Welcome to the Arts & Religion Summer SAGE Blog!! This is April and I (Kirsten)–your FEARLESS leaders!! We met last weekend in Colorado with the other team leaders and staff–lots of great ideas, planning and fun! We have lots of activities planned for our travel to India and our itinerary is packed full when we arrive. We have a lot of ground to cover–literally thousands of miles! Lots of temples, churches, and other religious sites to visit–unlike anything you’ve seen before! Not to mention all the shopping, spice markets, orphanages, dance classes, art lessons, cooking demos, and maybe we’ll even get to see an elephant or two! Oh, and we will be in India for 22 full days, which means we have 66 opportunities to eat delicious Indian food–idli, dosa, sambar, rasam, rice, naan, palak, payasam, chai, mysore pak, and LOTS of curd!! Yummmy!! There is so much April and I are looking forward to sharing with you and showing you during our three weeks in India! The entire country, all its people, every temple and each market is a new opportunity to learn about the culture and how over 1 billion people on the other side of the world live! It’s going to be a summer like NEVER before!

A few things you can do before we depart:

–start drinking 3-4 litres of water a day (you WILL need it)

–eat yogurt, it will help keep your stomach healthy!

–walk around the block with your backpack….are you sure you need EVERYTHING?

See you in Newark on Thursday!!

Kirsten