It has been a while

So there hasn't been a post in a good long while so I thought I would give you a short update. We have traveled from Bangalore to Mangalore. It was a perilous bus ride over the mountains in which there was lots of screaming. For instance there where several times through the trip where I looked out my window and there was no road only straight down. Of course I was one of the brave ones no screaming from me, but others yes others ;-) We arrived late in the night Wednesday and we have been busy ever since. Our lecture topics here have been on the religious plurality in India from a Hindu, a Muslim, and 3 Christians. We have finished up that series and are free this afternoon for sightseeing and shopping. Tomorrow morning we fly to Mumbai. There is some worrying going on over here because the weight limit for this flight is less then for international flights and so some of us might start throwing clothes away to meet the requirements. All in all I am sure we will all make it to Mumbai one way or another. We have had some wonderful times over the last few days and last night in particular we had a great time visiting a girls' school. I have some pictures but am unable to get them up right now. Some others may post their pics. We are looking forward now to our 3rd and last leg of our Indian travels. Hopefully we will have more use of the Internet in Mumbai and there will be more posts to follow.

Steve

We have arrived

To be more accurate we arrived very early this morning after about 20 hours of traveling. We are approximately 10 hours ahead of our friends in the Philadelphia area. As I write this it is almost 10am here on the 5th of January but it is only about midnight or a little before at home. We all seem to be adjusting to the time change pretty easily. By that I mean i haven't seen anyone walking around looking like they were still asleep.

We are in Bangalore at the United Theological College. The campus is wonderful and there are many people taking pictures. I expect at some point for someone to post some pictures for you all following our journey. Today holds for us a tour of campus and then worship with students. I know I am looking forward to it. We will stay in touch.

Steve