Bangladesh Update #4

Well I have officially been in Bangladesh for 3 weeks. Ministry has been great! My favourite is when we go visit small villages and spend the afternoon getting to know them, playing with the children, and singing songs with them. We have visited this one village twice and the kids are so cute! It is a small Hindu village near the outskirts of the city. When we play games with the kids the moms even get involved. The children are adorable, most know very little English but they always find a way to show their appreciation and love. One little boy who is around 3 was the trouble maker of the group, starting mosh pits while singing and fighting his friends instead of listening, but he was also the sweetest. He came up to shake my hand before we started our songs and after we shook hands he turned my hand over and kissed it. This happened 3 more times before we left! Of all the villages we've gone to this was the most welcoming, the women and children love to talk with us and joke around. They have even tried to find a couple of us girls Bangladeshi husbands from their village! When we left after our second visit the kids escorted us to the edge of their village and one girl who was about my age yelled after Colin my one leader "Colin, I will miss you!" Needless to say I'm going to miss those kids. There has been some political unrest in Bangladesh lately but our contacts have been very good. We are all completely safe and taken care of. The unrest has come from government parties going on strike. We don't understand all the details but we are praying that they will soon solve these issues as we are supposed to be leaving for Dhaka in about an hour but the buses may not be running due to strike. There is a lot of unknowns right now as to when we can go to Dhaka and what we will do if we can't go right away but we are trusting in the Lord's plan. There is some sickness on our team currently (coughs, colds, sinus infections, etc) but all seem to be on the mend. Our "mom" and "dad" (leaders) are taking very good care of us, giving us medicine, making us drink more water, making sure we sleep, etc. Thank you for all your love and support, Melissa