Day Two

It is crazy to think that this is only day two of staying at the BMS. We tried to go to this great clothing shop called Fabindia but the other volunteers were late and the directions we got from some one else were wrong and it ended up being a long day of walking in the heat. We saw the perfect example of the paradox that is India today. Walking along the streets where people call their homes with the stench of a city that never stops moving, we walk into a department store just like any JCPenny, where you can buy western clothes, electronics, there is even a regular grocery store. Milling around are the middle class of the city with fancy clothes and fancy cars. Its as if what was outside never existed..We went in because it was air conditioned. It is sooooo hot. Your clothes are just completly soaked. always. everyday. Anu, the woman who runs BMS, the mission house we are staying at is great though. She is doing her best to make us feel at home and get over the culture shock. She says it is important to have a sense of humor in this country. Time does not move in the same way. I have another day of just hanging around tomorrow before I go to orientation...it is sooo hot.