School, no sick day!

Nadim’s cold has spread to all of us now, but he’s feeling much better. I’ve been sniffling and dealing with a painfully sore throat. Yasmin is coughing a lot and has a bit of a runny nose too. Roya is the least affected, but I do hear her coughing occasionally too. Hopefully we’ll all be over it as quickly as Nadim was.

We did make it to the school and I had brought the camera again. All the kids are very excited about getting their picture taken. A group who had seen our camera last time were asking “Photo? Photo?” so of course I stopped to take their picture. Before I knew it there was a bunch of kids running to be in the picture. They all wanted to see the result so I showed them on the display and there were all kinds of excited ooohs and aaahs.

We went in to see our regular kids who are boarding at the school. We played a card game with them, and we played another memory game with clapping and numbers. We also played Simon Says and had a lot of fun with that too.

Today is Wednesday and they get to wear white skirts with coloured shirts instead of their regular sky blue uniform. Their shirts are red, yellow, grean, purple, or blue. I took another picture of the group and it turned out quite colourful.

Tonight we made burritos again. Nadim had to take a picture of us. You can see us in the kitchen that we worked so hard in to make spotless. You can also see a tin plate and cup in the background. These are very typical to India. We have our chai in those cups all the time. They do get hot, so you have to hold them by the rim. Takes some getting used to, but I’m no longer burning my fingers. Yasmin and Roya are also enjoying chai in these cups and have learned to handle them properly. They wait until the chai is cooler before drinking though.

The power went out just after this shot and we had to finish cooking our meal by candlelight. We ate by candlelight too, but it came back on just in time for dishes!

P.S. The girls wish Kendra a Happy Birthday!

CM