I am back.

I am sorry that I have not posted anything in so long. I have had a nightmare with the password. But in the end Jesus came through !!! I had given up on ever getting my password and a hacker guy here said the same thing, but in the morning I woke up and there was an email that said, " Here is your new password" I quickly typed it in ( since electricity is limited) and ta da it worked !!!! So a lot has happened in the past 6 weeks. I have lots of pictures and stories, but where to begin?

Testing is over!

School is out for the next two weeks- Ashish announced at Friday devotions that he wanted to praise God for passing him and he is now in First classes.

Shubaum and Thapa studied soooo hard and Thapa got 22 out of 25 on his Science test. Thapa is special needs, but I let him use that as an excluse. He does need help with math. NEVER ask him a question about numbers. The teacher said that he had finished too fast and did not know the topic. She asked him, "How many bones do you have in your body?" Opps, wrong question. He said 2. But with this test score his teacher was so proud of him. The week before she came up to me and was complaining that he was not studying and not answering questions in class. I assured her that he was studying and the test score showed how hard he worked.

My first class all did so well on their test. They now know so much English and are asking questions, which is a really big deal.

Susanna got a 87% on her test- last year she got a 10%- it is amazing to see so much improvement.

All the boys did so well,

Praise God!!!

From choices to PEACE

Since I got here in August I have been praying about what to do with my life. I really thought that I was going to be here forever. But I really feel that God is has a different plan for me. I am so excited to have seen so much change over the past couple of months, but I really want to do more and that is not really an option. The boys here are so blessed. They have amazing house parents, a good school, they life with their best friends.

The sky is the limit.

Over the test time one of the boys from school snuck over to see where the boys lived. I am very protective of them and was scared of what an outsider would think. But I am not a boy. He thought that it was so cool to live with 14 other boys and he said, "this is so cool, you get everything for free." Not really ,but he is only in thrid grade, so I do not think he fully understands.

I feel that God is pulling to help other kids that do not have a Shishya.

Please pray that God opens doors for me when I get back.

Shishya Summer

The seasons change so quickly here that the trees are even confused. Some of the trees are in full bloom and are beautiful, while others the leaves are coming off as if it is fall. It has been fun
hanging out with the pools and not having all the pressure of exams. We have played Uno and I taught them Slap. It is nice to have lunch in the shade and dinner and devotions out on the porch. We have new story books thanks to Diane and have been reading those. The pool is such a relief. It is such a blessing to have this time with the boys.

I am enjoying now before monsoon season starts and it becomes to hot to even think.

I heart my sister!

Diane came to India!!!!

It has been a whirl wind the past ten days. I took a overnight down to Delhi to get her and then off for a day of shopping in the market. Not a lot of shopping with her because of jet lag, but then off to the Taj Mahal. Diane said that, We go to places that people dream about." It was amazing! I have never seen anything so bright. After a million pictures, you need to make sure that you get the perfect shot. We spent the rest of the day loughing around. Then back to Delhi and than ALL the way to the farm.
It was so fun for her to met all the boys that I have been talking about and see what my day to day life consist of. Which includes waking up early to fill up your water bottles, watering the plants,. No you can not wear that, and spending time reading with the boys. She said that she has never seen kids run to read stories.

I had so much fun with her and am excited to spent the summer with her!