so, i'm leaving for nepal on thursday. yep, six months already come and gone and now its time for another visa run. thank you india for forced retreat times. really though i'm quite looking forward to this week in the mountains. though the unrest in nepal at the moment is as fluid as the changing tide it seems....sadly its the nepalis themselves who feel the strain, i might only be inconvienced by less electricity or something. "oh the suffering..." however, i'm looking forward to the days i'm taking to retreat and process and pray and write and read and contemplate. yes, all these things. getting away from kolkata allows me space to look into the place i am, and the places i'm heading. and there's a lot of looking to be had i believe. so if you think of it, do send a nice prayer up for me as i seek God about my future in kolkata, my place, where and how to pour myself out, and how to, in the words of the lovely miss sarah lance "radically and irrationally dream", i like that. suits me nicely i think.
then i'll meet kristin and her mom and great aunt for a few days of trecking through the mountains. ha! imagine taking sweet little trails through villages of the himalayas! "oh the suffering". honestly, its all in the name of visa run... besides nothing recharges a gal like some time in the good old open creation. breathing something in besides diesel fumes and lingering urine residue...
in other news, its offically the end of cold season. i'm sure this is just the beginning of me updating you all on the process of the kolkata boil fest. it only grows higher from here. anyone interested in a visit yet...
also, a small update on my friend Imagination. she's walking!!!! doing great at rehab, some of us went to visit her today and it was such a sweet visit, thank to those of you (servant team namely) who have given towards her, your investment in her life is moving moutains. what a beautiful woman, with such grand potential within her. i wish you could all get one of her big hugs and two cheek smooches!
so there you go, another one for the books (mostly for you becca...since i hadn't written in a while and well, what else will you do in the evenings if not read my blog :)
oh and there's a book i'm reading right now called Animal's People. by Indra Sinha i thought about issuing a post 2007 Servant Team required reading special online discussion about it because its so doggone good. but instead i'll just strongly suggest, i mean, if you love your servant team coordinator and all, that you try to pick this book up, its a tough read, though not quite as rough as Bitter chocolate, but its really good so far. and for the rest of you who haven't endured beth waterman monday night book discussions and dinner/disturbing movie time. well, lets just say, you've missed out...but i'd let you join my post ST online book discussion anyways.
and on that note.
goodnight.
4 comments:
yeah for a visa run!
yeah for Nepal.
yeah for big beautiful mountains.
as for the book discussion...i would LOVE to have a book discussion, or a disturbing movie night...these past few days i've been thinking about how desperately i want/need conversations like that...and the burnt grilled cheese would be an added bonus :)
we could all read the book and then do a skype conference call...how 'bout it team america?!?!?
YESSSSS!! another epic in the day of Beth is finished!!!!! I LOVED IT!! i knew id get you writing again if i persisted long enough! you make me smile!
i love it that i saw you at baristas today because i like walking into the coffeeshop and seeing people i know in a city of a billion people. its reassuring for me...haha
well have so much fun trekking and filtering and processing! I pray God really meets you during this time!!!! love you!
dude..I'm game.
yes, servant team you're pulling through, making the chini ma proud through and through...jesse, kyle...i'm not hearing much from you all. don't make me come after you.
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