DAY 2: July 5, 2010
Location: First night in our Bangladesh Home
Time: 2:30 am
Boy, did our team stand out on that plane ride. On a flight of 150 Bangladeshi passengers, only 6 of them were females – 4 of whom belonged to our team. The ladies on our flight received many unsolicited stares from the Bangladeshi men and had to be cautious of our actions.
The missionary’s wife picked us up from the airport at 1am with her elder daughter. On our drive from the airport back to the missions home, our team caught a glimpse of the Bangladeshi nightlife. The dark sky flickered on and off from the monsoon storm lightning. And despite the late hour, men carrying rackety rickshaws awaited passengers in front of dimly lit stores along the dirt road. It was like seeing a new world for the first time. Incredible and breath-taking! Everything seemed so unfamiliar and so unreal compared to the Los Angeles streets I’m so used to.
After 2 days of layovers and sleeping in terminals, being able to crawl into a bed under a roof felt like a welcoming into paradise. We took full advantage of the weak air-conditioner that the missionary encouraged us to use. We also turned on a couple fans to ventilate the moisture out from the100-degree and 100-percent humidity air. But the cold shower – ooh, that was the best part – was unbelievably reviving. We’ve only been in this country for 4 hours now, but the picture of this culture is already starting to come together. It’s actually rather beautiful. Overall, our team’s feeling extremely blessed in our new home. Tomorrow will be our first day with our supervisors. Excited for what’s next to come!
Soli Deo Gloria,
Hana
Location: First night in our Bangladesh Home
Time: 2:30 am
Boy, did our team stand out on that plane ride. On a flight of 150 Bangladeshi passengers, only 6 of them were females – 4 of whom belonged to our team. The ladies on our flight received many unsolicited stares from the Bangladeshi men and had to be cautious of our actions.
The missionary’s wife picked us up from the airport at 1am with her elder daughter. On our drive from the airport back to the missions home, our team caught a glimpse of the Bangladeshi nightlife. The dark sky flickered on and off from the monsoon storm lightning. And despite the late hour, men carrying rackety rickshaws awaited passengers in front of dimly lit stores along the dirt road. It was like seeing a new world for the first time. Incredible and breath-taking! Everything seemed so unfamiliar and so unreal compared to the Los Angeles streets I’m so used to.
After 2 days of layovers and sleeping in terminals, being able to crawl into a bed under a roof felt like a welcoming into paradise. We took full advantage of the weak air-conditioner that the missionary encouraged us to use. We also turned on a couple fans to ventilate the moisture out from the100-degree and 100-percent humidity air. But the cold shower – ooh, that was the best part – was unbelievably reviving. We’ve only been in this country for 4 hours now, but the picture of this culture is already starting to come together. It’s actually rather beautiful. Overall, our team’s feeling extremely blessed in our new home. Tomorrow will be our first day with our supervisors. Excited for what’s next to come!
Soli Deo Gloria,
Hana
dang what a niceee picture
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enjoy the amazingness of the country and the amazingnessest of God
i somehow found a stem newsletter inside the jubo as i was cleaning out my bag yesterday and i realized you put your personal blog on there! time for another update? (:
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