Recong Peo 1st attempt

India has not had this much rain in 47 years. Because of all the rain, land slides have been very destructive covering multiple roads and multiple deaths. The medical team of 21 doctors, nurses, and handyman from simla left the 21 around 11 AM and we had many obsticalas in our way. There were piles of rocks and trees and dirt covering the road at every turn. We drove over 6 hours and could not pass Sijon becuase of a massive and slide over the whole road. We waited for them to get a bull dozzer to clear it but none came so we had to bunk down 6 people to a small room for the night but we made the best of it. We got up and waited at the site they had two bull dozzers, dinamite, and hand labor trying to clear this path. We waited there another 8 hr and decided that it was not going to be cleared in a long time pluss mulitple land slides behind that one was blocking our way to Recong Peo. The devil was working over time to not let us get to all the people that needed are medical help. Right now we are back at Simla Hospital waiting for the land slides to be all cleared so we can try again in a few days to take the 15 hr bus drive back up to Recong Peo. Please keep this is your prayers.

Safe and sound

I made it to Shimla India safely only by the grace of God. I flew into Delhi at 11 PM with a layover in Heathrow. I thankfully made a friend on the plane named Jesprete, he was very helpful with telling me important info about india before i got there. I stayed in an SDA hotel for two nights, so i got to go tour around Delhi and see CP the spot where bombs went off just three days before down the street where i was staying. I had a blast with Cherry she took me shopping, and we had tea right in Delhi. On the 19 i met up with four americans; john, jim, sue, and anna, plus an indian dr ashish. We traveled to shimla together on a very adventurous train At the train station at 7:30 AM the porters were going crazy and trying to take our bags we were fighting with them ut we lost the battle and had to pay them for there unwanted help. We did have alot of bagage between the 6 of us, plus medical supplies we brought from the US. The first 5 hour train was nice with coushin seats. they fed us indian food, gave us tea, and water.This is when we met up with another Dr jiraj. This was a much smaller train for 5 1/2 hours, with no food, we were sitting on our luggage practically, and we were joking that it was a boat not a train because it was leaking water in like crazy becuase it was raining hard all day. But we thankfuly made it to Shimla just in time becuase today land slides are covering all the roads around here. It was terenchal rain pour for 48 straight and it is still going. Our first surgical camp is suppose to leave tommorrow at 4:30 AM but now we are postponing it indefinatly pending on the land slides and how fast the state can clear them. So we will need all of your prayers for that. I am having a great time even with the bucket baths and undesierable bathroom situation.