Arrival in Chennai

Well, I arrived safely in Chennai! The flights from Korea to India weren’t to bad. Somethings went better then I though and some were much worse! It took 3 flights to get me to Chennai. They weren’t too long but I had a 5 hour layover in Bangkok Thailand. It was sooo confusing there! The air port was GIGANTIC!!! Much bigger then any other airport I’ve been in before! I’m pretty sure I was THE ONLY “white” person there. Everywhere I went EVERYONE stared at me. There were mostly all men in the airport, so I felt REALLY uncomfortable! I travel alone a lot but I’ve never had people stare at me so awkwardly before! Not even in Korea! Also, I was really hungry and wanted to buy food but food there coast 1,300 bahts. I had NO idea how much that meant in American dollars! It could mean $50 or it could mean $5.


My friends and I are staying with a family that lives in a little house off the HWY near some train tracks. When I say HWY I’m referring to a 2 way dirt/semi paved road. The hwy median is some times random scraps of big sheets of metal and some tines a broken cement curb. It’s difficult to say how many lanes there are. Often there are no lane markings which is just as well because people never follow the lane markings anyway! They seem to prefer either driving in the middle of the road OR driving 4 cars across when there’s clearly only 3 lanes marked. I was right about one thing, driving here is even more CRAZY then in Korea!!! Anyhow, the home we’re staying at has 2 bedrooms 2 baths a small living room and a kitchen. It’s very noisy here due to the constant honking on the HWY and the frequent passing trains. All three of us girls (Alicia, Alicia S. & I.) have crammed ourselves and our luggage into the extra bedroom. (A small room about the size of my own room.) There we sleep on mats on the floor. Justin is then left with the couch to sleep on in the other room.


The garbage here is astounding! Litter is EVERYWHERE! I’m not just talking about a coke can and a couple wrappers, I mean PILES of trash! They have absolutely no organized collection system. One of the lowest classes “Wrap pickers” go through all the trash turn in recyclable iteams for cash. That’s how they earn a living! They weren’t kidding when they said people pee on the road here! Most people do! You have to be careful when you walk to avoid wet spot and “logs.” It’s really gross.


It's VERY HOT and muggy here. But our hosts are very gracious and they're great cooks. So far so good.


Please pray for;

• my team and my safety!
• Also for the local church. They are hoping to start building a bigger building soon.
• Lastly, please pray against the great darkness in this regein. There is so much idol worship and demon possession here it's astounding!

I miss you all very much!!!

Bye for now! ~Auds