Things are moving forward and hopefully this is my last post from a cyber cafe!!! Let's see. Things are in the works for the four of us who live at Pauline Bhavan in a capacity other than being a child in residence, have handed over the things that are needed to our faithful friend in the ministry who knows how to get these things done, and soon, we may be able to do this in the confines of our own home! Let's see.
I did get a haircut this week from one of the members of the Tear Fund Ukraine team. She did a great job!!! She has been giving hair cuts at Pavement Clubs, was back at PB yesterday and did 6 more. She also taught Zubani, the woman from Nagaland who looks after the boys how to give better hair cuts. Everyone is excited about all of this!
I went to Nico Park (an amusement park) with over 90 kids from the JCDC project yesterday. The weather was nice, and things were very well organized. So, it all went well, and I turned off my life before 8:30 last night!
I made a dash to New Market with the team after church today. They had found a place to buy things to take home that they thought was a great deal! They were so definitely being taken for a ride, but they were seemingly happy with the prices that they were being quoted. It gave me a chance to speak a bit of Hindi . . . the shopkeepers were complimentary. I will be sure NOT to shop there when I am buying things to take home!!!
We are stuck into the season of visitors! More arrived from UK yesterday. I think they are here for a week. More arrive next week for 10 days.
George Verwer, his daughter, grandson, and a family friend will be here the 13th and 14th. He founded an organization that I was with for 11 years, and I first arrived here after a trip overland with his family 42 years ago this month!
I also visited 15 Camac St. this week. I lived there for 2.5 years 40 years ago. It is now a posh highrise hotel! Nothing about the surroundings reminds me of anything about the place that I knew and loved!
Gotta run and get ready for classes tomorrow! Two with Class 4 . . . reading comprehension and two Scripture classes with Classes 7 and 8. So thankful for the friendly faces of the guys and girls who live in our residential programs. I am trying positive reinforcement. They are just used to being yelled at here and then not responding!!!
I did get a haircut this week from one of the members of the Tear Fund Ukraine team. She did a great job!!! She has been giving hair cuts at Pavement Clubs, was back at PB yesterday and did 6 more. She also taught Zubani, the woman from Nagaland who looks after the boys how to give better hair cuts. Everyone is excited about all of this!
I went to Nico Park (an amusement park) with over 90 kids from the JCDC project yesterday. The weather was nice, and things were very well organized. So, it all went well, and I turned off my life before 8:30 last night!
I made a dash to New Market with the team after church today. They had found a place to buy things to take home that they thought was a great deal! They were so definitely being taken for a ride, but they were seemingly happy with the prices that they were being quoted. It gave me a chance to speak a bit of Hindi . . . the shopkeepers were complimentary. I will be sure NOT to shop there when I am buying things to take home!!!
We are stuck into the season of visitors! More arrived from UK yesterday. I think they are here for a week. More arrive next week for 10 days.
George Verwer, his daughter, grandson, and a family friend will be here the 13th and 14th. He founded an organization that I was with for 11 years, and I first arrived here after a trip overland with his family 42 years ago this month!
I also visited 15 Camac St. this week. I lived there for 2.5 years 40 years ago. It is now a posh highrise hotel! Nothing about the surroundings reminds me of anything about the place that I knew and loved!
Gotta run and get ready for classes tomorrow! Two with Class 4 . . . reading comprehension and two Scripture classes with Classes 7 and 8. So thankful for the friendly faces of the guys and girls who live in our residential programs. I am trying positive reinforcement. They are just used to being yelled at here and then not responding!!!
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