Chennai - safe and sound!

Well we made it safely Chennai, and the second flight was not bad at all - just about 4 hours worth. The meal entree choices were lamb and some sort of red sauce, curry chicken with some sort of green sauce, and then a vegatarian option. . . . along with some sort of rice pudding, and vegatables in a lemon sauce. . . . ahhh, we are in India - it's time for my mouth to awaken once again to all of the spices that will be coming into it from food that I've never heard of.

It is our custom to take a picture in front of this sign after landing in Chennai. I am not sure if you can make it out or not but the sign says "seek to perform your duty, but lay not claim to its fruits" . . . that pretty much sums up a lot of what we are going to be doing here. We want to make a tremendous impact as the hands and feet of the body of Christ, without distracting away any of God's glory.

We once again recieved these huge leis of roses and other flowers intricately woven together, and weighing around 10 pounds!!! We feel so humbled to recieve such an immense amount of hospitality.

Oh, you might be wondering who the two young ladies are in the front (without leis). They are from Germany, and we sat next to them on the plane and got to know them a bit. . . so they got in on the picture too!

So, we're having fun (doing things like taking pictures of people taking pictures!) - tired, but now it is nap time a bit before a trip to St. Thomas mount this afternoon. We will literally walk in footsteps of the Apostle Thomas' last few days, and see where he hid, and eventually was martyred - even see the stone on which he fell after being peirced by a spear. We will end by going to his actual grave, which has been preserved for nearly 2000 years. WOW, what an honor and a privilege to walk in such footsteps.

Good night to you in the states . . . as the sun rises here :)