It’s the barking of the neighborhood dogs that get you up in Sanepa, the neighborhood in Kathmandu where our hosts RR and Chandra Pandey have welcomed us the last 6 years. Their constant back and forth of announcing that daylight is coming beats any flock of roosters in Western Washington. After 20 minutes they quiet down perhaps to eat and go about their day. This is our first morning here after the cross Pacific flight via Seoul, Korea which was a pleasant transition to our new time zone.
All the household staff, guards, drivers, cooks and their 2 wards Sabriti and Ranjita greet us and welcome us back with hugs and Namastes. They will be doting on us and we’ll have our morning English –Nepali lessons over coffee or tea. I usually watch them cook up the delicious meals and roll roti when we eat in and we’ll watch a Hindi film together, provided the power stays on long enough. It feels great to be be back, Rob and I were committed to return this year, despite the set backs in his business and my work issues.
Rob went to the kitchen to make coffee, wow it feels like home!
Our schedule today starts out with massages at “Tranquility Spa”, a massage and spa place in the neighborhood. After which we are going to have a meeting with the owner to discuss the possibilities of hiring on some skilled massage professionals who are sight challenged. This is part of our program to encourage employers to provide job opportunities to people with disability and experience their capacity to provide services just like their non-handicapped employees.
This afternoon, we will see the kids at DNC and we have a boatload of it of items to distribute. I am so excited!! Pictures for sure will be posted!
- Gina Rose
No comments:
Post a Comment