I know a lot of you may be getting a bit restless waiting to hear more and see some more pictures. For the last 2 days, we have returned to the YMCA later than expected with the internet cafe closed for the evening.
Sunday, we took a tour of Agra. During the tour we started with the Red Fort, which was amazing as I am sure you will be able to see in the pictures. Jason was extra adventurous and tried to go everywhere, even where it was locked. Unfortunately, none of the workers were willing to open the locks. He tried!
We then took a tour of many of the local merchants and got suckered into buying many gifts for you back home. We stopped at quite a few places waiting for the Taj Mahal to open, as it was closed for a private tour for the Prime Minister of Turkey.
Eventually, we were able to get in and it was beautiful. I will let each person later describe to you what they thought.
Monday, we woke to our first footwashing. When we arrived we were all placed on a stage at the front of the crowd and the adorned with leis and ribbons. It was so weird to know that we were there to serve them and yet they wanted to lift us up. There was true excitement for us and them to see each other. After some singing and stories, the footwashing began. Kim was the first to wash someone's feet, an older lady who had come forward with her face completely veiled. Tears quickly came to my eyes seeing this amazing act of humility.
After Kimmy, we all jumped in and had the honor of washing feet. They would sit down and then we would pour water over their feet and then clean them with our hands and then dry them off. The powerful time though is what would follow after the washing, when we would take time to pray for our new Indian friend and then embrace them with God's love. Wow!
After the event we went to a late lunch and then 5 hours later, we returned to Delhi to have a late dinner at Sunil's neighbor's house. Shortly after midnight, we returned to the YMCA.
Today, we have the morning off to do some shopping and then we leave at 1:15pm for our next footwashing event.
Hope you enjoy the new pictures.
Love, Jason, Roger and Kimmy!
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I got goosebumps reading this. I can only imagine what a powerful time these rallys are. I am so proud of each of you and am in awe of your mission there. Showing the "least of these" the love of God is such a beautiful thing. Wish I were with you.
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