Every day is eventful.

So, just want to make a short post and tell y'all about yesterday's moments...

If you know me, and definitely if you know me well, you know that I LOVE coffee. Well, as Erin on my servant team would say..."we have been blessed." The Lord most definitely blessed us with a sweet visit to India Coffee House - not exactly like home, but close enough. India coffee has a slightly different flavor that I'm sure soon I will find to be quite amazing. Maybe even miss it when I'm back...maybe.

I got french fries! And they were awesome! I have very much so missed anything that is a comfort or reminds me of anything I've known in my life. Familiarity is difficult to come by, but I found it at Food Station on College Street. Yes, they had french fries - a great, great comfort to me. I'm actually making it a goal of mine to try french fries at every little restaurant we visit often. Once I find my favorite, I'm sure they will know my face very well. Haha.

And the BEST yet...drum roll...are you ready ladies and gentlemen? I have discovered a place in Kolkata that has sweet tea. And yes it is the southern sweeeeet style that I love. Blessings from above are raining down. Lovely.

Then...when walking back to the metro, there was a break in the buildings and I could see the sky. Oh my. It was a beautiful blue with preciously white clouds. Brought a huge smile to my face and just made our adventure for the day so much more sweet.


And then the real adventure began. I just knew I wouldn't make it four months without having to deal with a roach - in fact, I knew I would deal with them and possibly very often. But, I feel that making it 5 days without seeing one was a deceptive preparation for my first and very traumatic experience. IT WAS AS LONG AS MY INDEX FINGER! This thing was not just a roach, it was a ROACH! And where was this little creature hiding away? MY BAG! Oh dear heavens, my heart is racing like yesterday just speaking about it. This was a very bad first experience...it has definitely scarred me. I will forever be zipping my bags during the next four months. That could get annoying, but totally worth it. And just to really communicate how terrible it was, I should tell you I threw up. Yes, I was so traumatized  that I vomited after finding a roach in my bag, crawling all over my clothes. I did in fact start the hand-washing adventure moments later. Oh life in Kolkata.



Also...moved into the homestay today. Precious family with precious children. I know this is the very begging of building sweet, sweet relationships that will make leaving this place in four months close to impossible. But not there yet, so wont let my heart grow sad just yet. Beautiful four months with these people ahead. They are so amazing to open their home to us...beyond thankful.