we spent two weeks at the Darjeeling Hills Bible College and it was a wonderful trip. We flew into Calcutta the first night and all I can say I was thinking was why am i here! it was such a culture shock and where we stayed really was not the greatest but then we flew and got to Mirik and that all changed. we were so high in this little village that some moments it felt we were above the clouds. it was the perfect temperature and thunderstorms at night. we got to read Pilgrims Progress with the college students and then we broke off into groups where i worked with the children. my class was the kindergartners they were so cute i will post picture when i can! i had 6 students that were very smart! they all knew how to cursive write which was amazing to me because i didnt learn to do that till I was at least in 2nd grade, they were all just so eager to learn that it was amazing that the teachers let us take over and teach their students. We were able to walk around the town and get to meet the locals who were all very nice. Suzn was a man who owned the internet cafe we would go to and he was just the sweetest guy and really enjoyed all our company. He even rocked out on guitar with us and we sang songs with him it was just fun to see everyone so happy to see us and what we are doing. The Rai's are who are in charge at the school and they are the nicest family I have ever met it was very hard to leave after spending two weeks with them. they even took us to Kolampong where they grew up and we got to go to their church they went to and went on top of the 2nd largest bell tower in India and that was beautiful and such a rush the mountains were gorgeous!
We have been doing a lot of driving but the taxi drivers have all been very nice and quick about getting us where we need to go. we just got off our 18 hour bus ride to Kathmandu which was interesting. I was glad i could sleep through most of it and really not have to deal with too much! we are in Kathmandu now looking for local places to go volunteer at i hope we find some cool places! we also have a mount everast flight prepared and we are going to the monkey temple soon too!
all of us our getting along well no drama yet and we are just one big happy family! i dont know how this trip would be if it was anyone different! The trip so far has been such a huge blessing and has been so life changing!
I will write more and post some pictures in a couple days but for now that is what has been going on!
with love,
Ashley
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