The other transitions that we seem to be adjusting to are the different showers and bathrooms. Probably wouldn’t be considered standard at home by anyone’s means, but we’re feeling really comfortable here. I’ve been learning a lot of Telugu already too. I have the sheet Anand/Rosie gave us in training and I’ve been adding words to it each day. It’s exciting to see everyone’s face when they hear you speaking their language.
Breakfast was a wonderful puri, a potato curry mix; the sweet coffee is pretty good too. (Especially for someone who enjoys her coffee black). Today we had an opportunity to spend some time with the children at the orphanage. I am so thankful we had Lois with us. Lois used to be a teacher at a school for the deaf, and she is great at what she does. I don’t know what we would have done without her. Lois had lesson plans and activities ready for everything. To be honest with you kids kind of intimidate me, just don’t let them know that!
The kids are just amazing; they just soak up everything you have to share with them. I just hope I can retain everything they are teaching us. They love singing songs, and were very excited when Jeremy taught them American baseball. Actually, Jeremy wanted to learn cricket, but when they saw him pick up the bat like in baseball the kids really wanted to learn baseball. We had a chance to play with the kids quite a bit and they taught us something I can only call 1-2-3-4. It’s like one of those hand eye coordination clapping games we all used to play on the playground.
The ladies all had some time to sit and prepare for what we planned to speak about at the upcoming women’s conference. Each of us wrote out a short testimony, explaining our background and where we’ve come from. It’s encouraging to see that none of us are perfect. It’s easy to see why everyone needs the grace of Jesus.
In the afternoon we took a short walk out of the orphanage and down the street to see the area village. Everyone is so incredibly welcoming (well the direction we went in, we’re told the other is not so friendly). A couple of ladies we passed actually welcomed us into their home. They were happy to take some time and speak with us. Apparently they make sarees from their home. They were so impressed to hear Paula’s excellent Telegu that they gave her one.
After dinner, we took a short trip into town to purchase book bags for all of the kids, thanks to some wonderful donations from sponsors of our trip. Apparently, the children have been teased at school for not having book bags because they are “hostel” kids. They were completely overwhelmed to see us bring them in; they actually rushed up and quickly tried to grab them up. Paula scolded the kids and taught explained how to be polite. During our cultural training we were warned that waiting in lines is nearly non-existent in
Speaking of resources running low, the power goes out regularly. It can be difficult to plan your day sometimes where the power can go out at anytime and up to several hours a day. Electricity is water powered, and I understand there are some political ties to the outages but I haven’t quite figured it out yet.
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