Third Day, Vellore, India | Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Today felt like three days in one! For the first part, we got up super early to attend mass and breakfast for the bishop’s birthday. It seemed supper formal, but he was just honored we came and talked and joked with us at breakfast.

The second part required three hour drive up hairpin turns on a very bumpy mountain road. Despite some carsickness, we all enjoyed visiting the other convent. This one focused on the extremely poor rural villages. It was fun to explore the plants and animals and flowers there and enjoy a cool mountaintop breeze! We were the first Americans to visit and the sisters were extremely happy to have us.

Lastly was a bit of down time to recover from the ride and then play with the kids in the evening before dinner. We were able to share bubbles with the kids! Watching so much excitement from the kids has really been one of the most special aspects about the trip so far. We had the opportunity to teach them a dance, and we can now proudly say there are kids in India who can dance to Cotton Eye Joe!

I really enjoyed having some more personal conversations with each other and getting to know one another’s back stories. There is always more than meets the eye. We had our last dinner in Vellore at Mike Tony’s house. He and his sister Liffy helped us learn about the culture while Al sponsored their stay in the States this year. I’m really excited to wear the sutis they got us! Easier to wear than sarees!

We are about to race off to our next location in Dindugal! We have enjoyed our time at the convent in Vellore, and we can truly say we will miss the Sisters and the children. We are extremely blessed to have had the opportunity to create these relationships and further the bond that has been formed.

Again, thank you for continuing to think about us, we will hopefully have another blog post tonight with more pictures to come!

~Cathy and Morgan