Don't even know what to expect...

My favorite thing about traveling is that it totally and utterly destroys my preconceived notions of... well, most things! It blasts open my suspicions of who "they" are and often debunks my own understanding of who I am.

So, that said, I don't even know what to expect with this trip to India. I've read a bit and have had friends who were either from there, lived there, and/or visited there, but I think I will be pretty surprised when I arrive. And that's exciting! I just hope I packed well enough and prepared well enough to enjoy the ride... :-)

peace,

Alexis

Day Before and First Post

So this is our India blog. Yeah so we aren't there yet, but I thought it might be a good idea to get things rolling as we need a first post at some point anyway and I am really excited. Personally I'm so excited that I had trouble sleeping last night and our flight out is still more then 12 hours away, but I cannot wait.

I do not really have anything interesting to say here right now, but I think that is because we aren't in India yet. I am thinking that this blog will have a lot of interesting things once our group arrives.

Steve

Introduction to our group

Hello!
You might be wondering what on earth is "LTSP" or why we are going to India...

Well, this blog is a project of a group of seminary students from the USA who are traveling to India for a January-term class. Some of us are MDiv, some are doctoral students, some are already pastors, and some are seminary faculty. Most of us hail from LTSP: The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. We also have one student joining us from Wartburg Seminary in Iowa.

We will be traveling to Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, and Mumbai looking at the effects of globalization in India and also the interfaith (particularly Hindu, Muslim, and Christian) dialog and work in the country. We will be staying on college and seminary campuses as well as at a YMCA.

We're sure this will be an exciting adventure. Please stay tuned to our regular blog postings by group members.

Blessings!
Alexis, Amanda, Becky, Ben, Brett, Christine, Dr. Sebastian, Dr. Rajashekar, Eileen, Jason, Jeremiah, Marsha, Matt, Rachel, Rodney, Scott, and Steven