Trent and Leesa head off to ride elephants

So, today Trent and Leesa are off on the part of the trip that they do on their own. They have a day off to go on elephant safari, and then to the tea plantations, to do some health surveys and such. They will have great pictures, when we meet up again next week.

So, today we didn't leave for Kalipani till after they had left. Then we made a couple of detours and such, and didn't get to the school till 10:30. That meant that I only had time to work with one class, because Ray and I needed to go to the airport.... because British Airways had phoned first thing in the morning to say that our luggage would be on a morning flight and we could pick it up at 11:00. Bob couldn't go, because he was giving a test today, so Ray went for him.

The really amazing thing was, when we got to the Jet Airways office, not only did they know what we were there for, they actually had the suitcases in the office waiting. Wow! And the person who brought them out to us wouldn't accept a tip: he said it was part of his job. Okay, what country are we in again? Anyway 3 cheers for Jet Airways, and a little half cheer for British Airways, for finally coming up with the suitcases. Though, as Ray was mentioning, we will now have to find another topic to discuss at the dinner table, and of course we will have 2 or 3 hours per day that we have been spending going to the airport, in which to do other things. Anyway back to more interesting things.

In the afternoon, we went back to Kalipani, and I made valentines with the girls from the Bible school. There was quite a lot of enthusiasm. We did some fancy cutouts, as well as using lace, foam hearts, some paper heart doilies and several fancy pens.

Bernard got the new shelves finished that he has been working on all week, and set them up in the kitchen for the cooks. They were delighted.