I apologize for not making time to write before I left for India, but I hope you will forgive me and accept this beautiful picture of the eMi South Asia office in Mussoorie, India as a token of my love :)
Deb, one of the fall 'Cali girl' interns, and I left on Friday and made the long trek by car, plane to Delhi, taxi across Delhi in the rain, train to Dehradun, and car ride up an incredibly windey path up to 7000 feet where Mussoorie is located. We slept for something like 12 hours and have been lazing around the entire day so its been a excellent welcome! Plus... chai. I mean, there's chai. I love chai. Have I mentioned how much I love chai? I love chai.
Our project trip has taken a turn at the last minute once again, but by God's grace and provision another project has come up in the same area as the one we were planning for in Vellore. It's all been very last minute so I apologize for not having all of the details to relay, but I know we will be designing for a mission that provides care and rehabilitation for alcoholics and drug addicts. Vellore Life Challenge runs a men's residential center but has many centres around india. I know that the residential centre is already established so we will most likely be providing additional space for their growth or for additional functions of service. I will report back on the particulars!
We have a great team going, partly from the UK office and partly from the South Asia office. I am really excited for everyone to meet up next week and get started on the design!
For this week, I am spending time in the South Asia office learning their methods and techniques and methodology for producing project reports and drawings. Our UK office is still new and it will be very helpful to be able to learn from another eMi team who have been running since 1982!
Prayers for the upcoming project trip down in southern india, Vellore, would be so greatly appreciated!
More in a few weeks!
xx Carissa
