NEW ADVENTURES AWAITED! Soon after I returned from Pune it was off to the Ellora and Ajanta Caves. These are massive collections of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples carved right out of the sides of mountains! First we went to Ajanta which has only Buddhist monasteries and temples. These were all carved on the face of one of the cliffs surrounding a beautiful horse shoe ravine. Some dated before christ but often times they were in the AD. It was so incredible, many of the ruins still had the wall paintings thanks to a rule that prohibits flash photography. But also because of that rule all of my pictures inside the temples are very blurry and look like I was swinging the camera round as I took the picture. We hired a guide but all I ... read more

Wow, so a lot has happened since my last post. On Wednesday I had my first class with the kids at the Pumpkin house. We drew a picture of a Christmas scene using triangles, circles, squares and rectangles. We even went as far as to draw boot shaped stockings. The kids were really cute and pretty smart. Especially the older kids did a great job and were so eager to please that they would hold up their sheets of paper every time they finished their particular shape. One boy in particular was the most bold and he would proudly hold up his picture with a big toothy grin. He was also the boy who let me in the first time I came to the orphanage. I don't know their names yet but they are all so ... read more

OK I was going to post pictures...then the power went out. That is India for you. Lets try again shall we?... read more

Well today I woke up extremely late 9:00 compared to my usual 5:45 am, and that was even with my normal bed time of 9:00 pm. Hahaha all those fights about curfew and here I am in bed before 10 like an old lady. Well since I did not wake up in time I was not able to see the people who had had eye surgery the day before but Caran, a lady who works at the hospital let me know that 5 people said that they still could not see which was very sad but atleast it went well for 12 people. The doctor who came in was very cocky and quite in love with himself so we are all kind of blaming the failure on him. However I did wake up in time to ... read more

Wow so here I am...in India. I am technically writing this at about 3 in the morning here on June 18th, three days after I bgan th journey to get here. I was suppose to leave Atlanta at 7:30 am on the 15th but my flight was cancelled and i was moced to the 3:30 pm flight to Newwark New Jearsey. I thought it was strange that I was switching planes in New Jersey. Who on earth was going to New Jearsey. All I know about New Jersey is that lots of stand up comedians like to make jokes that go something to h tune of "I thought I was in hell but I realized it was New Jersey." Anyway my flight was moved to the auspicious time of 4:20 pm in which case I bought ... read more