Hi Everyone --

Another week has passed quickly by. Only 3 1/2 weeks until Egypt!

Not much happened this week. The rains have slacked off, but there's not enough water in the reservoirs, so I'm not sure what will happen. No electricity, no water for farmers, no water for the city . . . Could be anything. Because it's not cloudy any more, it's much hotter here now. It will be for about the next month, until November comes and things cool off again.

I started making more baby blankets, and gave away 2 already. There are a couple new moms in the Mumbai branch.

We try to get out whenever we have the car. This week we went to the Ishanya mall, which has all kinds of home improvement and decorating stores. There is a store called @Home and it's the closest thing to Home Depot there is here. We were just looking and didn't find anything that caught our eye.

Our friends from Mumbai came yesterday. He went golfing with a friend, she came and we went out shopping. We found exactly what we were looking for. Part of it he called elsewhere to get it brought to his shop. He said it would be 1/2 hour and come by Tempo (a 3-wheeled cargo hauling vehicle). He was right! It came in 1/2 hour and by Tempo and there were lots of other things loaded on the Tempo for delivery at his shop. We were very lucky that our items were put on the Tempo just in time to come across town. Shopping in India isn't always so easy or productive.

We had 3 at church today -- yes, just us.

I guess that's it for this week. There's just not much going on.
We miss you and love you!
Lucinda