Spicy Food, Cold Showers, & Wow I'm Spoiled.

Okay, this isn't my first time in India, but I'm learning these things for the first time.

1. The food is SPICY. Like I'm from Louisiana, so I thought I'd be fine when it came to eating spicy foods. NOPE. NOPE NOPE. 
2. Safety isn't really the objective when driving. THEY DRIVE LIKE MANIACS DEAR LORD.
3. Excellent coffee. I had the best cup of coffee in my life today. BLESS.
4. Air conditioning is optional? Like you can choose between air conditioned vehicles and non-air conditioned vehicles and hotel rooms and the like.
5. Showers. Dear heavens. Last night I tried to take a shower and I had to use a bucket and hold my head under the faucet and the water was freezing and wow I'm a spoiled American.
6. I saved this one for last because it's a bit heavy. Poverty. There is so much poverty here. People are sleeping in make-shift tents in piles of garbage and are working their butts off for practically nothing. Children are sitting is disease filled water and mud and somehow still have smiles on their faces? I have taken so much for granted. Like earlier I was throwing a fit because I couldn't get connected to wifi. How disgusting is that? People have absolutely NOTHING and I find a reason to complain about not having wifi? It was definitely a wake up call.

I'm sure there will be many more lessons learned in my month here in India and I'm kinda excited to learn them.

Hot, Stinky, & Sleep Deprived

     Today's (yesterday's) the day! I'm currently on my way to India and it's been a pretty uncomfortable trip, to be honest. At 5 o'clock Monday morning my dad, brother, and myself left for Houston, Texas. Our flight left at 3:10 that afternoon and little did I know that it would be one of the most uncomfortable flights of my life. Our destination was Frankfurt, Germany and it was a ten hour flight. We were all the way in the back of the plane and the man in front of me laid his seat all the way back practically in my lap. My legs were cramped, it was hot, and I couldn't sleep. We FINALLY landed in Germany at about 2 am US Central time and then had to find our way to our terminal for our flight to Bangalore, India. The airport was even hotter than the flight up here. Not cool.

     So now I'm stinky and in about 2 hours, I will have been awake for a solid 24 hours. So that's cool. Not really. But here's to adventure and new experiences and all that jazz.

In five short days, I will be flying half-way across the world to the country of India where I will be spending a little over a month of my summer. To be honest, I don't really know what to expect. I'm kinda just jumping in and hoping for the best. I'm going to be living in a completely different world than what I'm used to and let's be real, this American girl may not be too comfortable.

But I'm excited for the growth that is going to take place outside of my comfort zone. So here's to the many exciting adventures that are about to take place and here's to all that the Father has in store.