Our Home from Home

We finally got to our lodging, which is the Volunteer House.  A three story building across the street from the Mercy Hospital.  We were quite surprised to see where we were sleeping.



Wendy and I noticed that it was not at all like the picture that was on the website.  We were a little surprised that we were all staying in the same room.  Unbeknownst to us that the men and women were supposed to be separated. And eventually the
men moved to a different room.  We did make the best of it and I was sad to see my husband move to another room.

The beds were quite uncomfortable and the bathrooms was something we had to get used to.  The hot water only lasted a minute or two. So we had to conserve the hot water so it could last for everyone to take a shower.  We could not drink the water, so we had to brush our teeth with bottled water.

Enroute

L-R Front Row:  Joey, Daryl, Pastor Janelle, Alexa
Back Row:  Bill, Gerald, Wendy
We'll we're finally on our way.  Good bye Maui....Calcutta here we come

It's been a long trip and many hours later we've landed in Calcutta.  Our ride to the Calcutta Mercy guest house took us through the city where taxis and cars were en mass.  We have been busy catching up on our schedules for the next two weeks, which changes by the day.   The people here are similar about time....no hurries or worries.

We were all thankful that we got here safely and so did ALL of our luggage.  We were met by a team from the Calcutta Mercy Ministries to take us to the volunteer house located 45 minutes from the airport.