I am so glad to be here! I am now grateful for the restlessness I experienced while in London, because it allowed me to not only sleep nine hours upon arrival but 5 more during the night! I consider that quite a feat, when considering all the time zones I've travelled through! And whoever complained about eating m&m's at 5 A.M? :) Tarrah Palm (the coordinator for the volunteers at Freedom Firm) was kind enough to to bring me some snacks to help "tie me over" including the richest milk I have ever tasted; it tasted more like whipped cream than anything else! The house I am staying in is like a rustic/Narnia/farm house. The home continually houses guests and the family of seven live in a cottage right behind the house, so it is comforting to know I have a community close by! One of their five, Sunita (the only girl in the family) began playing the piano last night, which happens to be directly below my room; I thought to myself that I can't get much more homey than this , because at home my room is right above the "piano room" and that is something I love about being home! Annette and David Fazer are the people who own "Farley Guest House" and they are both lovely people who would gladly welcome anyone into their home. They speak candidly of their faith, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize Who they serve; it is so natural and I think anyone who steps inside their home tastes this peace and joy they exhibit. Like their home, their relationship with the Lord has been comfortably and thoroughly "lived in". . .
The home is painted a mint green and is such a "life-giving" home! After driving through 3 hours of shack towns, this place is such an oasis. It is nicely hidden away in the Tami Nadu Forest Reserve, and there are brilliant colored flowers strewn all over the front yard. With each tier of land, there's a different animal that occupies each hill. There are rabbits on the first hill, 2 sheep on the second, and their dog who roams lazily about from shady one shady spot to another.
I was shocked to hear music playing from downtown at 5 A.M. Even prior to the music, the rooster was crowing and that one pesky mosquito was singing oh so pleasantly in my ear. My back doesn't hurt though, thankfully (and I thought it would considering the cot-likeness of the mattress). I don't feel 100% back to myself yet, but I trust I will soon. I want to live fully while I am here; I want to "not grow weary in well doing" as the verse in Galations refers to, so please prepare me, Jesus, with ideas and opportunities of how to personify Love.
