Travel

We're up earlier than anticipated this morning. A Hindu temple about 200 yards from where we are staying likes to play Tamil pop music from 5:30-7 to entertain the slum dwellers living nearby. We're not in Kansas anymore!

Our travel to & first day in Chennai were awesome. All of our flights were on time, the plane food was surprisingly good and we even got upgraded so Neil got to enjoy some serious leg room on our flight from Frankfurt (I could almost stretch my legs totally out!). AND, there was no line in customs! We just walked right through and had no trouble at all. I'll tell you, it was the strangest feeling in the world to be hovering over the city prior to landing, seeing all of the city lights and realizing that this foreign world was now my home. Amazing..Overwhelming..so many things.

We'll post soon with pictures of our first day!

love you all & thanks for the prayers.

-C

The End of the Chapter

Hey all. Thanks for all of your love and prayers. We are leaving tomorrow morning and are excited to share this new adventure with you all. We look forward to letting you know some of our first impressions of India! Time to fly...

as promised...

Our prayer for you, Clara...

is that you would know His love for you.

Love Him back, sweet girl.

love,

your uncle Neil & aunt Courtney

Clara Lynn...

Clara Lynn Hall was welcomed into the world yesterday at 5:30 pm weighing 5 lbs. 11 oz and 19 in. long. Pictures from the proud aunt & uncle coming soon!!

Taking a cue from the holiday week...

I'm thankful that I have a nose to be stuffy.

I'm thankful that I have limbs to be achey.

I'm thankful that I have a throat to be scratchy.

I'm thankful that I have a husband to share my germs with.

I'm thankful....

I'm out. I got nothing else. I thought this cold was going away, but it reared it's ugly head last night as I stayed up half the night coughing & feeling miserable. I would really appreciate any prayers/home remedies, as I feel I have exhausted my resources. We have a new niece coming soon--if God honors our prayers, as soon as 3 weeks--so I can't have any traces of cold. Plus, we are seeing so many people for the last time and the last thing I want to be doing during our goodbyes is wishing I was in bed.

Honest thanksgiving... We're hanging out at Neil's home in Newburgh, IN for the holiday week. In the next hour we are heading off to our next round of vaccinations and then to a CHINESE BUFFET with Neil's grandparents. "Buffet" gets me excited paired with just about any word, but it's doubly good next to "Chinese" and "Neil's grandparents". It's going to be a beautiful day of full belly, sleepy eyes. Can't wait :)

yay Chinese food.

boo colds.

An Ode to the blue flour canister

Oh blue flour canister

how I love thee

for my happiness when I walk into the kitchen,

you have been a key

I love that with a tint of blue

I can see how much flour you hold

I remember the day I got you

during a shower just after I got my wisdom teeth pulled

it stunk to empty your contents

and pack you away

I'll miss you while I'm in India

maybe I'll use you again someday.

Promise me you'll stay in style

so that upon my return

I can take you out of that blasted box

and together we can satisfy a cookie yearn.

love, me

A Great Picture

Sometimes you have to go back in order to go forward.

I love these people and I love this picture!