Friday March 12

So it’s worship day again. Which means open the gate at 8:30 and let the children come in the yard and play until 9 or so when it’s time for SS. Usually it’s a flannel graph story and a few songs. Today was quiz day. Every few weeks they give a quiz on the last few weeks’ lessons. If they can answer most of the questions, they get a prize. They all write their answers down on paper. There’s much shuffling and whispering... you have to watch pretty closely cause they don’t seem to have much conscience against cheating!! We had bought shrimp last night and so had grilled shrimp kabobs, potatoes, and salad for lunch. Yum. 

Had some quiet time and then it was time for church.  Out the gate we wait for one or two easy bikes to come along and they drop us off at the path that goes down to the little tin church. After the service, we went over to Shantos where we helped Shati roll out and fry many little balls of dough. Much the same idea as fry bread but smaller pieces. It’s called luchi. They sometimes eat this with dal instead of rice. Dal is the cooked lentils dish that accompanies just about every meal in a Bangladesh home. Much the same way a Mexican eats beans. It’s an excellent source of protein in a land of many carbs and much starch. When the meal was ready, Shati swept the floor, rolled out the mats and we sat down and ate. We didn’t get leave there till probably 8:30.  It’s was kinda hard to tell those dear folks good bye. They have endeared themselves to Cherith and call themselves her Bangladesh Ma and Baba. They and their boys wouldn’t let anything happen to Cherith or Travis’ if they could at all help it. 

Off and on during the day, I gathered up our stuff, did a little laundry, and tried to get most everything packed up. 

This house has become quite familiar and we even got used to the slanting floor!!:) the floor has a 9 inch difference from one side to the other. Both stories. It’s a little disconcerting at first. Feels like you are dizzy or something till you get used to it.