Thoughts on the bombings in Bombay and a quick update on today
Hi Everyone,
It's Wednesday night here. First of all, don’t worry about my safety here. Nagpur is far removed from India’s major cities and likely targets. Also, for the next few days, security will be extremely high. I will be flying out of Bombay, but my time there will be confined to the airport (I’m flying in from Nagpur and out to Moscow). Of all the places in India, the airport is probably going to be the safest.
Last year I spent two days in the part of Bombay impacted by the bombs. It’s a very suburban part of town, if there is such a thing in India. It’s made up of regular folks. It hurt to see images of the dead and injured. What cowards these people are - to get onto a train, drop off a bomb and then walk away. It’s difficult to understand how anything (anger, revenge, religion) could motivate a person to do such a thing.
Is there really any way to fight this kind of war? My fear is that terrorism on this scale is here to stay.
As you can imagine, India is in shock, much as the US was after 9-11.
I was on a train last week – first class coach (the coach targeted by the bombers). It gives you pause.
I’ve hit a bit of a wall today. I woke up this morning with a sore throat and have gone down hill since. I’m dreading the trip home. I leave here for the airport tomorrow morning at 7:00am Atlanta time and won’t arrive at our house until sometime after midnight on Saturday. That’s around 30 hours!!! I hope I’m not sick the whole way. Loren is doing his best to get me healthy and ready for the trip.
We visited an orphanage today. Conditions were good – considering. Loren talked to the staff and a group of girls at the right age for the school here. All in all it was a good day, but my feeling bad dampened things for me.
I don’t think Loren would mind me saying this, but he’s around twice my age...and he’s absolutely running circles around me. I really hope I’m doing what he’s doing when I’m his age. Wow! I’ve had a great time watching him interact with the staff and with the people. I’ve learned a ton. I don’t know where my interests in India will lead, if I’ll keep visiting, etc. If I do stay involved, I know I'll look back on these few days with Loren as being a great starting point for understanding what it looks like to be an American working with the poor and helping Christians in India.
I’ll try to give another update before I head to the airport tomorrow.
See you soon!
Jason
It's Wednesday night here. First of all, don’t worry about my safety here. Nagpur is far removed from India’s major cities and likely targets. Also, for the next few days, security will be extremely high. I will be flying out of Bombay, but my time there will be confined to the airport (I’m flying in from Nagpur and out to Moscow). Of all the places in India, the airport is probably going to be the safest.
Last year I spent two days in the part of Bombay impacted by the bombs. It’s a very suburban part of town, if there is such a thing in India. It’s made up of regular folks. It hurt to see images of the dead and injured. What cowards these people are - to get onto a train, drop off a bomb and then walk away. It’s difficult to understand how anything (anger, revenge, religion) could motivate a person to do such a thing.
Is there really any way to fight this kind of war? My fear is that terrorism on this scale is here to stay.
As you can imagine, India is in shock, much as the US was after 9-11.
I was on a train last week – first class coach (the coach targeted by the bombers). It gives you pause.
I’ve hit a bit of a wall today. I woke up this morning with a sore throat and have gone down hill since. I’m dreading the trip home. I leave here for the airport tomorrow morning at 7:00am Atlanta time and won’t arrive at our house until sometime after midnight on Saturday. That’s around 30 hours!!! I hope I’m not sick the whole way. Loren is doing his best to get me healthy and ready for the trip.
We visited an orphanage today. Conditions were good – considering. Loren talked to the staff and a group of girls at the right age for the school here. All in all it was a good day, but my feeling bad dampened things for me.
I don’t think Loren would mind me saying this, but he’s around twice my age...and he’s absolutely running circles around me. I really hope I’m doing what he’s doing when I’m his age. Wow! I’ve had a great time watching him interact with the staff and with the people. I’ve learned a ton. I don’t know where my interests in India will lead, if I’ll keep visiting, etc. If I do stay involved, I know I'll look back on these few days with Loren as being a great starting point for understanding what it looks like to be an American working with the poor and helping Christians in India.
I’ll try to give another update before I head to the airport tomorrow.
See you soon!
Jason
posted by atlantaclimber at 10:06 AM
1 Comments:
Don't know if you are getting my few comments but I have so enjoyed reading your blog, you are sharing great stories (buffalo dung!)and good insights, I almost feel like I'm walking alongside of you! I like the idea of the rock collection, think I'll pick one or two up on Africa to add to my oregon rocks! 1000 pixs will take a while to look at, I do hope you will sort through and pick out your favorite 300 to show me! I'll be praying for your sore throat to go away and for your 30 hr flight home - aarrrrgggghhhh! Count it all joy, right??? Hope you have a good, long book to read!
See you soon, Deitra
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