This is on top of the roof where we eat our dinner to watch the sunset. We also eat dinner on Banana leaves because people from India believe it to be more sanitary. We also have the privilege of having an option of the native Indian food (which is amazing!) as well as a fruit salad and/or cucumber/tomato salad. Dinner is so relaxing and really makes you feel like you are connected to something much bigger.
We get the Indian version of a siesta everyday from 2-4 and it is our downtime where we can relax, journal, hang out with friends, or anything that we choose to do with our 2 hour break. I hope when we get back to America that I can continue to adopt this down time, I feel like it will be hard to go back to the high expectation that you are worth how hard you work and how many hours you put into a job. I have never been an advocate of the "Rat Race" that many people try to achieve while living in the states. The mentality of "more, more, more" and still not being satisfied. After being in this country for 2 months though, it will take me a while to adjust back to the American culture. During one of our down times, the girls were all hanging out in the courtyard (except for Sarah who fell asleep!) But there is a hole in the middle of the courtyard, and Danni, who learned how to play the Ukulele in Hawaii, whipped out her Ukulele and started singing sings in the middle of the courtyard! We had such a fun time and ended up turning it into a photo session for the afternoon.
The Children here are SO impressively sweet! They are the children of people who are afflicted with Leprosy, children who in the eyes of India should never receive an education or health care. The children are so very respectful of their teacher and of their house mothers. They immediately love you upon meeting you, and they surround their lives with laughter and smiling faces. The children have prayer before their dinner, and all gather to listen to one of the house mothers talk. It is spoken in Tamal, which is the language of India and has 216 letters- all beautifully scripted and images of circles and swirls. All that I can make out of their letters is swirls and circles, but it is beautiful to see. The children love to play games, and pose for pictures, and they all LOVE dance. At night when I am with the boys in my family, they will do different dance moves and challenge me to reenact them. I showed them a few yoga moves, and they immediately started their own forms of stretches and imitation what I led with. I know that a volunteer last summer taught a yoga class to the kids, and they had loved learning it and quickly wanted to show off everything that they knew.
This is on top of the roof where we eat our dinner to watch the sunset. We also eat dinner on Banana leaves because people from India believe it to be more sanitary. We also have the privilege of having an option of the native Indian food (which is amazing!) as well as a fruit salad and/or cucumber/tomato salad. Dinner is so relaxing and really makes you feel like you are connected to something much bigger.
We get the Indian version of a siesta everyday from 2-4 and it is our downtime where we can relax, journal, hang out with friends, or anything that we choose to do with our 2 hour break. I hope when we get back to America that I can continue to adopt this down time, I feel like it will be hard to go back to the high expectation that you are worth how hard you work and how many hours you put into a job. I have never been an advocate of the "Rat Race" that many people try to achieve while living in the states. The mentality of "more, more, more" and still not being satisfied. After being in this country for 2 months though, it will take me a while to adjust back to the American culture. During one of our down times, the girls were all hanging out in the courtyard (except for Sarah who fell asleep!) But there is a hole in the middle of the courtyard, and Danni, who learned how to play the Ukulele in Hawaii, whipped out her Ukulele and started singing sings in the middle of the courtyard! We had such a fun time and ended up turning it into a photo session for the afternoon. 
The Children here are SO impressively sweet! They are the children of people who are afflicted with Leprosy, children who in the eyes of India should never receive an education or health care. The children are so very respectful of their teacher and of their house mothers. They immediately love you upon meeting you, and they surround their lives with laughter and smiling faces. The children have prayer before their dinner, and all gather to listen to one of the house mothers talk. It is spoken in Tamal, which is the language of India and has 216 letters- all beautifully scripted and images of circles and swirls. All that I can make out of their letters is swirls and circles, but it is beautiful to see. The children love to play games, and pose for pictures, and they all LOVE dance. At night when I am with the boys in my family, they will do different dance moves and challenge me to reenact them. I showed them a few yoga moves, and they immediately started their own forms of stretches and imitation what I led with. I know that a volunteer last summer taught a yoga class to the kids, and they had loved learning it and quickly wanted to show off everything that they knew. 
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