April Showers bring May Tourists

This month has been quite miserable when it comes to leaving the house. There are about 5 billion more people in our quiet little town because of tourist season. Not only are there tons of extra people all over the place, none of them like to walk, so there are cars everywhere as well.  Oh, and all the prices skyrocket!! Chicken that usually cost Rs.100 is now Rs.176. That's awful.  Other than the stressful shopping days, life is GREAT!!! 

Sadly, school is coming to a close. There are only 3 weeks left of real classes!!! Then we have a week of goodbyes and clean up. Our first year of teaching has been wonderful and it went so fast! In my 3-4 class, we are  finishing up a unit on space learning all about the life and death of stars, the planets, craters and astronauts.  It's been fun, but next month will be more fun. We're doing a 2 week unit on Bubbles!!!! We're going to create water games for the elementary school picnic, explore how soap is made, and what fun things we can do with bubbles, like giant slip n' slides!! 

Kyle is finishing his year heading the exchange program.  Have you ever prayed for a visa?? We have been praying that all the paperwork, visas, and passports arrive before summer for his students going off to the Netherlands, Germany, and soon he'll start the Australia paperwork.  It's coming along, but I think he's pretty happy that he'll only be teaching next year.  Visas in India are a stressful thing. 

Coffee Coffee Coffee!!! My mother is wonderful.  She sends care packages and they always seem to get here at the perfect time. For example, when I'm stressed my favorite chocolates come in the mail. When Kyle's out of coffee, he gets 4 lbs in the mail!!  He was able to do another coffee tasting with some friends and make Doc's Famous pancakes.  Our friends LOVE them!  (Pictures to come soon) 

Last night we went to a dinner party!!  Our friend Yisu turned 26 and she's an artist at her core.  She's always painting for us, so for her birthday we set up an easel and we all painted for her.  She had a blast and so did we!  

Oh and Kyle made bagels!! They are sooooo yummy! Who needs Panera!? (Actually, I do because they have cream cheese and we don't.)

Well the count down is on.  Please pray that we (as well as our students) will finish the year strong and then have a relaxing vacation. We love you all!!!