How many men does it take to fix a broken AC in south India? 4 Tamils plus one very tall American, apparently. Lots of jabbering here as I sit on the "veranda" of our farm guesthome and try to figure out what all these man are saying. Every now and then I hear the word "AC" and "poower" and "gos". We've already prayed for AC healing (true story) and a few minutes later the repairman showed up. You Texans know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. Since our arrival last Saturday, we've been nursing along a struggling AC. In fact, we've adjusted pretty well. Last night Jim even said he was cold when the temperature got all the way down to 80*. Our Indian friends would have put on a sweater long before. Sadly, we admitted 7 years ago that when it comes to AC, we're old, overweight, spoiled Americans who have our own idol - AC. We've learned to expect the unexpected here in India and truthfully, that's half the fun of being here. We dodge cows who stand in the middle of the road and refuse to move, forcing us to drive far too close to small children and old woman. The cows don't care. We laugh at cows standing on top of the new concrete traffic barriers forming the divided highway. Apparently the weeds growing up there looked better to the cows than the garbage alongside the road. We marvel at the 18 water buffaloes who lounge in the small pond just outside our window. They don't have AC either but they didn't bother to invite us in for a swim. But a lagging AC? Now that's where we draw the line.
But the good news is, we're in good hands. No, GREAT hands! Thank you Justin, Naggopan, Benjamin, Jim and AC-man! Christian hands, Hindu hands, Tamil hands, and American hands - all problem-solving together to give us a cool night's sleep tonight. The Acts of Mercy staff (and also our dear friends) always take such good care of us. Thank you for leading such a caring group of friends, John Christian. You'd be so proud of your staff who are so gracious and caring to us.
... but we'd still welcome any prayers that you cool folks living the good life in the AC would offer for us.
The (soon to be) Cool Kids,
Susan & Jim
But the good news is, we're in good hands. No, GREAT hands! Thank you Justin, Naggopan, Benjamin, Jim and AC-man! Christian hands, Hindu hands, Tamil hands, and American hands - all problem-solving together to give us a cool night's sleep tonight. The Acts of Mercy staff (and also our dear friends) always take such good care of us. Thank you for leading such a caring group of friends, John Christian. You'd be so proud of your staff who are so gracious and caring to us.
... but we'd still welcome any prayers that you cool folks living the good life in the AC would offer for us.
The (soon to be) Cool Kids,
Susan & Jim