I’m finally home. After a night in Dhaka and a crazy 6 hour drive(seems to me drivers seem to prefer driving down the middle of the road playing chicken with oncoming traffic), we are at Bangla Hope Trust Orphanage. We arrived during quiet time, but after their naps we got to meet them and I love them so much! Though some are more shy than others, you can still see the desperate need to be loved in their eyes. And there are plenty that become attached within seconds! We got to practice our 1st Bengali phrase with the kids “tumi kamon hacho?” which means “how are you?” AND I got to hold my first baby, Gracie, today!! J Names are going to be a challenge, but I love the Bengali food! We had an amazing breakfast this morning! Surprisingly I loved it even though it was rice! We had Dahl with chili and the spice was so scrumptious.
Back to the final stages of our journey here, it took us awhile to get through customs because we didn’t have our address here in Bangladesh with us…woops! The police enjoyed trying to communicate with us though until Lisa saved the day spotting someone holding a Bangla Hope sign on the other side of the glass. They let her go with an escort and get the address from him before they finally let us through! Meanwhile, we got our luggage brought to us because we took so long, so actually worked out better for us! The orphanage is nestled down this cute pathway through a few little villages, out in the middle of some rice fields. To our surprise there were 2 other Americans at the orphanage! A missionary couple from India is staying here for a few weeks because of visa rules, and we’ve learned a lot of helpful things about the culture from them. Take off your shoes when you go in certain rooms, don’t eat with your left hand, people hold hands just as a sign of friendship, and if you finish all the food you’ll get even more for the next meal!
As we arrived on a Friday, we went to vespers before sleeping in our new house for 6 months.(pic is where all the kids sleep, kitchen, laundry room...) Tomorrow we get to experience our first Sabbath and full day at the orphanage J
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