The Mega Post

This will be our last post on the blog, expect a lot of reading! We haven't had any Internet to post. Now we're waiting in the Hyderabad Airport, so no better time than the present!

I'll pick up from Thursday, we had an early morning, and went off on a five hour, eight-mile long, hike. Starting from the top of the Kodai mountains and traveling to the base. Our legs are killing us today! Pardamandas, our guide, showed us breathtaking views, exotic/poisonous animals, and he gave us a fantastic devotion at the bottom of the mountain. I truly can't explain the scenery, the mountains rolled, the trees were humongous and dark green, the smell of smoke was in the air from nearby villages. I wish William and I could post pictures, but sadly, our iPhones won't let us. After the hike, we walked to a natural spring surrounded by rocks that we could use to slide into the "clean" water. (It didn't look too clean to me.) John, our driver, picked us up around 4:00pm, and drove us to the girls home in Kodai, called Shalom. We played badminton, sang a few songs, danced around, and had a devotion. Later back at Dency's house, we had an evening prayer, and then passed out from the long day.

(William now) 

Yesterday, (Friday) was another grueling day, but I couldn't think of a better way to end the trip then visiting rehabilitation centers and after school programs. Pardamandas had us visit two rehabilitation centers where mentally disabled, visually handicapped, and hearing impaired kids can learn to lead active lives in the community. He showed us all the ways they train and teach kids differently; they seemed happy to learn (most of the time). After a long drive, a short visit to a hill top, and a long prayer, we visited our last after school program. It was a short visit but being our last, it still felt surreal in a way. On the way home, Pardamandas said he would try and show us some bison. After some searching, we finally found some. They were cool but I was expecting more with all the stories we heard. The day ended nicely with dinner, a prayer, and bed! Probably the best last day you could hope for.

(Back to Bennett)

We've been traveling all day. Three hours in the car this morning to get to Madurai, followed by an hour long flight to Chennai. We had a six hour layover in Chennai before flying to Hyderabad. (Where we had a seven hour layover.) It's 6:00am Sunday morning here, and we're ready for our last flight from Doha to the United States! Pray for us while we travel twelve hours to our motherland. (Well, my motherland at least. I always forget William is French.) 

Godbless! Thank you so much for all the prayers during our time here.

- Bennett and William 

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