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Home again... Home again.... So you know you arrive in Saskatchewan in November when you get off the plane and you freeze your butt off. Well not quite because because you ask your mother to bring you a jacket and some mitts. But I was very thankful for snow on the ground when I flew over Saskatoon. I have not seen really snow since January and was really missing it.
But anyways enough about snow. I am doing really good. Being home has been really good. I have been able to catch up to some of the sleep that I have not been able to get over the last 11 months of my YWAM adventure. I am still not to sure exactly what the next year of my life will look like. Let alone the next week. I really do have a strong passion to take a trip to Mexico within the next couple of months. Well that seems to be all that is coming to mind at the moment.

One very long day

The journey back from India. That is one I will never forget. It is hard to explain but lets just say that I had Sunday morning twice. I left India on Sunday at 1:30 am and got to Nashville at 3 pm on the same day, although the journey actually took over 2 days. Crazy I think so too. But thank the Lord the way our flights worked out we were able to sleep at the times that we needed to to work out jet lag. So I think I have offically beat it.
India was one the greatest things I have ever done in my life and I would not change it for anything. It was also one of the most challenging things. God has stretched me in so many ways. But all for good yes. The week of leading was one of those challanging moments. I don't think I ever shared this with you all but I was also in charge of all the team money. So here I was always the one you go for for money. That also means I had to make sure the books where in line and we weren't missing any. I actually didn't mind it but it did take up a long time.
Honestly I think I have a lot of stuff I need to process because the last 5 weeks of my life I have spent in one of most amazing and hardest countries in the world. But it was great and there are some many things that I never thought I would see, and learned things about myself that never knew was there. I feel like I am just blabbing so I will leave you with that.

Oh and I am heathly as a horse!!

India thus far

India has been amazing. And everyday I fall more in love with Jesus. There is so much hidden beauty in India that gets looked over. For example you can go up to anyone and just start talking to them. Also this is one of the most loving cultures that I have ever been in.
God has been speaking to me a lot about my future here in India and I am really excited about it. I know He has amazing things for me. And I am not going to compromise what He has for me. The great thing is is that everything he has been telling me about my future is what I want. So I am not worried about what is to come.
I guess I can get back to India now. We are having an amazing time here in Chennai. The last couple of days we have been doing a lot of friendship evangelism. Which is basically go out in the community and make friends in hope that you can tell them about the love of Jesus. Yesterday we invited some of the neighbourhood kids to come over and play cricket. It was so much fun. Never have I thought that cricket could be so much fun. Oh and it was so hot out yesterday that I got a sunburn. Yeah imagine that a sunburn in November. Something I thought would never happen. I guess that goes to show that you can never say never.
Something else God has been teaching me is that, I have to expect the unexpected. Nothing ever seems to happen the way I thought they would. I guess that is why I am not God. Thank you Jesus.
Peace and love to all!

To lead...

To lead or not to lead that is the question? And the answer for Megan Manson is to lead.
So for some background first.
Tonight my team is splitting up. Half of the team is heading to Coimbatore, it is another city an 8 hour train ride away. The other half (the half I am on) is staying here in Chennai. We are going to be teaching english to university students as a way to build a relationship with them and tell them of the love of Jesus. I am really excited about this as I am going to be coleading this team with another guy on the team. The School of Ministry Development really has a focas on leading and this is a chance for me to follow in the calling God has placed on my life. God has been showing me in many ways that I am going to be leading in some sort of way in my future. I can not share my excited in words. As I said in my last post, I am going to end up in Mexico sometime in my life and I would really love to lead a team there first before I live there. So if anyone is interested in doing missions in Mexico let me know. But please do not take this as me forgeting about India right now. My heart for this moment in time is completely here in India.
This was short but I hope it explains what is going on in my life to this point.
Love you all!

India Con't

Hello again!! Lets start with a little update. Since the last time I have wrote to you I have been sick, road in a car that comfortably seats 5 with 10 people, including one on my lap for total 3 hours, that is both ways so only an hour and a half at a time, and done about 15 programs. I don't know how else to express my joy for India. Nothing the same ever happens. Everyday is a new adventure. Like today, our driver got a little lost and we were late for church but we still got there and were able to do our program and the people really seemed to enjoy it. Oh I forgot to mention that it is rainy season here and it has been raining for like 3 days straight and there is no end in sight. So all the while being lost we are in a car with the limit of people of course, and it is raining in the car (we have to have the windows open becuase for some reason Indians don't like air conditioning). It has been really good though and I don't want it to sound like I am complaining becuase I am not. I really love it here and am having the time of my life. It is just the Lord stretching me in all my comforts. But I do have a bed to come home to everyday so that is a blessing from God.
Being in India, God has really shown me my heart for Mexico and all of Central America. He has been showing me that it won't be to long until I will return there and continue with the ministry that He started in me. Yesterday we went to an orphange, and it made me really excited becuase that is what I want to do one day is start an orphange in Mexico. God has also been showing me that I really do have a heart for children. I love kids and can not get enough of them. It is a good thing because there are kids everywhere. And a lot of them are searching for love, and are very easy to love. There are even 3 kids where we are staying. We are staying at YWAM Chennai the School of Evangelism base. There are some staff families that have children. And there are really cute. The oldest is 3 and she has a little brother who will be one on the 31st. And there is also about 9 months old.
What else has God been teaching me? Well that I can easily get frustrated and I need to work on that. Especially when it comes to communication. Not only with people on my team but with people back home. That is why I love the internet because it is so easy to communicate with people. I can talk to Melissa via skype and it costs nothing!!! Free!! Now who doesn't like the sounds of that. So if you could please be praying that I will work through my frustrations and be able to lay them down to the Lord. Because He has taken away it before but for some reason I keep picking it back up.

To be continued...

Chennai

So here I am sitting in one of the million internet cafes in Chennai wondering what you all out there want to know. Well to start of with we made it safely to Chennai on Friday morning. It is a lot different than Kolkata. It is not quite as populated. About 7 million less. There are a lot more cows here. And when I say cows I mean cows walking and living on the street!! What a sight to see. We went to the slum area yesterday and it was amazing. The people are so loving. One lady invited us into her one room house and made us tea and gave us crackers. This all just for some prayer. In the slum area we went to there are about 10 000 people living there. That is all in the size of maybe Birch Hills. There are people every where. But I love it. Today we went to church and 3 of us gave our testimonies and did some worship. It was cool becuase it was an English speaking church so no need for a translator! Not to sure what is going on for the up comming week but I will let you all know! Love ya

I LOVE INDIA!!

Okay so India is amazing! We have been here for just over a week and I am in love with the place. Our team of 19 split up into groups of about 4 or 5 and was doing different ministry. We are working with a school for street kids, in the train station with street kids, in a day care with street kids and a muslim ministry. I and 4 other girls were working in the day care. We go to the day care in the morning and help out. It really consist of helping the kids bathe and playing with them. They are some of the most amazing kids I have ever met in my life. Than in the afternoon we go to the street were these kids live and we play with them. It was really a shock to go to the street because it was a reality that these kids really don't have a house to go home to. They love us and can not let go! It is really amazing because even though these kids are dirty and most of them have lice, I don't care and sharing God's love with them is really my only priority! I am forever changed by them. This ministry is run by a lady named Loche. She loves these kids so much and you can really tell that they are her kids even if not by birth. I have a lot to learn from her if I ever want to work with kids long term.
So on Tuesday evening (which is early morning for all of you) we are leaving for Chennai. It will be a 30 train ride. And not to sure if we have air conditioning. But it is a sleeper bus so we will have "beds" to sleep in. It really is a testimony to God that we got tickets at all, becuase there is a lot of festivals going on in India right now and they usually do not sell tickets within 1 month of the travelling date! So here we are going to Chennai!!
Have I told you that I love India!! Well I do!
Peace and God Bless!

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