A Merry Christmas To All

Day 8- Monday, December 25

I want to wish everyone a very joyous Christmas all the way from India. My Christmas started out the way all Christmas' should, and that's with a trip to church. TVS-M organized a driver (I am getting used to being driven everywhere, it is quite nice. Even if I am on the verge of death everytime I get into a car) to take us to a Protestant church in the area. There were a few things that was wrong with the chosen Protestant church:

1. It was Catholic.
2. It was Mass.
3. It was in Hindi.
4. I now know why they have daycares at churches.
5. There was a 3-year old being breast fed in the pew in front of us.
6. The stained glass biblical characters were white.
7. We were the only white people there.

Other than that it was a pretty cool experience. The sanctuary was larger than Northside's and didn't have back walls, so there was a nice breeze the entire time. Luckily, I was able to transcribe the sermon and have included in below.

(Hindi) protestant (hindi) America (hindi) television, movies, mobile phones, and automobiles (hindi) How did they deal with the gruesome death of the Healer of Children? (hindi) Amen.

That is all that Susan and I (remember we both went to Scenic Hills Church Camp) were able to pick out of the ceremony. This didn't have a lot of meaning for us, but we think they were saying something about American Protestants being materialistic toward Christmas. We can't be quite sure though.

It is off to work for me since only a few people in our group are religious and the majority of people wanted New Years Day off. The industrial engineers (they are nice people) decorated the dining room at one of the the residences with Baby Jesus' and other psuedo-Christmas paraphernalia in anticipation of the camel dinner tonight.

Song Recommendation- Cats and Dogs Sing Jingle Bells by Dr. Demento