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.