Other duties as assigned

I

am

so

excited.

We received our tasks for what we'll be doing while in India (less than 3 weeks away!) Some of my responsibilities include secretarial skill training, teaching basics of photography, praying with residents at an old folks home, playing soccer with the girls on campus (awesome!), and participating in a couple of women's workshops. It's crazy how we get to do things we love and build relationships with the people in India! One of the things I'm most excited about is sitting with the women in one of the workshops and just hearing what is important to them, etc. I strongly feel that in order to truly build relationships, we must understand where these wonderful women are coming from. I look forward to learning more about this amazing, loving culture and how I can incorporate their strong values into my own life as we work together.

Flexibility is a must! Certainly there will be activities that will come up, change, perhaps even be removed. We just need to be available to do as we are asked. I look at it like my job description at work. I have tasks and responsibilities that I am responsible for, but there is a disclaimer at the end. This allows for creativity and unexpected but often amazing possibilities. I am looking forward to this in India because it will be what God inspires us to do or to be assigned. This disclaimer, the exciting unknown, is "other duties as assigned."