WED AUG 13 IN INDIA

BUSY WEEK AT THE OFFICE, HAVE PRESENTATION READY FOR POWER POINT. FRI. IS INDEPENDENCE DAY IN INDIA, AND A HOLIDAY. WE WILL DRIVE FOR 5 HRS. TO THE COFFEE AND TEA PLANTATION AREA, AND STAY IN A LODGE AT A RESORT. WILL HOPE TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES. ON THURS. AUG 21, I WILL FLY THE ONE HOUR TRIP TO MADURAI TO BE WITH PASTOR CLARENCE AND HIS CHURCH THERE. I LEAVE AT 6AM AND RETURN MON. 25, AT 8PM. IT IS A 2 1/2 HOUR DRIVE TO HIS CITY FROM AIRPORT. I WILL STAY WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY AND MINISTER IN THAT CITY WITH HIM. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. TIME IS GOING SO FAST, TODAY I WENT TO THE STITCHERS AND PICKED UP MY SARWATEZE. THEY TURNED OUT VERY NICE. WE WATCHED THE STITCHER HEM THE ONE TOP AND IT WAS DONE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THEY USE TREADLE MACHINES AND THEIR FEET ARE FLYING. THE TINY LITTLE HAND STITCHES ARE HARDLY VISIBLE, IT COST $40 TO HAVE TWO TOPS AND PANTS SEWN AND LINED. IT WAS VERY FUN EXPERIENCE, EXCEPT HAVING FINAL FITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MALL HALLWAY. THEIR WHOLE SHOP IS SMALLER THAN MY GUEST BATHROOM AND 3 SEWERS WERE IN THERE WITH MATERIALS AND SEWING MACHINES. WE HAD MCDONALDS FOR LUNCH. NO BEEF, JUST CHICKEN OR FISH. THE FRIES TASTED BETTER THAN HOME(PROBABLY OLIVE OIL NOT WHAT EVER WE USE) NO SILVERWARE, NO NAPKINS AND SLOW ON THE DELIVERY, BUT STILL THE ONLY FAST FOOD EXCEPT PIZZA HUT OR DOMINOS. WEIRD SEEING THESE HERE. MISSING ALL MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, BUT SO MUCH ACTION HERE ALL THE TIME MAKES TIME GO EVEN FASTER. WILL MISS ANDY WHEN I GET HOME, HARD TO LEAVE HIM HERE, BUT I HAVE LOVED OUR TIME TOGETHER.