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<\/a>staying for night as we talked late into the evening (yes, it was late as dinner in South India is around 10 pm!).\u00a0 When we were not outside the home visiting a village, doing medical care or speaking to students, you might find us playing a game of Carom with our nephew (10), reading to our niece (4), watching a BBC wildlife program from our laptop with 6 kids around us, eating amazing food or just talking together and sharing the similarities and differences of our cultures.\u00a0 \u201cMum\u201d who is the head of the house (55 years old) has been single for many years since her husband was bit by a snake and died.\u00a0 She rules the house and although she does not speak much English, our communication is not difficult, and we have been blessed by how she has served us all week with every type of Indian food she could cook.<\/p>\n
Brother-in-law has taken time off of work to drive us to some sights as well as show us his office where he works as a legal advocate and the court house where his line of work takes him. \u00a0The past few days we have also seen many of Mahiba\u2019s family as they have come to visit.<\/p>\n
Today we say \u2018so-long\u2019 until we come back for a couple of days to catch our plane at the end of August.\u00a0 Although we have been blessed that this family has shared their lives with us, we should not be surprised as Indian culture is all about hospitality.\u00a0 And they do an amazing job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This past week has been a wonderful week getting to know our new family as well as serving in ministry at many places.\u00a0 Nine years ago we met a young woman who was part of Jamie\u2019s Health Care team.\u00a0 She was only 19; her name is Mahiba \u2013 the same age as Bobby.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t … <\/p>\n