Once again this past week another major US holiday passed without as much as a thought here in Nepal. The first year or two I didn't really think it was that big of a deal. But then I realize that because I generally don't celebrate many major Nepali holidays, due to the fact that they are predominantly Hindu, I kind of miss out on holidays all together. One thing that will help though is that the government of Nepal has now decided to add Christmas to the list of official national holidays here. So hopefully that means the Karuna Ghar girls won't have to be sitting in school taking exams on Christmas day like they have in previous years.
We did however have a bit of a celebration on July 5th to celebrate the 4th. The American Center here, which is the place that Kara and I have been playing football, has a celebration each year for American citizens to get together and eat some good food. They had swimming, a barbecue and pony/elephant rides for the kiddos. So that was fun. Here are some pictures from the day... unfortunately the swimming pictures didn't make the cut because Kara told me I wasn't allowed to post them publicly, haha. And well the pictures of Calvin... let's just say, I cut them myself for the sake of anyone who reads this blog.
Our three new staff members, Calvin, Andrew and Jesse:
Krishna the elephant giving rides:
The four Wests kiddos who will be leaving Nepal later this month:
Comments (2)
I am wondering where my swimming pool picture is, and I am also wondering why it didn't make the cut????
The picture of your face is enough already... sheesh! What else do you WANT?!?!?!