Sunday

We went out to the school at Kalipani today for church service. There were about 35 people or so there. I taught the children's class. We did the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours. One of the boys translated for me. Of course these children are taking school in English, but a translator is still nice, since I am sure English is not their first language. They all colour beautifully however, and like to sing songs. Autumn Mcmillan helped by doing the flannelboard pictures for me.

We ate with the staff and the boarding students for lunch; rice and vegetable curry and a salad, and had a chance to visit. Then we drove back to Mcmillans and rested before going to an evening church service in another part of Guwahati. I will have to take some pictures of driving through the streets, because it is really difficult to describe. In any case the road to Kalipani village, which by the way is inside the Guwahati city limits, is very .... difficult. Steep, winding, unpaved mostly, 1 1/2 lanes of traffic, so passing is .... difficult, and the road is, of course used as the walking path and for bicycles, rickshaws, cattle and goats, and this is on a mountain, so there are no other options for paths... and for part of the ....road, they have put in 2 paved tracks, one for each wheel. I understand that this is an improvement, and makes the road passable during the monsoons, when, Ellen tells me, it can be really scary driving, but it doesn't do so much for passing. Anyway, I must say, I enjoyed it. I have added some pictures, but am still working out how to label them, so you may have to guess. They are all from the Bread of Life Academy at Kalipani village, anyway.