the beggers

The question every one wants the answer to when they get to India. What do you do when the beggers come? it is one of those things where you cannot avoid them. It is kind of like a telamarketer but there is no phone between you. You walk away and they follow you.
Now heres the thing I would give but when you give to one they continue to glom on you never leaving you alone. It has been said that you can give to the children but then you find out that the kids are being used by a mafia. So in the end the children do not get any of the money themselves. next you might want to give to the young mother with the sick child. The child that is rented and then druged by a young woman while the childs real parents are working and get a part of the begging profits. It's tough in the end to have these things go on. It feels terrible.
In India the cast system is so strong you can spot it from a mile away. The lower in the cast one is the smaller they are. There are men here that are shorter and smaller then I am (at five four and 110 pounds). And they are born this way. A baby that you may look at and think to be 3 weeks old can actually be five months. It is not even so much that they are born unhealthy it is just the genes being passed down over so many generations.
It is so far from the North American countries. It is so far from home. I contiue to pray that God will continue to show me His grace and love for these people. And that He would teach me my place here these six months.