Monkey see

I love India! I'm American born and raised and was 45 years old when I traveled outside United Sates for the first time. In the year 2000 I felt "The Call." Not the call of the wild but the call as a missionary to India.
I first went to India, alone in 2000. I returned again in 2007 and most recently January 25-March 2 2010.
I love the work of the Gospel. I love people, music, nature and I love photography. This was a fun memory for me. It was my last week there and I was asked to join a group of seniors on a field trip to a park and speak a little and sing a little. I play 12 string guitar and always have it with me when I travel.
I chose Jeremiah 29:11-13 for inpiration. We all have our own plans of our future, what we think we will do; what we will become, our hopes and dreams of what our life will be like. But God has a plan for our future too. "For I know the plans that I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not for calamity; to give you a future and a hope. And you shall call on me, and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. And you shall seek me, and I shall be found by you when you search for me with all your heart." I talked about God's plan for their future and it is good.
Then I sang a song I'd written in Telugu and we all sang "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands." There's such a joy in music and singing together that makes people bond. Music is a universal language. I feel the same way about photography. Afterwards when they broke for lunch I grabbed a snack and my camera and off I went! There were wild monkeys everywhere and I happen to adore monkeys. I saw this youngster pick up a plastic glass. I pointed my camera and just then he stuck his full head in the glass and looked out through it! I thought it was adorable and so I will share this photo and short story with you and begin keeping something my grandchildren can follow. I have hundreds of pictures and stories I will be blogging on. This is my first try at it and I think I'm going to enjoy it.

God's Speed ~ Pattidawn