Live Like You Believe

Life in India is getting more and more comfortable as each passes. I don't know, but for some reason it doesn't hit me I am actually in India until I look at my surroundings. Odd as it, but it feels like home here. Sometimes it gets hard because I think about being home, but at the end of the day I am glad God gave me this opportunity to be here and to serve these people. I have been extremely busy the past few days. I have been assigned many projects, which seem to occupy my time, so this is great. One project I have been assigned to do allows me to do something I love. I get to paint a mural on the new volunteer block. I have been researching many ideas, so if yall have any ideas be sure to email me some. Another project I am working on is again art related. I am working with Lucy, one of our girl volunteers staying here throughout the year, to make new RSO t-shirts. The idea is to get all the kids to draw their self-portraits, so we can put them all together on a t-shirt, and on the back somewhere we will put the RSO logo and website. Lucy decided to start this project because she thought the other t-shirts we have are too depressing, so she wanted to make t-shirts to show RSO as being a happy place. I personally love the old t-shirts, but making new ones are always fun. So, with all these new projects I am constantly busy day in and day out. I am excited about contributing to RSO in a way allowing me to do something I love, which is my art. I also have sad news to tell. The old man with the broken hip has passed away. Knowing that he was probably not going to get a funeral service of some sort, Nicole and I went to show our respect for him. We bought a huge flower wreath and brought a picture of him glued to a blue construction paper to bring to the colony so the people there could have a little memorial of him. We wrote his name at the top, which I still don't remember, and the years he lived on each side of the paper. Nicole and I were hoping to have plenty of time to interact with the people there, but we came when they were painting, so we just spent a little time there. It's sad he had to go, but at least he is now in heaven and in a better place. Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of news to tell you guys other than the main ones I have written. These past few days I have not really had a chance to go out as much as I would like to, but this is just because I have now begun my projects. Everyday just gets better and better. I have really developed a strong sense of who I am, I feel as if I am maturing in a way I cannot describe, my perspectives are slowly changing as each day passes with the myriad of remarkable affairs I have the opportunity to participate in; my life could not be any better at this moment in time. God truly has blessed and watched over me. Numerous times I have felt His spirit touch my heart and I know His spirit lingers here. I want each one of you to know He lives and He loves each one of you. My path in life has always been a little rocky, but coming here it all has seemed to smoothe itself out a little. As each day continues to pass I hope I may continue to do well and have the strength I need. I leave these things with you not to be puffed up in the things I am doing, but to inspire and motivate each one of you. Each one of you is capable of more than anything I can imagine, but it is up to you to search within yourself to find out how. Live like you believe, do not worry about making miracles happen; you will be the miracle. I love these people and everything I am doing! I love and miss each one of you guys!