Last Day in Mungeli

Early tomorrow we depart Mungeli and travel to Delhi for the last two days of our pilgrimage. This trip has simply amazing, and I hope to get the privilege to return in the years to come. Yesterday we took the rest of the school supplies to the Rambo school, and all of the staff were overwhelmed with joy for the four suitcases. I sat with Principal Avinash and some of his senior staff and went through the contents for hours. As our trip nears an end we analyze our time and look for ways to supply future aide to Dr. Henry and his vision for the school, hospital and the community. We have thoroughly discussed practical ideas the improve life here and the mission over all. We look to expand internet, create a library and hopefully create and administer a clock-in system for the staff and students to improve accountability to emphasize everyone's commitment to their respective duties. We don't want to force change and Americanize Mungeli, because that would divert away from the unique spirit that exists here. I have mostly spent most of my time at the school, and it has been a blessing to teach and interact with that learning community. Others have concentrate their attention to the hospital and truly witnessing the high degree of care that is present in relation to other medical facilities in this area of rural India. The Christian Hospital of Mungeli has found a niche and continue to expand on specialty care. The care for the patients that can be helped or have been neglected at other clinics and hospitals, and they look to further serve this community with a cancer center and frequent eye camps to correct blindness.
I just finished my last cricket match and I will truly miss the authentic Indian feeling it creates in my body. I have bought to bats and look to play some in the States, but it surely can't be replicate outside this country. It reminds of our cul-de-sac kickball games or our backyard football matches of my youth. I have also played other sports with people in the community like badminton and basketball. It has been very nice to play these various sports after having concentrate on football so rigorously in college. I have continued to train here for a few kicking tryouts with a team in Columbus and Albany.
I will miss the loving community, the chapel services, the interaction with the people here, and of course the food. I look forward to returning home to see my friends, family, and of course Sara, my patient girlfriend in LaGrange. We have a going away party tonight, and I'm sure it will be bittersweet as we will miss Dr. Terry and Anil Henry and the community they have built up and inspired.
See yall soon (a word we have been teaching to the locals)