Yesterday, I took five of the older boys to the beach. Interestingly enough, because Joseph had told me the day before that there was absolutely no chance of me taking any of them to the beach before I left. When I first got here he said sure sure sure, you can take them, so I was very angry about him changing his status on the subject. I told the LORD that night. "We ARE going the the beach!!!!!" sand the very next moring (favorite part:) the LORD allowed a locale politician to get killed in traffic, hit by a Lory or trampled by a water buffalo not sure what killed him, but all the same his sacrifice of life gave my boys the day off from school allowing us to go to the beach!!!! Who needs politicians anyway:) haha
Sad for the other 45 kids that didn't get to come, but I soon realized that when you are only one person and there are 50 kids you can't let disappointing the masses stop you from blessing one individual and creating some identity for one person. Something that kinda spoiled the journey for three of the boys was CAR SICKNESS!!!! lol I never even thought about them never riding in a car before let along a 3 hour drive!!!! I felt so bad especially for Ravitejah who just never quit throwing up. We finally got there, to the worst beach I have ever seen, lol but to them it was the best and worst looking beach due to never seeing one before! we had a good time they were really happy. On the way home we stopped and got some fried rice, which turned out to be the best meal I have had in India not to mention it's cost of only $2.00 !!!!
Bought more Guavas and Bananason on the jurney home as well:)
This last week I have been having a great time with the children here and all, I made the oldest girl here a dress from fabric I bought on eBay here in India, I am such a Jew I wasn't happy with the prices here for cloth of like $2-3 a yard. haha I was like, what this is India, they sell all their cloth for like $0.10 a yard to the clothing companies. we should be able to get it for around $0.50 a yard...had to settle for a $1.20...
My father had a phrase about pinching a silver nickle so tight that you made the Indian on the face ride the buffalo on the back, in this case I am making Gandhi ride the cow!!! haha
I baked a birthday cake with Jitendrah over the fire outside, it worked very well we used the Ghee beaters to beat the eggs, (nothing like a whisk, don't talk about a mixer) then I used two huge pots as an oven one smaller inside upside down, plus the lid over the whole thing. (pics below)
I am suppose to be leaving here the 5th or the 7th due to Hindu terror, which there happens to be none of??? I am not going to Nepal now either, I love it here in Andrha Predesh and I plan to stay another month, not sure where yet??? I hope to stay with some other church members in the area, this will be a big hassle I for see with Joseph. So please pray for a place for me to stay in the area that will allow me the freedom to be myself and love people in an adventurers way:)
I have done very little photo snapping, to busy having a good time with the children, but I have collected a mere1,800 total trip count. Other main reason for nit carrying around a 4LB camera is I become a by stander instead of a participate, it's bad enough being white here, having folks lining up to see me. My joke is a need a tee-shirt that says something like, "1 Rupee to look at the white man, two to shake his hand" possibly on the back something along the lines of "I love steak" haha
I was fascinated with one little face, and had to go grab a camera the other day!!! One of my goals here is to shoot the beautiful people in the misery here, I feel like anyone can take heart grabbing pics of poor kids sick, soon to be dying old folks,,, etc. But I want to capture the beauty and dignity of these "people" that just might not happen to have much more then what they are wearing.
Sad for the other 45 kids that didn't get to come, but I soon realized that when you are only one person and there are 50 kids you can't let disappointing the masses stop you from blessing one individual and creating some identity for one person. Something that kinda spoiled the journey for three of the boys was CAR SICKNESS!!!! lol I never even thought about them never riding in a car before let along a 3 hour drive!!!! I felt so bad especially for Ravitejah who just never quit throwing up. We finally got there, to the worst beach I have ever seen, lol but to them it was the best and worst looking beach due to never seeing one before! we had a good time they were really happy. On the way home we stopped and got some fried rice, which turned out to be the best meal I have had in India not to mention it's cost of only $2.00 !!!!
Bought more Guavas and Bananason on the jurney home as well:)
This last week I have been having a great time with the children here and all, I made the oldest girl here a dress from fabric I bought on eBay here in India, I am such a Jew I wasn't happy with the prices here for cloth of like $2-3 a yard. haha I was like, what this is India, they sell all their cloth for like $0.10 a yard to the clothing companies. we should be able to get it for around $0.50 a yard...had to settle for a $1.20...
My father had a phrase about pinching a silver nickle so tight that you made the Indian on the face ride the buffalo on the back, in this case I am making Gandhi ride the cow!!! haha
I baked a birthday cake with Jitendrah over the fire outside, it worked very well we used the Ghee beaters to beat the eggs, (nothing like a whisk, don't talk about a mixer) then I used two huge pots as an oven one smaller inside upside down, plus the lid over the whole thing. (pics below)
I am suppose to be leaving here the 5th or the 7th due to Hindu terror, which there happens to be none of??? I am not going to Nepal now either, I love it here in Andrha Predesh and I plan to stay another month, not sure where yet??? I hope to stay with some other church members in the area, this will be a big hassle I for see with Joseph. So please pray for a place for me to stay in the area that will allow me the freedom to be myself and love people in an adventurers way:)
I have done very little photo snapping, to busy having a good time with the children, but I have collected a mere1,800 total trip count. Other main reason for nit carrying around a 4LB camera is I become a by stander instead of a participate, it's bad enough being white here, having folks lining up to see me. My joke is a need a tee-shirt that says something like, "1 Rupee to look at the white man, two to shake his hand" possibly on the back something along the lines of "I love steak" haha
I was fascinated with one little face, and had to go grab a camera the other day!!! One of my goals here is to shoot the beautiful people in the misery here, I feel like anyone can take heart grabbing pics of poor kids sick, soon to be dying old folks,,, etc. But I want to capture the beauty and dignity of these "people" that just might not happen to have much more then what they are wearing.
These pictures are wonderful. I'm glad to hear you are having a goo time. Sometimes things don't turn out like we had planned and it's wise to be thankful for all the opportunities and blessings despite this. This will be a life changing experience! Thinking of you and praying.
ReplyDeleteMake that a good time, not goo!
ReplyDeleteThanks Luaren! God is working everything together for good, cause we love him here:)
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