another cup of coffee, please

Ken and Frieda, the couple that started the school, boys home, teen center, among other projects, are always so busy. Every time I see Ken he is drinking coffee. So I decided that I too will drink a lot of coffee and then I too will get so much done. I can not take naps here, but around 4:00 I start to crash. I have been drinking coffee and kinda getting more done and having a harder time at night to fall asleep. I thought that the more coffee I drink the more productive I would be. I realized after the dark circles under my eyes and the being on edge that it is not the coffee, but it is Jesus that his giving him all that energy. One friends said that you don’t work so hard God will still love you and another friend said, "Well if you have a day off and you are not teaching, Where do you find purpose?" I am trying to get rid of the idea that God will love me the more I pour into the school and into the boys. In reality, He loves us no matter what!

Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith! Romans 3:27.

So in God’s eyes he doesn’t really care how many display boards I do, how many flash cards I make, how many things I try to improve at the school.......all he wants his my faith to be in him.

For Real, I git hit by a bus!

Okay this is what happened.... Amanda and I got into town and called the farm to send out a car to pick us up because we had big bags, it was hot, and Amanda twisted her ankle on the trek. After an hour they sent an old ricked scooter for us. UMMMM, I was not to trilled about it. So Amanda, VJ ( one of the boys that was sent to pick us up), me and all of our shopping tried to fit on this scooter. Fifteen seconds later after we left a huge bus comes full sped ahead right at us and smacks my hand, I was in shock. I told him to pull over, my hand was purple, and all my veins were sticking up. We could have died if we were a little closer. I was so mad that they had sent a scooter, when we have a car. I was a little shaken and my hand is pretty banged up, but I know that there was an Angle with us because it could of been worse.

I will never go on a scooter again!!!!!

To do list: nog, nap, and bath

Over the weekend we did our trek in the Himalayas. It was amazing!! There our no words to describe our experience. Ashare was our guide, his sister Nibha, Amanda and I. It took us three days to get to Nag Tiba and we rested a day before coming back down. The first night we stayed in a valley next to a river in an abanded rice field, the next night in a field of daisies, and the next on top a mountain ridge. It was hard, I am not going to lie, but I would do it all over again. Here is what God taught me...

There will be different people that you will met on your journey. Some will lie to you, some will speak the truth. We met people at just the right time when we would come to a fork in the path. Sometimes they would tell us the truth at other times, as costomary in India, they would give us the wrong directions. In life I have been told many lies and God has also put people in my life that have spoken wisdom in times of need.

In the sixth hour I wanted to give up!!! It was a lot of steep uphill climbs with a 50 pound pack on your back. We were tried and wanted to call it a day, but had to keep going to get to a place with water. At those times Amanda and I would break out those rusty cheers from our past.

Give me a V, dot the I, curl the C ...TORY!!!

The only way to get through hard times is to praise God and be joyful, or you will just want to quit.

After lunch it was hard to get going again. There are times in our lives when it is hard to get going again. After high school, after college, after my triatholon. We need to keep going in life and in the end there will be so many blessings. The pictures do not do the scenery justice.

Everyday I hear......

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

You did not bring this, you did not bring that, where is this? Where is that?

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

I want this, give me this, give me that, where did you put that?

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

thank you

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam Mam

Mam

it is the little, "thank you, mam" s that make it all worth it.

Fresh Mountian Air

We did it!!! Yes we walked 12 miles up into the mountains. It was supposed to take 3-4 hours, but we took the long way and finished it in 7. It was amazing. There was fog everywhere I thought that I was in a movie. It was really good to get away-to have different food and a warm shower. I have started to train for our 5-day trek.

We were talking about how was the transition back. It felt that I was able to jump right in. I can not believe that it has been over a month. I am not sure how I am going to be able to leave this place. As we were putting the boys to bed, Bhorat was being so snugly. I worry about them so much how can I leave them in 8 months? It is good that we have so much help here now with all the girls. I feel like I can really help the boys in school because there is more one-on-one attention. It is amazing to see them grow.

While we were in the mountains we played with a group of kids that were living there. I was so much fun to be around girls, and I met a little guy, that I feel in love with. I am trying to figure out how to get him home with me. I am not sure if all his clothes will fit. He did multiple outfit changes in the time that we were there.