A Case of India - 10/20/2017
Greetings, friends
and family! Alexandra again to update you on our time here in India. Today
marks the end of our first whole week in Hyderabad! Woohoo!!
At our group meeting
tonight, we realized we have all been dealing with some new symptoms we hadn't
been feeling in Egypt. The first, of course, is that we are exhausted. Some of
us emotionally, most of us physically. Our tongues are also always burning,
often times we are like dragons breathing fire. We have all been seeing so much
color, in the lush green garden, in the bright salwar
kameez and suits, in the fruit, vegetable, and flower stands dotting the
city. We are experiencing a heightened sense of adventure to see everything
around us, partnered with a feeling of being overwhelmed by all there is to
take in. We keep hearing loud booms of firecrackers celebrating Diwali even
after the holiday has passed. We smell spices, bread, and tea. And we all crave a tea break around 11am and 2pm. We are
constantly in awe, caused by the friendliness of the people we meet when they
welcome us into their worship spaces or classrooms. We are more worried than
usual about bug bites, fearing (perhaps irrationally) that this bite could be
the one that gives us malaria. We're all a little sticky from sweat, a little
awkward from stepping outside our comfort zones, and a little dazed trying to
fathom that we are at the halfway point in our trip.
After sharing all of
our symptoms, our resident medical expert, Amy, came to a conclusion about our
diagnosis. "It sounds like you have a case of India."
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