July 21, 2009
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Nepal Project’09 – 6 birthdays today!
July 22, 2009
9:00AM Kathmandu timeWoke up extra early today to catch the tota solar eclipse that was suppose to start from 540AM to 7:20AM here in Kathmandu. Unfortunately, the clouds covered most of the view and Sofia & I only saw the corona of the sun briefly before the light started shining again. It was cool, though, to see the entire sky grow darker as the moon and sun crossed paths.
Today is a pretty exciting day. Our 6 orphans in the HOPE house will be having a birthday party tonight. In Nepal, people generally don’t know when they were exactly born. Usually what you will hear is the month and maybe year if their parents took note of that. As for the orphans, none of them know when they were born completely, so 2 years ago we instituted that July 24 would be their collective birthday. However, three of our temmates will be leaving for the States tomorrow night, so we had to push the birthday party up two days. Doesn’t matter much, it’s more important that we’re all here to celebrate their new lives here in the HOPE house.Since there was a solar eclipse, all the schools, private and government, are closed for the day. That means we will need to keep the kids occupied and distracted while other members of the team get the cake and other party foods for tonight. It’s gonna be a fun time for every one. :>)
