Indian Inaugural Ceremony

This morning we started out the day with an inaugural ceremony. It definitely demonstrated how important ceremony is to most cultures. There was music, the children had prepared songs and a beautiful dance for us, each member of the team was given a beautiful flower necklace, our leaders were officially "invited" and lots of other ceremonial welcomes. It was pretty moving: the extent to which our guests in India will go to welcome us and honor us in the name of God. They are so grateful for our presence here