into the world: Still Alive.

Greetings Friends & Family,

Sorry it has taken a year and half to get a new blog post on here, but I was struck ill with a laryngitis/bronchitis type sickness for a bit, and then I was in New Dehli for a week. So I have been without computer, and a voice/brain for a good part of last month. Hopefully your anticipation for a new post will make this one THAT much better!

Anyway, I have been pretty busy here with work and just life in general I suppose. Things have been going very well. The kids are still as precious as ever and we have all been learning and having lots of fun together. I just completed a couple of paintings for the kids’ rooms, a princess castle and a pirate ship… I will not be posting pictures though; it would look as though my four years of art classes went to waste. But, the kids love them and have continued with the themes, putting up stickers and drawings they have made themselves. So nice!

As I said before I took a little trip to Delhi. And by little I mean, 24 hour train ride one way. Yep. It really wasn’t as bad as it sounds, I promise. The people are very friendly and the seats folded and such into nice little bunks when it was time to rest. While there we stayed with a man, Amit, who Jared used to work with in the States, and his wife, mother and brother. They showed us around Dehli and also took us up to Agra to see the Taj Mahal for a day. They were so generous and so welcoming. It was an amazing trip, full of history, conversation, food, Chai and new experiences. So happy I was able to go!

I got back from Delhi on Thanksgiving Day, then we all got together and had a lovely Thanksgiving meal that included stuffing, crescent rolls, mashed potatoes, chicken and pumpkin AND apple pie. Delicious! To top it all off, we skyped in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade...Yep, you heard me. Skyped in. As in, someone sat a computer in from of the TV and we watched it through our computer here. Thanks technology. Many of the people I am working with are Dutch and were having their first Thanksgiving meal! It was pretty fantastic to be part of that… we made sure to tell them about Black Friday as well. Yay America.

Well, here are some pictures from the trip… enjoy!