Yesterday, in the morning we went to see the land where Naresh is planning to start building his new school shortly. Then we went to Mutu's village, which is on the edge of a tea plantation, and visited his house and family. He had invited the neighbours over for a presentation, so Trent did his first aid presentation and Leesa did her hygiene presentation. Everyone was quite interested, and it was interesting to see at least one person following the English, as well as the translation. Then Bob did a short lesson on spiritual nourishment. He was interrupted at one point by a short chicken fight. Fortunately, the concerned parties seemed to be able to sort their differences with only a little difficulty, and the one hen headed off with her chicks in another direction. Not your usual interruption, but it gave a little more credence to Leesa talking about washing your hands before eating, especially when you live around animals.
I will try to post pictures when we are back in Guwahati.
Anyway, in the evening, we went to the Lenin Colony, which is a leprosy colony. The children of the colony came to hear us. They sang us songs, and then I taught them a couple of new songs, and told a story. Then we did the colouring bedlam again. Always interesting. This morning I went out and bought more boxes of crayons, in an effort to slightly reduces the levels of frustration, and make sure the colours go around better. After everyone got their pictures stamped with a Canada stamp, Leesa did a short presentation on washing your hands and such.
Then we visited and took pictures of everyone, because they wanted to see themselves on camera. A universal trait.
Anyway, an interesting day.
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