"The good stuff continues for the PT team at Good Shepherd Mission. Friday we had a very busy day in the clinic, as each day more people hear about the work we are doing. Friday night we shared in the prayer service at the Ashram, and Diane gave an object lesson to the children. The object that she taught from was a Chinese jump rope, and she talked about jumping around in an effort to please God, when what He wants is for us to make a connnection with him, be in a relationship with Him (at which point she landed on the rope instead of jumping over and around it.) The kids enjoyed the lesson, and the perk at the end was that they all got Chinese jump ropes. Mary says the girls were using them the next morning.
Saturday we had a typical day in the clinic, but in the midday we visited a yarn factory. One of our patients is the factory manager, and he invited us to tour the factory. It was really amazing. This factory takes raw cotton and the end product is a very fine thread which is sold for creating cotton fabric.
Sunday morning we donned our new saris and attended the service at the Lutheran church across the street. After, many of the girls decided to just take the day to rest/recuperate/prepare for the coming week. But while fellow team members lounged on their cozy cots in an airconditioned room, Karen and Megan decided to pamper themselves with a "girl's day". This consisted of eyebrow plucking, 30 minute foot soaks, leg shaving, pedicures coconute oil massage to legs and feet, deep conditioning of their hair with coconut oil, facial masks, nail painting and day dreaming of cool drinks and soothing breezes.
Diane is working on her next object lesson, which will occur Wednesday evening. This week we'll begin the process of saying goodbye to many of our patients and friends at Good Shepherd. We will visit the HIV/AIDS care center, and the bone setter's hospital. We'll be on our way to Chennai on Thursday morning, and then flying out to Delhi/Agra on Saturday morning.
Thank you for all your prayers and support back home. We will blog one more time before we leave Puttur."