quite early since they needed to pick up Anita at the airport. So Cathy and I stayed at the Delhi airport and didn’t get much sleep before our flight to Cairo.
I can not be to sad about leaving India, because I know that I will be back again some day. It may not be to work at the same orphanage, but I will return to this desert. I know that my heart is not for Incia, but I think that God is just having mercy on me knowing that my heart is not as big as his and that if I fell in love with everywhere I went I just might break in two. I thank God that he gave others on my team a heart for the children and for India. So the kids will be able to see at least one aunty or uncle from this group that has been living in the dirt with them the last couple of weeks again someday.
