Can't Believe it's Almost Over - Rachel Rawlings

I really can’t believe that our time here with the girls is almost over. Tomorrow is our last day with them, and I am dreading saying goodbye so much.  I already got a taste of it with saying goodbye to Poonam and Lata, the two girls from Kullu.  For our last night with them, they helped us paint a new school building. We gave them some of our t-shirts to wear, and we had a big paint fight and dance party while we painted.  I don’t think I’ve ever had so much fun in my entire life as I did that last night just laughing and dancing with the two greatest girls in the entire world! 

The Luxuries of India - Rachel Rawlings

I had forgotten some of the luxuries of India since I was last here, but I have been adequately reminded of them already.  One of them is the fantastic squatters; another is the gigantic spiders.  I will forever have the image in my mind of James screaming like a little girl and Jeff running straight into Ben as a spider chased them.  I think that all of the Indian people here at the NHPC think that we Americans are crazy!  But that is beside the point…