So, it has been a week since my return to Dehradun! For me, things have been fairly quiet here. The world around me, however, is a busy one! It has been nice for me to sleep until I wake up and then have breakfast and a Quiet Time here in the flat before going over to the Girls' Hostel for a.m. tea where I am able to check in with the girls and Mashaphi who looks after them on what just might be up for the day.
School ends at 2 and more than a few of the girls are involved in practices for the final program which will be on Dec 18th. Some are in the choir which practices behind the building where I am living. Others are practicing for the play Pilgrim's Progress.
I have taken devotions with the Boarders twice this week . . . there are 91 Indian MKs who study here and live in the two hostels. I shared Tues on what the Lord was teaching me about trusting Him, even in hard times. On Fri I spoke about lessons I've learned from Joseph on God having the Big Picture which helps us realize in the midst of 'hard times' that we can TRUST him. I am planning two or three more lessons on Joseph. I am not sure what the schedule is for this week. It seems that Tues and Wed are holidays . . . we have lots of them in India because of there are several religions practiced here . . . this week they are Sikh holidays, I believe, and no Sat school! Yes, they DO go to school two Saturdays a month.
Another thing that the students are practicing for this week is a Christmas song competition between church choirs which will be held on Sat. Our students sound pretty good to me. Let's see how it goes.
At the end of devotions, with just the girls, last night I began teaching them FINGERPRINTS OF GOD by Steven Curtis Chapman. I learned earlier in the week that he wrote than for his daughter which makes it more meaningful for us girls, I think. Several have told me that they like it.
On Fri I went out to Rajpur, a town on the way up to Mussoorie. It is where Sharp Memorial Blind School is located. It is run by a couple that I was in OM with 40 years ago. Their children went to Woodstock. It was lovely to catch up with them, and I also ordered a sweater to be knitted by some of the blind women who live/work there. Unfortunately, I lost my black sweater the first week I was in India, and have been borrowing one that belongs to a friend that was knitted by a Sharp Memorial knitter. Of course, the 'problem' is that I need it by Christmas, if possible. Apparently, their fastest knitter, a woman in her 80s just fell and broke her hip. They think they can get it done if several women work on it. I think it would be special to own such a sweater.
I also went to Chhaya Cafe which is a place where women who are poor and need employment have learned tailoring and cooking. I had a delicious lunch there . . . nice to eat Western after a steady diet of Indian food . . . they are going to make a skirt for me out of some Indian fabric that has been lying around waiting for something to happen to it for the last 6 years! It is a tribal 'outfit' that needs to be wrapped, and I have not been able to remember how to successfully wrap it. I will be interested to see how it turns out. I'm also looking forward to the return trip, if for no other reason to visit the lady who started the place . . . PTS and WS connections there also!
Church this a.m. in one of my favorite places on this side of the world . . . Presbyterian Theological Seminary . . . sitting on the Chacko's front porch while the children were in SS is another treat that I enjoy!
This week I am planning to have all of the girls over to my flat in Class groups . . . all of those in Class 12, 11, etc. Otherwise there is just no way that I am going to learn everyone's name, and I don't want to spend 5 weeks with them and not know who they really are. Of course, I am also interested in what their parents are doing and where they are working. Several are on the 'count down' for the end of school for this year and Christmas break. The older girls have lots of extra classes to help them prepare for their so I am hoping it will all work with the time slot that has been given. Maybe with these two days off that I didn't know about things can be worked out nicely!
School ends at 2 and more than a few of the girls are involved in practices for the final program which will be on Dec 18th. Some are in the choir which practices behind the building where I am living. Others are practicing for the play Pilgrim's Progress.
I have taken devotions with the Boarders twice this week . . . there are 91 Indian MKs who study here and live in the two hostels. I shared Tues on what the Lord was teaching me about trusting Him, even in hard times. On Fri I spoke about lessons I've learned from Joseph on God having the Big Picture which helps us realize in the midst of 'hard times' that we can TRUST him. I am planning two or three more lessons on Joseph. I am not sure what the schedule is for this week. It seems that Tues and Wed are holidays . . . we have lots of them in India because of there are several religions practiced here . . . this week they are Sikh holidays, I believe, and no Sat school! Yes, they DO go to school two Saturdays a month.
Another thing that the students are practicing for this week is a Christmas song competition between church choirs which will be held on Sat. Our students sound pretty good to me. Let's see how it goes.
At the end of devotions, with just the girls, last night I began teaching them FINGERPRINTS OF GOD by Steven Curtis Chapman. I learned earlier in the week that he wrote than for his daughter which makes it more meaningful for us girls, I think. Several have told me that they like it.
On Fri I went out to Rajpur, a town on the way up to Mussoorie. It is where Sharp Memorial Blind School is located. It is run by a couple that I was in OM with 40 years ago. Their children went to Woodstock. It was lovely to catch up with them, and I also ordered a sweater to be knitted by some of the blind women who live/work there. Unfortunately, I lost my black sweater the first week I was in India, and have been borrowing one that belongs to a friend that was knitted by a Sharp Memorial knitter. Of course, the 'problem' is that I need it by Christmas, if possible. Apparently, their fastest knitter, a woman in her 80s just fell and broke her hip. They think they can get it done if several women work on it. I think it would be special to own such a sweater.
I also went to Chhaya Cafe which is a place where women who are poor and need employment have learned tailoring and cooking. I had a delicious lunch there . . . nice to eat Western after a steady diet of Indian food . . . they are going to make a skirt for me out of some Indian fabric that has been lying around waiting for something to happen to it for the last 6 years! It is a tribal 'outfit' that needs to be wrapped, and I have not been able to remember how to successfully wrap it. I will be interested to see how it turns out. I'm also looking forward to the return trip, if for no other reason to visit the lady who started the place . . . PTS and WS connections there also!
Church this a.m. in one of my favorite places on this side of the world . . . Presbyterian Theological Seminary . . . sitting on the Chacko's front porch while the children were in SS is another treat that I enjoy!
This week I am planning to have all of the girls over to my flat in Class groups . . . all of those in Class 12, 11, etc. Otherwise there is just no way that I am going to learn everyone's name, and I don't want to spend 5 weeks with them and not know who they really are. Of course, I am also interested in what their parents are doing and where they are working. Several are on the 'count down' for the end of school for this year and Christmas break. The older girls have lots of extra classes to help them prepare for their so I am hoping it will all work with the time slot that has been given. Maybe with these two days off that I didn't know about things can be worked out nicely!
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