Today is our second day in Jaipur. For some reason, it's been harder to be in Jaipur than in Delhi, and I think it's because we're more exposed to the city. There is poverty everywhere we look. It's not extremely in your face because this place does cater to tourists, but it's still present. Today we took rides on cycle rickshaws, and it's just hard because the men that cycle are stick thin and look sick. Almost everything you buy here is produced off of the poverty of others. It's difficult to buy clothes here and not think that a child may have made this in a factory. Today, as we were waiting on some people shopping, there was a small Indian girl who wanted to shine our shoes. They've told us to not give beggars money, because we won't know where that money is going to. I think one of the hardest things I've ever experienced in my life was literally standing there while this little girl was in front of me, asking to shine my shoes. What I noticed though, were her eyes. She was so incredibly beautiful, and she couldn't have been older than 8. Her eyes sparkled, and for some reason, I just had to believe that she was going to be okay. I don't know exactly why, but I had to believe that Christ was assuring me that this beautiful little girl with the shimmering eyes would survive and would grow up to be an incredible woman. Forever I will remember the beautiful shoe shiner whose eyes shone. These are the difficult moments that I must treasure from God.
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