Seven Weeks in Nepal

Dashain is like the Nepali version of Christmas. In Umbrella, we had a Dashain program for the kids on the 13th (there's photos of that in the other album) and then many of the kids went home to their villages to spend the holiday with their families. There are some kids who either don't have any family, don't know where their family is, or their family is too far away to come pick them up. These kids stay in Umbrella for Dashain. There are 5 boys in my house (out of 28, that are staying here). For the week of Dashain, we'll do various fun activities with them, to try and make up for the fact that they can't be with their family

On Saturday we walked up to a near-by monastery, Halchok.  There were a lot of stairs! But the view from the top was well worth it! And the kids had a good time. :) 

Lopping though the field

Even some of the old monks tried out the slack line one of the volunteers brought :) 

Photo shoot with some of my boys :)

Kanchanjunga boys at Halchok Monestary 

On Sunday, me and the boys rode the bus to Boudhanath, a HUGE stupa

Me'n the boys 

The stupa 

A few other photos from the past week

Such a character :) 

Typical Jewel pose, sitting on the stoop of Kanchanjunga, either writing or preparing for my English class

Making friends with the marigolds

I brought over a pack of balloons the other evening.  There was no power, so they couldn't watch TV.  They had a great time playing, 'stomp on the balloon!' :)