Daily Frustration

As everyone knows, time in India passes slowly. We have read a lot and talked to the girls morning and evening but actually getting involved in the school life has not happened.

This is generally because it is exam time and so girls and staff are very focussed in ensuring that their time is maximised toward study, from our point of view, to the exclusion of everything else.

So we sit and wait. Today we will talk to the Hostel Warden re ways we could assist the girls with their study and hopefully that will open some more doors. The Warden generally will not do anything until the Principal has said it is OK but we believe that this OK has already been given.

The flip side to this is that it has only been a week, although it seems longer, and in that time we have made great progress getting to know the kids. We have individual photos of every girl plus group photos of each year level on our computer. Lynn has studied these hard and now knows most of the girls by name. Unfortunately I am struggling in this area but have a lot I know.

We pray that this afternoon will be another small step forward for us in our work here.

Lynn's sleep continues to be interrupted by mosquitoes. Despite screens, cream and a thing that plugs into the power to scare them away, they continue to attack her. I can lie blissfully on top of the bed without a shirt and not get bitten.