These last few days have been incredible. We have been having a great time teaching at the Dalit Education Center. This school has been started for the children who have been denied education due to the caste they were born into. We have fallen in love with them. They are so well behaved and eager to learn. Chris has been teaching Math and I have been teaching health and nutrition. There are about 150 kids in grades K-6. We play lots of games with them and they try to teach us their games and laugh when we don't understand the rules. Monday was a national holiday... Kite day!! The whole city shuts down and thousands of kites can be seen in the sky. We flew kites with the kids and had a blast with them.
We have been eating lots of curry and everything we eat is very hot and spicy. Lots of chicken and rice. The weather has been in the 80's and very nice.
I taught health and nutrition at a womens meeting where the majority of the women there were HIV positive. They had lots of questions for me. I really enjoyed interacting with the women of the village. They were so open and told us sad stories of the abuse and rejection in their lives.
Today Chris shared at a men's empowerment meeting. He realized the men who attended have a deep desire to have a better life for their children and are willing to work hard for this opportunity.
We are exhausted after long hours and traffic that is out of control.
We love you!!! Janice and Chris
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