boys will be boys

What is with boys and fighting. I love being with the boys, but I do not get the whole fighting thing. When we went to Goa the boys that we went with all they wanted to do was wrestle. It is something that I will never understand. I guess I could join in, but I really do not want to get hurt.

So last week the boys had these little winter gloves and were calling them boxing gloves and invivted me to their boxing match. I the past they would put on ALL their clothes and be sumo wrestlers. They had so many clothes that they were not able to put their arms down. So cute. In the "boxing match" Thapa and Shubaum would swing at each other, they would do the little boxer dance, and would fall on the ground. Predeep would encourage them and play his little bango, that he made out of a old paddle ball paddle. In the middle of the fight little Ratan came in with chai. You can not have any kind of meeting with out chai. So here comes Ratan with the top of a pot filled with cups that were filled with water.

He was super cute.

I realized how blessed I am to be spending these play times with the boys. I really want to press the Pause button and not let them grow up Ajay scolded Bharat for eating after we had all finished, because he did not have good manners. I thought, Wow, they are such little gentlemen.

But, wait, wait, wait!!!!

Ajay, Shubaum, and Predeep could not watch the movie because they were all in punishment for saying a bad word. My thought of them being perfect little gentlemen went out the window.

There here!!!

On the way home from Goa the train was over 6 hours late, yes 58 hours on the train not fun. But, we had to run to make the next train plus pick up the new volunteers. The train stop we said, "Good Bye" to Frieda's family and rushed off to the next train station. Of course the taxi after we got all of our stuff in it would not start. YIKES. But, it got started and we were off. But at a major stop light the taxi again broke down. Asher had to get out a push the taxi, What would we do without him? We made it, but of course we sat there for another hour. They are always late. But we met everyone and it all worked out.
Katie from England is an artist, super cool!!! She is really a answer to my prayers. I am excited to learn more about her. She is really funny.
Kara and Jeremy are from the states, it is really cool to have a couple here. It helps me grow as a person to see Christians do life together. He is really sweet and is a "handy man" so he will be a really good since there is so much work to do on the farm. Kara is excited about teaching and she brought a lot of teaching material.
I have been waiting and praying for them for months, so it is excited for them to finally be here.

Praise God for them!!!!!!

Chillaxing in Goa.

Goa is the most beatiful place in the world. It was such a blessing to go and to see what I call, "India's best kept secret." The days consisted of swimming, eating, and more swimming. I actually had a real Hamburger. It was good to feel like I was at home wearing make up and putting on a dress. You don't realize how much you need a break until you are in the middle of it. It was also a good time to quite down and think about the last year, and my plans for the future. I realized that I feel the most like Kelly, being busy. It was something that I have been struggling with but now I have more peace about it. I will post pictures as soon as I can.

I've got the joy, joy, joy joy, down in my heart....

My New Years Resolution is JOY.

J esus, o thers, y ourself.

If you see me and I am not being joyful...please call me out on it.

Lonely, but not alone.

All the other volunteers left on Saturday the 19^th in the afternoon. That night as I was walking to the boys house, I almost started to cry. I was all alone!! But the second I got near the boys house, Anshuman screamed, "Mam, are you lonely?" Followed by a parade of questions...

What is this?

What is that?

When are you leaving?

When are we going to do our holiday homework?

I need paper!!!! No, No, I need white paper. Chart Paper!!!

I need lice shampoo, my head is itching.

Even though having all the girls here is such a blessing and when school is going on. I now know that I CAN DO this. I thought that I needed the girls, but I am selfish and I love having all the boys to myself, if only for a little bit.

They were so cute, I came in and the tackled me. They told me all about their families, which they never talk about. They said, " we are supposed to talk about our families, right?" It is really cool to hear them open up.

I am keeping myself busy. I got back into gardening, which I love to do. You gotta see this place. It is a process but they let me do anything so I am loving it.

I am off the week to the beautiful beaches of Goa. Please Pray that I use this time to really pray about where God is leading me. I seem to always be busy, I really need time to stop and quite down. You all know that I can busy myself in a box.