Saturday Fun

This past Saturday I got a bit of down time to just be with some of the girls! This has been rare as I have been doing a lot of teaching and they have been taking exams. I had so much fun at one of the houses of older girls. I talked while they cleaned out their cupboards. Then Farah finished first so she she decided she wanted to paint my nails. She went for the sacred bottle of polish that they all share and generously lathered it on.

Then Pushpa made some popcorn for us all and we sat on the ground to eat and laugh. They tried to teach me some more Hindi as we talked and I fumbled through a few phrases as they said “so nice, so nice!” I am learning that these two words are their response to almost everything.



It was altogether a really fun time. As I was leaving I said “Bye guys!” to which they all started cracking up. They then explained that I had just said “Bye cows!” in Hindi. I was relieved they found it hilarious and not offensive. I took a mental note to take the word "guys" out of my vocabulary for the next few months.