But wait..there's MORE

India culture is so different then ours in the US. For one, people here urinate where ever they feel led to do so. Spitting, littering, all completely acceptable. This can only garuntee one thing, that I will be returning to America a slob. Also, the men here and their touchyness is too much. They are all over each other and it isn't seen as homosexual AT ALL. Men and women on the other hand rarely show affection in public, if ever. AND, the men here dress as if they popped right out of the american 70's; with the tight dress pants, button down collared shirts, pointy boots, and chain necklaces. Its pretty much Rent and West Side Story meets the Jungle Book - thats the best picture i can paint....or just watch Slumdog Millionaire.

Today we did lots of fun things after church. I love public transportation in India. Our friend Babu took us to Old Delhi to see Red Fort and Jamma Mosque, then to Con market and Jodi Gardens and India Habitat Center. The mosque was the most interesting part of the trip. Instead of paying 8 dollars to carry our camera's inside, we left them with Babu at the gate. Tori and I were a little confused when these men forced us to strap into these bright, wallpaper print, bathrobe/smock things...we looked rediculous. So in we ventured. People laughed at us. We walked around, but we didn't know what we were looking at or what people were saying because Babu couldn't come with us. We went in where the people were praying...then got kicked out by a man yelling at us in Hindi. So we strolled to another side of the temple, only to get yelled at by another man in Hindi..who then told us to get out of the mosque completely. It was a fun 5 minutes. It was prayer time though..and women can't be in the temple. As soon as we get outside a crowd swarms us like we really are Kate Winslet and Queen Victoria (our pet names from our Indian friends). People are videoing us and yelling at us and we have no idea whats going on...it was hilarious. Then people started attacking me because my shoulder was showing...during prayer. I'm sorry I have no more clothes and I was forced to wear tangtops and a shawl today people! I was really ruining things at the mosque today...or was I just making things interesting? haha kidding. The reason we went to the mosque is because Babu wanted us to see the dedication these people have to their religion.. how bound they are. These people spend hours on their knees in prayer everyday...it makes me think what Christianity in the US would be like and how it would grow if more people accepted the name of Jesus with that kind of dedication and loyalty...
Jodi Gardens was really really cool...i'll try and put up some pictures from that. Lodi was a king who died long long ago...the garden was built around his tomb. Pretty cool, huh? There's ancient temples and its the most beautiful part of India I've personally seen so far. I was expecting mummy's to attack me a few times.

ALSO, we got a domino's pizza on the way to Old Delhi today....and it was amazing. The people in India aren't crazy about pizza at all...there'll be about a kazillion people in KFC, and right next door at Pizza Hut there will be zero.

Please continue to keep us in your prayers. We still have yet to get sick, but we ate a lot of funky things today! Pray that God continues His work in me..I want to love people the way He does. I just finished reading this book about children written by Wes Stafford, the president of Compassion International.. and it really gave me a new picture of how important children are in heavenly perspective. I have a whole new ambition to affect every child I meet. Also to watch them and see how God uses THEM. I don't want the kids I'm teaching to be the same when I leave. I want them to have dreams and goals and hope..these are things that most kids in extreme poverty never have!

Love and missing home already :)
-Kate