india — The Pleated Poppy

February 15, 2012

welcome to wiww! if you’re new here, i post weekly pictures of my outfits for motivation to get out of my sweats and put a little effort into myself. i just found this great post from a long time weekly wiww participant that puts why we do what we do in better words than i ever could.

i only have a few pictures to share, some from india, one from home. to be honest, i haven’t been feeling great since we got home last friday night and i’ve only gotten dressed once since then!

my outfits were pretty basic and super conservative while we were in india. i either wore ankle length skirts or long yoga pants everyday with a shirt or sweater that went past my buns and a scarf. i wore either these black flats or my converse every day. the flats are now in the trash.

a young friend of mine went to india with our church last year and bought a couple traditional punjabi tops that she let me borrow. i just wore a long sleeve shirt under them.

our chilliest day was in agra at the taj majal – i really could’ve used another layer of clothing! the scarves ended up being an essential item of clothing each day. i forgot it one day and totally regretted it. not only does every woman wear one, but they were great for covering up necklines and keeping a little extra warm, not to mention a great filter for dusty and smelly areas. going into a bathroom without a scarf to breathe into was unthinkable!

the one day i got dressed at home was to drop off the kids at shcool, run errands and go to bible study at night.

sweater – old navy

scarf – forever 21

shirt & boots – target

leggings (2 pairs – i was cold) – walmart

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i added a few new goodies to the shop yesterday and wanted to share!

tiny pouches, ruffled scarves, checkbook covers, posy pins, zippered pouches and covered notebooks.

my favey-fave addition is the sparkling champagne ruffled scarf – it has the softest silver sparkle to the pretty creamy fabric!

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planes, trains & automobiles

February 13, 2012

and auto rickshaws, bicycle rickshaws, mopeds, motorcycles, bikes, pedestrians, and the occasional cow.

we are home now and trying our best to adjust – to the time change, to our normal foods, to being responsible for our kids again… it’s hard! and it’s definitely not helped that i’ve had a stomach ache for a couple days and sean has had the flu. welcome home!

i am having a really hard time figuring out where to start with our trip. i am still trying to process so much of what we saw and experienced, and i don’t think so much of it can even be put into words. there was so much about northern india that i just didn’t understand: there were so many people heading somewhere everyday – where were they going? why did everyone just throw their trash outside? how are there not more car accidents?

but one thing was made very clear to me: among a primarily hindu part of the country, God is raising up a nation of christians through empart. what they are doing seems small at first glance, but then you see that each of the 19 training centers are graduating 25 men each year to become pastors and church planters, and each of those pastors will plant multiple churches, on average 5 within 7 years, and baptize 300-350 new believers in that 7 years. thats 475 new pastors each year, planting 2,375 churches, baptizing 142,500 – 166,250 new believers. thats HUGE!

the last 10-12 days challenged me more than i expected. my eyes were opened to a whole new world, not just the hard things of northern india, like the poverty, but also to the complete and utter joy in the Lord the people involved with empart have to share. as i walk you through our time in india slowly over the next couple weeks, i hope you are able to get even just an inkling of what i experienced, and a little fuel in your heart for the people of northern india.