Super Sunday! Hehe J The exchange rate here is amazing(currently 69 Taka=$1). So now that we have Taka instead of U.S. $ we feel quite rich J We travelled to the nearest town, Hele in a “motor van”.(pic above) Now I have no idea where that got that name because neither is it a van nor does it have any kind of motor. Their “motor van” consists of a bike with a wagon type of back on it designed for maybe 4 Bengali people? Well, our poor biker guy was pulling 900+ pounds on his bike with 6 of us in his “van” (4 of us being Americans-a.k.a. bigger). Needless to say he was quite relieved when we found another “van” to split the weight with!
Lisa and I were so stoked to go shopping! We finally decided on 4 Saleur Kameis outfits, got measured, and left them to be sewed! Roughly $5 for the fabric of each and about $1.50 for the labor of sewing it all—bargains! On our return voyage we rode in a different type of van that actually had a roof and may have been battery powered. We were fortunate enough to encounter our first traffic jam in this, big trucks trying to pass each other completely blocked the whole road for awhile. While we were waiting something hit the roof and we freaked a little cuz people throw things at you when they’re angry at you, and we had no idea why anyone would be angry at us-we were waiting in the same traffic jam they were! Then we noticed a fruit on the ground beside us and realized it had just dropped from the tree above us! Hahahahaha we all had a good laugh!
We returned to the orphanage to begin, once again, preparing for our major embarrassment. The staff began dressing us up, doing our hair, make-up, put the red dot on the forehead, and even painted our hands and feet with this red paint they use just for dancing(pic with one of our twin friends here). After they had us all decked out they sat us down for the cutest program I’ve ever seen kids do! They welcomed us with confetti, dances and dramas that though we didn’t fully understand were funny nonetheless and everyone was laughing! My favorite was a group of kids that acted out the 10 little monkeys jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped his head…. J Then came time for our embarrassment. In front of EVERYONE at the orphanage, all decked out in our Bangla dance attire…..yes. they made us dance(embarrassing dancing pic). We tried our best to follow this dance they had shown us the night before but they just laughed and laughed and laughed! It was fun, but goodness IT WAS EMBARRASSING! Aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish! It seems that every mission experience has one of those unforgettably embarrassing moments, so we’ve had ours, we might be safe now J
To finish our Super Sunday of Super shopping and Super embarrassment we had some super good curry the cook Shati made for dinner! It is the BEST curry I have EVER had! Oh my word. If we successfully learn how to make it, I will have to share this heavenly goodness with you all because man are you missing out! I don’t think I’ll even mind eating all the rice with that kind of curry mmmmmmmmmJ
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