Real India

Today was a pretty relaxed day. I spent the morning sleeping in, which is becoming a more usually event for me. When I first arrived here I was up around 7am ready for the day to begin. Down here in my new room I think it's a bit more dark in the mornings. So I woke up and headed to visit the students again, except today was part time. So the students only come once a week. I played some of my songs for them, and it seemed that they were really blessed by the words. I love playing and looking around at all their faces. I love seeing how people respond, and just they all look so Indian. I really loved it. I rode home after with a few other people out here helping in India. We stopped at a Indian food hotel a.k.a. restaurant. Here in India they called their restaurant hotels.
We ordered the usual, naun an Indian bread, and a load of different curry's and rice. They serve it on a platter with a big banana leaf! We were taught you only use your right hand for eating, cause the left hand is for taking care of business. ;)
So halfway through our meal my mouth was on fire, but I really am starting to enjoy it. They brought out the rice and I mixed up a bit of rice with curry and went in for the kill. Only to realize I swallowed a pepper! I found myself in compete silence trying to find a way to cool off my mouth. Drinking my water, drinking my lime juice, then more water, then these onions. Nothing was helping, and I still hadn't said anything, wanted to see if I could tough it. All of a sudden God sorted it out. They came out of no where with these Indian drinks. They are yogurt and sugar and I think some milk. It is to cool the stomach and mouth. MIRACLE. I think that maybe people almost die from spicy food..not really sure if that is quotable.
Once we got home all the power was out in the house, except for my room. So everyone piled in my room for a bit of hang time tell the "power man" showed up. All of us sat around chatting, and I played one of my songs. The power finally came on and everyone was about to leave, then a huge flying bug came right at me. I jumped up and yelled as I ran around literally in circles. Strange thing was it was following me...everyone just started cracking up. I found it all a bit crazy. They didn't know that I don't do well sometimes with that sort of thing. They quickly figured me out, and I leaped over the bed to escape. As we left my room, one of the guys said he thought he saw a bat flying around the house! Crazy Indian life. We all went to our rooms, and I talked a bit on skype, and then noticed a spider the size of texas run out from under my bed. Currently with my mom on skype, and freaked out. and went to grab a shoe and in the process realized the spider had disappeared.
No worries though, with my eagle eyes I spotted that bad boy quickly and destroyed it. It looked like a daddy long leg covered in hair. I was like...no more wild life. Just an update from my last post...I am currently staring at the lizard that was in my room last night. He is on my ceiling now... I don't know how he sticks up there...but he does...he is on his way out of my sight finally!
So another day in India...filled with India. Hope your day has a bit of Indian in it some how...keeps life adventurous!