This past week has been quite a culture shock all around. From learning the names of 300 children all wanting to be our best friends at once, to learning about how the students are taught here (which isn't always acceptable by North American standards), to becoming vegetarians and trying new Indian treats (they love their sweets) : ) There truly are people everywhere in India! Even up in Rajpur which is very secluded and underpopulated for India, the streets are teeming with people at all hours.

Since Tuesday, the students have been writing final exams. It is our job to supervise them and ensure they aren't cheating. We begin every morning with assembly at which the children sing and pray and recieve instructions for the day. I will have to film it one time because it's quite wonderful. This morning the grade two class led assembly and belted out 3 or 4 songs complete with actions to the rest of the school. Singing is truly a passion of many of the kids.

After assembly, everyone goes to their respective classrooms for their final exams and then goesto lunch. In the afternoons we have an hour or two to ourselves to try to do laundry and eat our lunch before tutoring in the afternoons. In the evenings, all the children who are boarders, gather for devotions. There, they sing, and listen to a sermon.

Most of us go right to sleep after dinner as it's quite exhausting to teach and play with the kids all day.

Tomorrow, the 2 GAP students from England, and Australia, and us will be going to Mussori which is about 1 hour's drive away and farther into the mountains. We will be sure to post some pictures after our trip.

Claire