Thursday, 6 August 2009
India is crazy #1
Everyone seems to love Titanic here. No particular reason, they just do. Apparently it's a 'very good love film'!
Sunday, 2 August 2009
India 1st week
India is crazy! And once again I have very little time to post anything of great length.
Something I've learnt pretty quickly is that India is not a 'poor' country in the same way that say you'd think an African 3rd world country is. In many ways India feels like a contradiction, there are big western style shops right next to slum areas, you can be in one area and it will seem very western, then walk down the road and It feels like a different world. There are huge hospitals here with world class healthcare: if you can afford it! And that's the problem, most people can't. The middle class here is very small, most people are very poor. India is not so much a poor country as it is a country with a lot of social and financial inequality. Obviously the hindu cast system has not helped, the rich believe the poor deserve their lot because of sins in a past life and the poor are content to be poor believing they will do better in the next life: a harsh system indeed.
Something I've learnt pretty quickly is that India is not a 'poor' country in the same way that say you'd think an African 3rd world country is. In many ways India feels like a contradiction, there are big western style shops right next to slum areas, you can be in one area and it will seem very western, then walk down the road and It feels like a different world. There are huge hospitals here with world class healthcare: if you can afford it! And that's the problem, most people can't. The middle class here is very small, most people are very poor. India is not so much a poor country as it is a country with a lot of social and financial inequality. Obviously the hindu cast system has not helped, the rich believe the poor deserve their lot because of sins in a past life and the poor are content to be poor believing they will do better in the next life: a harsh system indeed.
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Training camp!
Currently day 2 of training camp and it's pretty cool, we've got a full on program covering everything we need to know before we go including health stuff, poverty and God's heart for justice.
I've met my team and they're all really cool so I think getting along is not going to be a problem, there's four of us: two guys and two girls.
Leaving for India on Sunday, excited but a bit nervous.
I've met my team and they're all really cool so I think getting along is not going to be a problem, there's four of us: two guys and two girls.
Leaving for India on Sunday, excited but a bit nervous.
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
On the train
Well here I am on the train typing this via the power of techno wizardry wi-fi coming into London. Thought I'd drop a cheeky post before Internet access becomes more sporadic. At any rate here are some prayer points in no particular order:
That no one on the team would get malaria, dengue fever etc
That God would use us effectively even though we're only there a short time
Perhaps just as importantly that we come back with a transformed attitude towards social justice and poverty
I'm sure I'll think of more as time goes on, but train is arriving soon so noo time for an essay
Bob.
That no one on the team would get malaria, dengue fever etc
That God would use us effectively even though we're only there a short time
Perhaps just as importantly that we come back with a transformed attitude towards social justice and poverty
I'm sure I'll think of more as time goes on, but train is arriving soon so noo time for an essay
Bob.
1st post
Well I got told to make an India blog, and now I've finally remembered to do so the day I leave.
A quick summary of what happened so far:
I have packed - that is all.
Watch this space
A quick summary of what happened so far:
I have packed - that is all.
Watch this space
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