A little taste of the last day....

And we thought it would be an easy day....

Well, the last day ends up being much like the first day...completely incredible, overwhelming, wonderful, devastating, humbling, and well, I can't think of any more words....it was just amazing!

Many of us started out the day visiting one of the slums....there are so many ways I can go with this blog and I'm not even sure where to start. Walking through the slums can literally tear a person's heart out....there is not a single soul in this world that should be forced to live this way....and I guarantee you, this isn't even the worst of the slums in India. I know there is worse....but honestly, it's just not right that little ones grow up with a sewer three steps from their door or for six or seven people to live in a house smaller than most people's bathroom in the United States....or having one bathroom for three to four houses. Each house has at least six or seven people living there...at least. It's just not right....

There were 40,000 people who lived in this slum...all of these people were all located within a couple mile radius....there were people on top of people, families on top of families, people everywhere. I read in a book once about the Dalits, about the slums.....how there is no beauty in a slum....except for the people. I now know what this author means.....beauty is hard to find among filth, sewage, dogs, people washing themselves outside, children running around without bottoms, and a woman using sticks to light a fire to boil the water for their rice for the day. The smell is beyond words. BUT, the people....are beautiful beyond comprehension. You see their souls in their eyes, their heart on their sleeves, and the hope in their smiles.