Laura's post

It's been one month to the day since we have been in India and everything has only gotten better. One of the best things I have learned is how to work in silence so that you can be constantly in the presence of Jesus in your heart. It has been a surprisingly difficult lesson to learn because there are many new volunteers each week and each is as friendly as the next, wanting to know all about you and wanting to share themselves with you. So, in order to be at peace with being seemingly unfriendly, I had to learn how to please God and not people. As I agonized over it (having always struggled with being a people-pleaser), God reminded me that when I am silent, I am giving those around me the opportunity for reflection and this is loving them, although they may not know it. I have to be quiet and recollected if I am to bring Jesus, not just food and water, to souls. Yes, conversation is quite necessary and pleasing to God occasionally, such as at breaks or at lunch after work, but while I am there, I am perfectly content to avoid it. Mother Teresa asks her novices to practice avoiding "idle conversation" and that is exactly what I am learning too. The fruit of silence is prayer.

With that said, I have met many wonderful people and the following is a list of countries/continents that I have met people from:
Spain
France
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Ireland
Germany
Denmark
Hong Cong
Taiwan
South Korea (and someone who just said Korea)
Japan
Canada
Mexico