Today was an emotional one. We began the day with our team devotions, and then headed to the Bible school’s morning devotion. Craig spoke, and it was really good. We then went and had tea with the students. It was fun to talk with them and hear their dreams. I really hope that they get to realize their dreams!

We had two open hours up to lunch, so Esther and Angela wanted to try a new market, so I went with them. It was by far the most crazy one yet. Lots of beggars, lots of Coolies, (guys who work in the market who aggressively try to “help” you). Noisy and hot, I really didn’t like it. I prefer the first market we went to at night over all of them.

After lunch, we planned on going to Mother Teresa’s to take the training so that we could work with the Sisters of Charity the next day. First we arrived at the tomb of Mother Teresa, it was so intense. This women loved the people of Kolkata so much, and did so much. It was very overwhelming and humbling. I know that her heart was so in tune with God – she was an amazing woman. I strive to be as humble and compassionate as she was, what an example of Christ.

Then we got to the place where you get the training to find out that they are not open to helpers on Thursdays. It was really a bit frustrating, but then one of the Sisters was kind enough to take us through the orphanage, and let us play with the kids a bit. It was so precious!

After that, we had some more free time before bed, and we went shopping again… just around our place, there is a small market near the hospital, and was pretty fun to go to. You could really tell they rarely have foreigners in this market, almost no one spoke English. It was tough but some of my Hindi numbers that I learned on my trip to Delhi came back to mind, and we made it.