TUESDAY 04/12/05:
AM: Orlando Airport (with teammate Joni)
Midday: Atlanta Airport (entire team)
PM: Atlanta to Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY 04/13/05:
AM-PM: Amsterdam to Bombay/Mumbai

THURSDAY 04/14/05:
AM: Mumbai/Bombay to Kochi/Cochin
Midday: bus to Emmanuel Orphanage (Thudian’s) / eat at Thudian’s House
Afternoon: clothes shopping
PM: nap / eat / sleep

FRIDAY 04/15/05:
AM-PM: survey tsunami camps
Midday: lunch on bus + black sand beach romp
Afternoon: impromptu believers service (18-family church wiped out from tsunami) - tkg led "Lord I Lift Your Name On High" / learned of Hindu Priestess Amma
PM: strategize at hotel

SATURDAY 04/16/05:
AM-PM: interview tsunami camps
Midday: Matt's coconut tree climb

SUNDAY 04/17/05:
AM: Pastor Madhu's church
Midday: flower making on bus
PM: north beach ocean play

MONDAY 04/18/05:
AM-PM: Freetime while Mike, Jared & Pastors purchase supplies
AM: Hindu Temple / led boat captain to Christ / interacted with mean monkeys / elephant watching / filmed lakeside commercial for environmental activists
Midday: hotel lunch
PM: Baranekaru shopping for Bible in Malayalam

TUESDAY 04/19/05:
AM: filmed a commercial for Vijaya Castle Hotel
Midday: leper colony
PM: warehouse packet assembly / balloon animals for local kids

WEDNESDAY 04/20/05:
AM: Western Union
PM: near riot at government distribution center

THURSDAY 04/21/05:
AM: freetime - walk through village & meet professor with house on the lake
PM: construction of church foundation

FRIDAY 04/22/05:
AM: VBS service at "secret" distribution location (same place as Sunday's church)
Midday: team whisked away before distribution could happen - angry Hindus showed up
PM: no believers came to hotel for distribution (pastors to distribute without team) / goodbye banquet with pastors, drivers & helpers / tkg sang "The Image Of You"

SATURDAY 04/23/05:
AM: Shaji & Saji's orphanage - sad goodbye!
Midday: fancy hotel lunch
Afternoon: shopping at Fort Kochi
PM: check in to Cochin/Kochi hotel w/new roomies

SUNDAY 04/24/05:
AM: church @ Emmanuel Orphanage (Thudian's church)
Midday: lunch with Thudian/Alice & play with orphans / dedicate jeep & contribute computer money / sad goodbye
PM: elephant farm + Kochi shopping + Pizza Hut + final meeting

MONDAY 04/25/05:
AM: pack & donate clothing
Midday: airport shopping / Cochin to Bombay
PM: Bombay airport waiting

TUESDAY 04/26/05:
AM: Bombay to Amsterdam
ALL DAY: Amsterdam to Atlanta
PM: Atlanta to Orlando to soft bed w/doggy Lallow

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