a rhythmic chaos!

Im here - and am loving it. the sights and sounds- the beauty of each life - the color is stunning, and the amount of traffic (of cars) is crazy and quite an adventure to speed through in a motor rick-shaw. today we were driving with a very crazy driver and nearly crashed several times. to take a shortcut and save a few seconds we went right into on coming traffic swerving here and there... the best part is, it is nearly normal and the drivers merely swerved around us and with a few honks. some footage has been taken if you don't believe. :)
we also saw some camels walking along the roadside today.
we spent two days in Mumbai - a city of around 19 million people! talking to people, learning about various anti-trafficking (of humans) movements in the city and around the country. We walked through some buildings where prostitution happens, but where the women actually live, and often are called out to other brothels or dance clubs. we walked through saturday afternoon, and kids were running through the dirty narrow hallways, as the girls and women were preparing food for dinner. we were there with a group of women from a church down the street, and were inviting people to church. It was incredibly sad, and yet there were beautiful smiles, and i could just see their eyes shining with a hope not yet lost. we sang happy birthday to one of the women and prayed for her and her son. and we prayed over another little one who had tear stained mascara on her little 3 year old face. heart breaking. maddening. as I walked by and turned a corner, ducking under laundry a guy asked "how much??" and i just kept walking. but these women? this is their "profession" day and night they cannot just walk away.
Nika and I are praying and asking God for His vision for redemption- and he has been giving us pieces of that, and what's exciting is he is giving the vision to those who are working in India as well! We spent a few hours talking with Visu - and his work among the poor, and those who are in slavery. and he understands the need to tackle the deeper systems- and to find solutions out of the box. It was exciting for all of us to see how God is spreading his plan across the world- and using his people to step up to action!
many more stories to tell, and things to share, but it is very late and my roommates are probably wishing i would stop typing on this loud key board!
I may be able to write more tomorrow! Thank you SO much for your prayers and support! I think of you friends and family often! :)
Danyawab - means thank you in Hindi.

blessings!
sarah