We met Sunday to get last details on our flight information and schedule of events when we arrive in India. Looks as though we'll have 28 hours of travel time going there with a layover in Frankfurt, Germany. Last year the India team went over the Pacific from LAX to Taiwan. That didn't fare too well as the customs in Taiwan were really strict with missionaries. Although the team travels as "tourists" several of them were stopped and questioned. Half of the luggage that they had were filled with materials for the Indian people to prepare Bible studies, pastoral messages, bibles, and other Christian based materials, but thankfully their luggage bypassed customs. So we are traveling through Europe this year to avoid these little hangups.
Also I came to find out that on top of the chance of getting diseases (malaria, hepatitis, typhoid fever, etc) there is a high chance of getting lice. India is one of the dirtiest countries in the world, mainly due to animals (cows are sacred to Hindi people and pigs are unclean to Muslim so they roam around the streets), tropical climate and swamplands, and mosquitos and flies that spread disease from these animals to humans. We are prepared however, and have a great medical team traveling with us with experts in immunizations. I feel confident we will be safe.
We will meet at 3am on Thursday at Morningstar Church to head to the Portland airport to start our journey.
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