My hair felt like dreadlocks. Between the constant dust, the wind from the car window and the fact that I had not shampooed it in many days, my hair was very curly and frizzy. Not a good look! There has not been electricity for the past 2 days but even so, I was [...]
Jim, an American visitor to St Devi’s recently spent time teaching English in the classrooms. At recess he noticed the basketball hoops were broken and there were no swings on the swing set. He questioned Devi and she explained that money was tight so she must spend it on essentials and though basketball [...]
Esha is a girl who resides at the LOT Home in Relli, India. She is a gentle pretty girl but her story is anything but pretty. When she was just a small child her mother abandoned the family, leaving her 3 daughters with their father. He was uneducated, working at various odd jobs [...]
I have finished with my ‘bucket’ bath and now I am ready for the day. Bucket baths are unusual for most Westerns but it is something I am accustomed to since it is standard practice at the LOT Home in Relli as well as most of the people living in the hill district. [...]
A mental image comes to my mind of a mother hen gathering her little chicks around her. When I am visiting one of the TWAM children’s homes, I gather the children around to listen to what is happening in their world. They are so eager to share, to laugh, to sit and visit [...]
Holi Festival is a Hindu festival to the ‘god of nature’. It is also called the festival of colors because all the colorful flowers will soon be in bloom. It is a time to recognize the beginning of spring. As a way to celebrate people take chalk dust in various colors and rub [...]
Five small children press their faces against the schoolroom window watching me as I watch the children of St. Devi’s Academy. The adorable faces belong to 4 year olds, two little students from Nursery Class. The lower grades are standing in rows on the playground singing with enthusiasm, a song called “Showers of [...]
It is a 45 minute flight from Kathmandu to Bhadrapur. More and more people are traveling by air in Nepal and the 50 passenger commercial propeller airplane is twice the size of the planes previously used on this route. The plane flew to an elevation of 15,500 feet so it gave me the [...]
I just walked through the narrow streets of Kathmandu heading to my favorite breakfast restaurant. All the shops were closed, the garage door entrances locked tight. I turned right on the main street walking through the damp air and was disappointed to find the restaurant closed due to the Holi Festival. I ducked [...]
Sujana Lama was a student and full time resident at St. Devi’s Academy for 13 years. She has changed her name to Christine but her kind, industrious nature hasn’t changed. After graduating from St. Devi’s she attended junior college for 2 years studying science. For the past 3½ years she’s been a student [...]