India, here I am!

Shubarathi!! (means gond night/evening in canada, the local language here in Bangalore) So many things have happened since last time I updated! I'm in India now, outside the city of Bangalore. We're met up with all the indian people now and they are all so very nice and friendly! We're together atthis resort that is really peaceful and beatiful. In the morning we do yoga as the sun rises and we have really nice indian meals, including rice and hot spicy stew for breakfast - I love it! I hope to learn how to cook it myself before I leave.

Everything is ten times better than I ever could have expected and I am so happy right now! Everybody is so nice and I feel so welcome here. This will really be my home for the coming 3 mouths. I have gotten toknow the girl that I will partner wither during the whole project, she is so nice and easy to talk to and we have great fun together. Her name is Elizabeth but everybody call her Elsa. She's 18 years old, lives with her family in Bangalore and is studying to become a journalist. She has promised to teach me Canada (the local indian language here) and I will teach her Swedish, she's already really good. We get along so well and I feel that we're gonna be a great team.

Elsa and I are going to live in Mysore, a city 3 hours from Bangalore, in a host family with husband, wife and a 20 year old daughter. Tomorrow we're going to meet them for the first time and I'm a bit nervous - I so hope that they will like me! Within a few days Elsa and I are going to start working at a center for empowering women. The organisation is called Shakthi Dhama, which means "energy peace". It all seems really and well organized. The center offers a home to homeless women who have had different problems. Some have lived with an abusive husband, some havew been forced into prostitution and some are unwed mothers. I'm really excited about working there and I will tell you all about once I get more information.

To all my friends and family reading this, I send you all my love and I will write to you soon and answer all mails! Miss you lots but I'm so happy where I am! Gros bisous!! Miranda