What are we doing here in India?

In case you are wondering what we are doing here in India, let me tell you! We are here volunteering for a organization called HOPE Worldwide. We chose India for many reasons, but the main reason is because there is so much needed to be done. It is country filled with desperate poverty and great need. Specifically, we are working in Bangalore, at a school for children. These children come from very poor families, many of them are abused and neglected. The HOPE foundation here in India gives these children an opportunity to go to school for free. The school is sponsored by local corporate donations. However, this is not enough. We are currently working on a project that will enable these children to be sponsored throughout their whole academic career by individual donors, like me and you. We are working with a team of other individuals to set up a web based organization through HOPE, by creating personal profiles of the children. These profiles will let people around the world to see their faces and be touched by their stories. The dream is for people everywhere to be a part of this wonderful school, by sponsoring a child. This blog will be about our journey.
~D'Auna

Just the Beginning

It is hard to predict how the choices we make will help us grow. For me (Chris), I was praying for courage as we embarked on this adventure. I found out I would need to learn to be patient first. And the good part of being patient is life is a little more enjoyable . This is waiting in Chicago to get on our 747 to Frankfurt, Germany.

It was very entertaining to watch people's faces as they walked by. In Chicago people must be more expressive about their opinions because everyone was smirking. In Portland people are not phased by someone taking a little time to relax and do yoga, even if it is on the floor of the airport.


I must say the German airlines Luftansa is the best airline I have ever been on. We had two meals and excellent service. Smoothest landing ever!