Mornin' Ride to Work...

We woke up early Sunday morning, grabbed a quick buffet lunch downstairs at the restaurant (the breakfast was “complimentary”… taking a page from the Hampton, I guess), and then jumped on a small bus with Anand, who was to journey with us to our rendezvous with Raj just outside of the village of Vellavedu (some 35 km outside of Chennai). When we connected with Raj, we knew we would have a quick cup of chai, and then head to a local church pastored by Anbuannan (one of our 7 “Super Pastors”, who administers a network of several churches in the area). After chai and church, we knew we would do some quick exploration for the December teams in both areas where there are high instances of bonded slave labor (the Justice Team will be working with International Justice Mission on these issues) and also basic housing (Construction Team will be working on roofing and basic renovation). After that, we knew we would join Anbuannan for lunch at his home, and then make the trek back to Chennai where we would catch a 4 pm train to Salem. If all goes according to plan (and it almost NEVER does in India), we should be in Salem by about 8 pm on Sunday night.