Friday, January 1, 2010
plan b
we arrived in bangalore at 5am, collected all of our bags and bins of glasses and headed straight to customs where we were detained for 7 hours. the men at customs thought that we were trying to smuggle in glasses to sell on the black market. they held our passports hostage and made us count the 10666 glasses one by one and then let us know that if we wanted the glasses we would need to pay almost 250000 us dollars. since we don't have 250000 we were discouraged and had to leave the glasses behind. we met up with our contacts in bangalore and tried to regroup and figure out what we are going to do now that our eye clinics are impossible...we are now in kgf and are the new event planners for the church youth. more on that to follow very soon! and pictures are coming.
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oh sister! I'm so sorry. i love you and am praying for all you girls!
ReplyDeletehey, so I told Jon about the situation and he thinks that perhaps it may be helpful to let the media know. it is sad to think that the people who need these glasses the most may not get them, and who knows if the men at customs are going to try and make $ off them. let us know and jon will try and get the attention of someone to get some help--unless someone else is perhaps working on this??
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ReplyDeleteI can't believe that happened... I am so sorry for the loss the people will suffer in not having the glasses... But, since the Lord allowed that to occur... I am excited to hear about what HIS plans were for your trip... I can't wait to hear what HE is doing through your team.. I love you! And am praying!
What a travesty! Nonetheless, I hope you will be able to help out in other ways while you are there. Enjoy the crazy chaos and devastatingly exhilarating life going on all around you.
ReplyDelete-Kjirsti