On to Kolkata

It has been a good day. This afternoon I went to one of my favorite restaurants in Delhi – The Big Chill. It is run by Tibetans. The menu is surprising and it is one of the places we enjoy bringing our guests when we bring groups through Delhi.

I had a small problem with my watch. Close by the restaurant there is a watch person who has his shop literally in the road on the side of the building. He has fixed a number of things for me in the past. I went and told him the problem – one of the buttons wasn’t working and I couldn’t change the time. I left my watch with them and then came back about half an hour later. A new spring was installed and everything worked. Not bad for $5.17. I complimented him on his work.

The trip to Kolkata was smooth and uneventful. I enjoyed watching the map and seeing the cities pass by below. We were running a track that was similar to the train we used to ride when we came home for holiday as kids from Woodstock School. I recognized a number of city names from passing through them all of those years ago.

Earl Zimmerman was at the airport to pick me up. I was the first one of the team to arrive. As I write there is another airport run taking place in order to pick up two more members of the team. It was great to meet Earl and his wife Ruth. After arriving at the MCC Guest House they invited me to their apartment and we talked about many things related to life, ministry and India until they had to leave for the airport run.

I am in a comfortable room here in the MCC Guest House. Right now I am by myself, but I hear there are enough people coming that this may change as we go through the days of this five-year review for the work of MCC.

A real blessing is the availability of cell phone plans here in India. I change my SIM card each time I come here and I can call within the country or internationally quite reasonably. Just in case any of you are calling my US based number – you will only have opportunity to leave messages, until I return.

Things get started tomorrow. It is good to be here.