SUMMER PART 1

From May 11 to June 22, I will be living in Bangalore, India and Vasco de Gama, Goa, working for an organization called RR to serve and empower victims of sex-trafficking. During the six weeks, I will be teaching baking classes as well as administering lessons on health and nutrition, hoping to provide a loving space for learning, healing, and preparation for these women and their futures.

SUMMER PART 2

From June 30 to July 19, I will be serving at a mission hospital in Kapsowar, Kenya,with my family. For the three weeks we are there, I will be spending most of my time working in the hospital, but also making several visits to Kapchesewes orphanage to spend time with the 35 children who live there.

The Hydrangea

The Hydrangea
The hydrangea flower is a symbol of friendship, devotion, and understanding...and some say it represents all heartfelt and sincere emotions. My hope is to authentically love and sincerely serve the women in Bangalore, that friendships grounded in comfort and consolation would flourish over the six weeks. My hope is that the women I am serving in India would be filled with an abundance of hope...that despite the pain and brokenness and suffering of their past, that each one would know that they are absolutely beautiful and pure in God's sight, that they have worth and value that is beyond their wildest dreams, that they have the power to live new lives and be freed from the horror of their pasts. My heart longs to serve these women in a way that will empower them to bloom from roots of compassion and stems of courage, flourishing with hope for their futures.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Bread without eggs or butter? You bet.

So as I was standing in line for breakfast this morning, I glanced into the glass container by the check-out counter in the Commons Center and saw a plate of banana bread...and I almost laughed out loud. In 14 days, Ill be in India, baking banana bread with 20 Indian women...THATS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY AND RIDICULOUSLY EXCITING, but I'm still having trouble wrapping my mind around the reality that I'll be halfway across the globe.... 10 hours ahead of Nashville time...in exactly two weeks.....its a party in BANGALOREEEEE--I'll have to call up Miley and tell her to write a song about it...

Later this morning, I received an email from one of the Rahab's Rope staff members in India, informing me that one of the prominent people groups in Bangalore does not consume eggs or butter...sooooooo good thing that one of my friends (KB) is a regular at Fido and informed me that there are tons of yummy vegan recipes for muffins and breads. Inspired by this new knowledge, I spent the afternoon researching several bread recipes (ranging from banana to pumpkin to apple to coconut and more) that do not contain eggs and butter, and so this Sunday will be a Food Network Special at the Theta House where my friends and I will be baking up a serious bread storm in the kitchen and testing out the new recipes. I'll be sure to keep yall posted on our findings.

ELW
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