January 1, 2010 2 AM India time
the trip is going well, most of the day was spent on the bus (from 3:30am to 2:30 pm), it was a bumpy ride but i got to sleep and see indian culture up close be peeking out the windows :)
the rest of the day was spent settling in and talking with the children (mostly girls, since we are staying in the girls dormitory compound. ) our rooms are nice but simple and plain. The girls at IREF are so sweet; tonight they painted my nails (only on my right hand though ) and gave me henna tattoos on my left. They all ask my name, but call me sister :) they ask lots of questions about my family and my hobbies. they tell me their names and even though i repeat them back to them, i still forget all of them immediately. They tried teaching me some words in Telugu but to no avail, I am so hopeless when it comes to languages :)
We also spent two hours in church tonight for their new years eve service. It was interesting to watch the way they did things but also kind of boring sine NONE of it was in english and i had no idea what was going on. :)
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