Saturday, January 23, 2010

Replacing An Auxiliary Plug

New Year, my birthday, Pongal, a visit to the tribals and a little bit everyday

your currently like my digestion is not so much, so I spend the whole day in bed and I decided once again to write a blog entry.
Since Christmas has returned until now still not much rest, but it was always a lot going on.
It began with a New Year's celebration in Sabbavaram. First we had a little fair. Then they danced together, shot a couple of cracker and then danced and danced and danced. Was a very nice celebration. Midnight, we spent threes on our balcony, with a light heart. Was really nice.
On 1 January we were of course busy in school and were even in the afternoon there because we were doing with the children a New Year's program with many different games. Very special to me was that we finally together with the children in the school lunch could.
On 1 Date of birth of January, our school principal, on 2 Jaenner then our Father and 3 January I was really celebrated as much.
My birthday was a special day for me. It has already started with a wonderful breakfast, then lunch with the boys in the Shelter. In the afternoon there was still a program in the Shelter. In the evening I drove Sabbavaram to where it is still a birthday party for the Father and I were. Then Eli and Betty were still in the room a small celebration prepared for me. The next day was then held briefly in the school. I've got so many beautiful drawings and so many smiling faces. It was an unforgettable wonderful day.
After these holidays fell back into our daily lives, but only for a week because of 13 - 15 was then Pongal, the most important festival of the Hindus. On 13 We still had school, but there were only 9 children there, so then, the next few days off. I did not get very far with the celebration because it was not celebrated in the Shelter. But our dear neighbor's large boxes placed directly from our balcony and 4 days long played loud music. I love the Indian music, but everything has its limits. ;)

This week we got the chance that we once again take the umd to Narsipatnam Doerfter to visit the tribals. We went together with Verena (an Austrian a volunteer) and Ken (a German a volunteer) on the way to Narsipatnam and then went on Thursday, together with a Father to different villages. Again it was a very formative experience, as we visited almost all new Doerfter and the hospitality of the people is so exciting.
A village was particularly adventurous. For this we first had a half hour walk up a narrow path up the mountain. When we arrived, people tend to hide from us in the other Doerften they ran us really accessible. In this one remote village, people were even afraid of our cameras and few dared to us at all give a hand. It is inconceivable that people live so isolated.

went to this wonderful day, we still take the bus home and yesterday we were back in school.
morning we have to do with the Shelter boys for a ride, because our Swiss colleague, Eli, unfortunately next Friday will go home. I'm really curious how it is without them .... it just belongs to us.
Monday and Tuesday we will be with boys from Sabbavaram and spend the Shelter in Vijawada that there is a program of all the Don Bosco street children project of Andra Pradesh. There is a program with about 400 boys. 'm Curious what is there waiting to happen. I'm looking forward to spending some time with the boys and also that we can all meet again Volos.

So at the end of next week we must unfortunately say goodbye to the Eli and then on 1 February comes to visit my family. I'm looking forward to it and am curious how it will be my new home for them to show.

love Ganz, now again very sunny greetings

Martina