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Little Leader
From the time he arrived at the house, Little Padma has been the least shy of our children. From his dancing, to his fake news reports, to his enthusiastic play, he has constantly been entertaining us. But now he has taken on a new role, that of teacher and leader. Every day before school, children all over Nepal do a few exercises followed by a singing of the Nepali national anthem. Padma has begun to lead the other children in this practice of singing the national anthem every morning before taking morning tea. We hope every child in the orphan home will find their own place to lead and be a role model, as each child is unique and has their own special qualities. Padma is following the example of Himal and his big sister Chhiring, and showing the way for all the other children.
Room For One More
This weekend we had the pleasure of meeting the energetic and adorable Karsang from Mustang. She had been living in the streets of a remote village of Lower Mustang until a concerned villager transported her to a Buddhist monastery near Swayambhu with two other street children for temporary residence and care. This responsible person also happened to be acquaintances with one of our staff, and informed us of the children’s situation. One of the older children was taken in by a family with means to provide for them, while the other older child took the opposite path, continually running away to be on the streets of Kathmandu and get into trouble. That left little Karsang, all of 7 years old, the last one remaining in need of a loving home. Luckily for her and us both, we still have an opening and cannot wait to take her into our permanent care. Only the matter of sorting out the official government certification documents remains, which can be a challenge from such a remote village, but we have faith things will work out and the loveable Karsang of Mustang will be joining our family for good any day now.
Easy as ABC
We had some lovely foreign guests not too long ago from Germany visit our home and practice yoga with us. The children had not yet arrived, but our new friends were kind enough to donate story books and writing practice books for children they would not meet. Among those generously provided materials were small books for practicing writing the English alphabet. Each page has a letter and a word the letter stands for, along with a picture, such as A for Apple or U for Umbrella. There are a few example letters made of dotted lines to trace, and then plenty of space to practice writing the letter on your own. Each of our youngest children got one of these practice books, and with so much enthusiasm were the books received that they spent all of their free time last night and this morning writing their ABCs, and by afternoon the books will be completely filled out. These children who have so often been afforded little to nothing in the way of books and toys also received activity books with games and puzzles, story books, and small stuffed animals, but they chose to spend nearly all their time practicing the alphabet and trying to complete the whole book. As we are learning now, when children have nothing, they are eager for any opportunity to learn, and we are eager to teach them and show them we care.
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