Suita, my writer!

January 12, 2010
Sunita is the oldest of the girls, though Isha is the one who has the personality of an oldest child (trust me, I know... being an oldest child myself, I know the stress of wanting everything done right and perhaps maintaining a bossy personality to ensure that it is done correctly!). So, Sunita usually steps back, but occasionally, she’ll jump in and we’ll have a conflict of which way is better! But more often, Sunita lets Isha go and just watches from the sidelines!

If Isha has my “bossy” personality (I still don’t like to claim that title, though I know it’s true!), then Sunita has my writer’s personality. She’s gone through I don’t know how many diaries/journals since I arrived, and loves to write in them during church, jotting down notes here and there. She always seems to have a journal of some sort on her and is equipped with a pen to write out her emotions as she’s one of the girls least likely to show her feelings.

Sunita struggles with school, but that could also be because she’s skipped grades to catch up with the kids her age, so her foundation is even weaker than most kids. However, she’s quick to ask for help, and her mind tends to understand, but there’s so much that she just can’t remember it all. Most the time she prefers to study on her own, with her independence driving her until she decides that she has to ask for help. If you walk into our kitchen after school, there’s a 95% chance she’ll be camped at the kitchen table studying while intermittently helping Didi with the cooking!

Her mom lives nearby in Kathmandu, so she goes home more than the other kids. She loves spending time with her mom whenever possible! At church, she helps lead worship, and has a great voice! She often does our special songs on Saturdays, and she’s very involved with the youth group. She also is a fantastic dancer, and dances at almost all of our special programs for church or the children’s home! It’s a lot of fun watching her dance the traditional Nepali dances :).

While it took me awhile to get to know Sunita, she and I have a bond now built on laughter and trust and I really feel like I know her well. I don’t know all of her story (though I hope to hear it before I leave!), but I know her heart, and that’s where our friendship is built! We can just sit and talk about nothing for 30 minutes without even realizing how much time has passed. Or we sit and make cards for our friends together, writing novels to our audience of one. I cherish my time with her, and pray that God takes her far in life, wherever that may be!