Today has been kind of a big day for me... guess what, I went to lunch alone! Everyone headed back to our apartment complex and I chose to stay and have lunch with the girls in the mess. We have gone to their dorms the past three Tuesdays from 7-8/9pm and have developed some relationships with the girls. I was hoping to have more interaction with them. Thankfully, I was able to sit with one of the girls and her friends whom I had seen that morning. Being the only white person trying to stuff rice into my mouth (with my hands), I ended up being the last person to finish. When I realized I was making her wait I tried to speed up but she told me to take my time. During our meal she invited me to attend the chapel service that happens on campus. So after washing my plate, I followed her over as some of her other friends met up with us.
The chapel service was in Tamil but I still felt that it was important to be there. After we had taken our shoes off outside (I do this everywhere I go) we walked right into the service crossing in front of the guys and to the girls side taking up the front row. We sat down first to pray on our knees/legs and then stood for singing. We were obviously late but this meant nothing... being late here is perfectly fine for things such as this... here we can always blame IST (or India Stretch Time)
Sam Sir (a professor) lead the worship and a Tamil sermon was given. Although I couldn't understand the language it was encouraging to hear the fervor with which they sung and what was spoken to them. I was able to catch part of the Lord's Prayer at the end being said in Tamil.
When I left a girl I had met last night tapped me and said hello. My peer mentor Thomas also caught me as I was putting my shoes back on afterwards.
I have to finish up a paper and then go to class from 5-7pm. It's only 2:50pm now. To print papers here we have to go to a shop and pay for the printing which can be annoying at times. I hope all of you are sleeping well at this point.
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