It was the hottest day in the history of the universe today. Even the Indians were struggling, so me and Lyds didn't stand a chance. In other news guess what walked up our road yesterday!
Yup, a full blown elephant. On the first day of the carnival a school bus drove into the river & 7 children died, so it was cancelled and postponed. Only for one day though it would seem, as this specimen was seen a day later, followed by a load of men in drag.
We went back to the day care centre in Birla today (which is slightly further away), and taught the easter story to the children, which involved making easter baskets, playing chicken-beetle drive, a few pairs of bunny ears, a story, a song and a whole load of biscuits, icing sugar and sweets (naturally). We’ve only been to this day centre once before so I don’t know many of the children’s names, but they were all super excited about everything we were doing – this was probably partly due to the fact that they were so high on sugar!
One very cute part was when I showed them a wooden heart (one of Josh’s in fact), to tell them about God’s love, and when I asked them what shape it was they said ‘I love you’ haha, which is a good name for a shape I thought.
After that we went to pastor David & Pushpa’s house for lunch again, we’re getting to know them & their children quite well after going to their church on Sunday & seeing them at Monday worship which is held at the day care centre in the afternoon. I know you’re not supposed to have favourites but their daughter Jessia is pretty much one of the cutest things to ever walk the planet – probably on par with a baby kitten. She’s 4 years old & quite small for her age, especially compared to her twin brother, but her English is really good & she’s so sweet, I think she’s going to be very mature when she’s older, you can already see that streak in her. Apart from when she’s showing you how well she can kick the ball INSIDE THE HOUSE, and her parents are encouraging it! It goes against everything we were told as kids!
Lyds & I then decided to be mature ourselves when we came home, and had a clear out of our food and rubbish – only to find that in the absence of a fridge, the infamous Alpen milk had gone sour :/ This would normally be fine, but considering we have yet to have our bin emptied out and don’t seem to be anywhere near to any dustbins, it proved a bit of a dilemma. After deciding we couldn’t chuck it out the window, we decided to put it down the plug on the bathroom floor & hose it down with the shower, as demonstrated below.
When this proved unsuccessful we went for the sink option. This was more successful, however our bathroom had a particularly funky smell until we drowned it with spray, soap & shower gel! Think we will either steer clear of milk in the future, or have a milk party the day we buy it and drink until its gone, perhaps inviting the neighbours if it becomes a struggle.
Think that’s all my updates for today, I’ll write again soon
Amy x
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