DAY ONE-TRAVEL & DINNER

ARRIVAL AND DINNER by Joel B.

Travel was fantastic. We played 'Trivial Pursuit' (of course Pastor Brett knows all the movie answers,) had our laughs although most people just slept. At lunch Brandon, Lucas and Eddie got their hands on some Monster energy drinks making the trip a bit funnier.... and louder. At the border we all had our laughs about how long it was taking and how Brett has an uncanny ability to chose the line that will, without fail, take the longest to get through. Somehow we made it through without an international incident. We arrived at our destination on time which I'm sure we couldn't have pulled off if we had Pastor David driving. We unpacked and had an introduction time with the leaders and the rest of the group. We met our leader Paula who is amazing with names! After about 10 minutes she had our names all memorized.

For dinner, we ate at a wonderful Indian buffet called "Haandi." I was a little bit worried about it since I had never eaten Indian cuisine before but it turned out to be fantastic. The food was delicious, although was a bit spicy and they served a bread with dinner that we all couldn't stop eating. After dinner Paula introduced us to a "love it" or "hate it" Indian dessert experience called Paan. It is a number of Indian spices and seeds in a grape leaf that you insert in your cheek and suck on. Some people thought it tasted like Chai tea or cinnamon.