Thursday, April 9, 2009

Home Sweet Home!

When we left two weeks ago everything was lush green and now all the wheat is golden. It is so hot here! Next week starts wheat harvest, and the boys will be up early and go to bed late. We too are going to be really busy this week with preparations for Easter Sunday. We have feet washing, communion, decorating Easter eggs and have a big Sunday brunch for all the boys. I am going through the Passion week in all four gospels which has been really interesting.
There as been many changes with where the boys are living. Two of the older boys in the middle house have moved into the big boys house and two of the boys from the small boys house are now in the middle. There is such a change in the way that the boys act now that Amanda has become the house parent. Sometimes it is bad (please pray that they find house parents for the boys they really need a male figure in their lives) but overall it has been such a good change. Yesterday as I was putting the boys to bed, Borat had his feet on mine as he was trying to buy more time to stay up and he looked at me and said, “I love you”. Indian culture is not all snuggles and I am not sure if saying I love you is even that common, so it really meant a lot.
School starts a new semester on Wednesday, I will be teaching Social Studies, General Knowledge ( the kids have to remember random facts, Why? I have no clue) and helping in Math for Third class.

Happy Easter!!!

Please pray:
For Amanda, who is taking on a huge responsibility.
For the boys to be good examples for the younger ones and at school.

books books books

We read to the boys ALL the time. They want books to be read to them at bed time, after work time, and will take them to bed during rest time. I also use the books in class and read them to Susanna as I help her. I thought that it would be a cool way to connect the boys with my community in Chicago if everyone would send their favorite book that they had read to them when they were little. If you would like too, please send a paper back copy( which is lighter and will not cost as much) to the address below. In addition, if you could right a memory in the front cover the boys would love that!
We have: Good Night Moon, Giving Tree ( my favorite), Where the Wild Things Are, Flat Stanley, The Cat and the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, Danny the Dinosaur, and if there are doubles we can donate to the library at the school.
Thank you!

Kelly Hochstetter
Shishya SchoolVillage- Attak Farm
P.O. Selaqui Dehradun
Uttarkhand- Pin- 248197