It is now 4:30 in the morning, Thursday, February 14th, and I am sitting here at my office, writing the last BLOG entry, before leaving for the airport in Boston, to fly to Newark, where I will meet up with several of the DREAM TEAM members from the USA, who will be flying out this evening on United Flight 82, direct to Delhi. We will arrive in Delhi, Friday, February 15th, at about 10:30 in the evening, to be greeted by several Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Delhi-Megapolis and then transported to our hotel for a few hours of sleep before we then get up in the morning, have breakfast and then travel on to Jodhpur and Jaisalmer - the GOLDEN CITY, in the state of Rajasthan, and close to the border with Pakistan. There we will visit sites, such as the Jaisalmer Fort, which unlike many forts in India, is considered a "living fort" - complete with shops and restaurants, etc.
Following a tradition of about nine years, those of us who are flying out this evening will all gather in front of Gallagher's Steakhouse in Concourse C at Newark's Liberty Airport. Once there, we will enjoy a dinner in the banquet room, getting to know one another better, and renewing past friendships. There are shirts to distribute and the new iteration of our working TEE Shirt will be shared for the first time. Undoubtedly, in the coming postings in this BLOG, you will be able to view the new shirts and possibly get a laugh out of our new slogan.
Before signing in to this BLOG, I checked and had received an Email from The Rotary Foundation indicating that most of the funds had arrived and been processed through the system. Now, once the remaining funds are processed, we will receive notice that the funding is approved for release and be able to move forward with our dam building project.
Yesterday was ASH WEDNESDAY, the official beginning of the Lenten Season in the Christian Church. I attended services at my own church, and strangely closer to the place we would call "home" for the next fifteen days. When the priest marked each of us with a smudge of ashes (made from burning the palms from the previous Palm Sunday) in the form of a cross, my mind returned to the many times I have received markings on my forehead from priests and others in India.
NAMASTE!
Following a tradition of about nine years, those of us who are flying out this evening will all gather in front of Gallagher's Steakhouse in Concourse C at Newark's Liberty Airport. Once there, we will enjoy a dinner in the banquet room, getting to know one another better, and renewing past friendships. There are shirts to distribute and the new iteration of our working TEE Shirt will be shared for the first time. Undoubtedly, in the coming postings in this BLOG, you will be able to view the new shirts and possibly get a laugh out of our new slogan.
Before signing in to this BLOG, I checked and had received an Email from The Rotary Foundation indicating that most of the funds had arrived and been processed through the system. Now, once the remaining funds are processed, we will receive notice that the funding is approved for release and be able to move forward with our dam building project.
Yesterday was ASH WEDNESDAY, the official beginning of the Lenten Season in the Christian Church. I attended services at my own church, and strangely closer to the place we would call "home" for the next fifteen days. When the priest marked each of us with a smudge of ashes (made from burning the palms from the previous Palm Sunday) in the form of a cross, my mind returned to the many times I have received markings on my forehead from priests and others in India.
NAMASTE!
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