October 4, 2009
Today’s been my first “down” day. Last night I couldn’t sleep, and I woke up this morning feeling pretty under the weather. I think I may have caught the cold the kids were so kindly sharing with one another. My throat’s a little achy and my body aches like I got beat up. But Chloe said if anyone was prepared for a medical situation, it would be me (I probably have Nepal’s largest pharmacy right here in my room). So, I’m a little drugged up, and I’ll definitely be taking some stuff to knock me out tonight! This whole not getting a full nights sleep just won’t do! So, that would be my first prayer request... the kids are all worried I caught swine flu from my brother- never mind the fact that he’s in the US and caught it over 2 weeks after I left! I’m just saying... ;) They’re threatening to wear face masks to make sure they don’t get it; actually, I think that’d be awesomely funny! Probably healthier too.
And Chloe left today, which is hugely sad. My rooms just not the same without her :(. From spoons to Speed to Uno, we had a great time with the kiddos. Not to mention the fact that she’s great on the guitar, speaks ENGLISH as her native language, and we enjoyed bouncing theological questions off each other! AND I have an awesome new repertoire of words to use on a daily basis: “Quit your whenging” (Quit your complaining), “We have stacks of crayons” (We have tons of crayons), and more that may have crept into my vocab :). She’s spending another 6 weeks at another orphanage here in Nepal, run by a non-Christian group. Should be really interesting for her!
AND I finally heard from the principal of the kids’ school. Great, because we start back tomorrow. And I will indeed be teaching math; Grades 5, 6, and 7, though those don’t line up with the American system at all! To put it into perspective, the stuff I was teaching freshmen in the US I’ll be teaching to the grade 5 kiddos. Most of them will be 12-14 years old. So, I think it’s kind of comparable. The catch: Nepal isn’t on the Aribic numeral system that the West uses. Yeah, they’re on the Devanagari system. To make things even more complicated, my 9 is like their 1, my 6 is their 7, and 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 are totally different. Thankfully, 2, 3, and 0 are close to the same. So, I would so appreciate prayers over this as well! It might take me a few days (weeks?!) to get my feet underneath me! But I do have the books, so guess what I’ll be doing the rest of the day?! Math, here I come!
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So 1 + 1 really isn't 2? You're doing great Anneliese - we sure are proud of what God is doing through you! That darned cold is just a speed bump. You'll be better in no time - and you'll have the Devan-whatchamacallit numbers figured out before most of us can multiply 9 times 6 (or is that 1 time 7?)! I love you!
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