We did some shopping Friday afternoon. Here are some pictures from that:
Ariana had some henna painting done....
In the evening, A&M's Hindu landlord invited us over for high tea at 5pm. His house is directly in front of Morgan's. None of us had been to a high tea before so we weren't sure what to expect! This couple has a very beautiful home. Sharma is a retired gun maker and had his own shop in Allahabad. As we were brought into the dining room, there were at least 8 bowl of different snacks waiting for us at the table! As we ate, Sharma's wife or servants would bring more things out of the kitchen and put them on our plates! Sharma's family was planning on eating their supper that night around 8pm. We decided that this high tea WAS our supper! We had samosas, curry, a type of falafel, Indian snack mix, potato chips, cucumber and onion sandwiches....very good! Don shared with Sharma about the time Bro. Helm was burdened for us prayed for us the day we had a car accident. Sharma said something like "The man of God was sent for you!"
Then Sharma told us he had a karaoke machine, and wondered if we wanted to do some singing! We agreed and we all went into the living room which is a sunken living room and one entire wall is glass. First he and his wife sang a song in Hindi for us. They have beautiful voices and did very well. Don looked through the list of songs and there weren't hardly any Christian ones of course. He found "Morning has Broken" and he sang that. Sharma was SO impressed. He said Don sounded like a professional and it was perfect. He had him sing it again and recorded it so he could play it for his son! There were other songs sung like a Christmas Carol, Amazing Grace and Don sang "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Ole Oak Tree" for fun. It was an enjoyable time and probably important in building a relationship with this dear family.
Saturday, we went to a tributary of the Ganges River. It isn't too far from Morgan's neighborhood. We took rickshaws and their scooter part of the distance then walked the rest....Andrew did bring the scooter all the way to help the little ones and anyone else as it was at least a mile walk there and back. It was beautiful to be out in the quiet open after being in the city. And so quaint to see the little huts with the threshing wheels and animals around. On the way back, I rode on the scooter with Andrew, Justice and Josiah. It was exciting!
You can see the threshing wheel in this picture below.
Dung bricks
We had dinner out on Saturday night. We're all sitting on cushions on the floor. They served southern Indian food. There were pancakes with different seasonings and curries to put on top. 
In the evening, A&M's Hindu landlord invited us over for high tea at 5pm. His house is directly in front of Morgan's. None of us had been to a high tea before so we weren't sure what to expect! This couple has a very beautiful home. Sharma is a retired gun maker and had his own shop in Allahabad. As we were brought into the dining room, there were at least 8 bowl of different snacks waiting for us at the table! As we ate, Sharma's wife or servants would bring more things out of the kitchen and put them on our plates! Sharma's family was planning on eating their supper that night around 8pm. We decided that this high tea WAS our supper! We had samosas, curry, a type of falafel, Indian snack mix, potato chips, cucumber and onion sandwiches....very good! Don shared with Sharma about the time Bro. Helm was burdened for us prayed for us the day we had a car accident. Sharma said something like "The man of God was sent for you!"
Then Sharma told us he had a karaoke machine, and wondered if we wanted to do some singing! We agreed and we all went into the living room which is a sunken living room and one entire wall is glass. First he and his wife sang a song in Hindi for us. They have beautiful voices and did very well. Don looked through the list of songs and there weren't hardly any Christian ones of course. He found "Morning has Broken" and he sang that. Sharma was SO impressed. He said Don sounded like a professional and it was perfect. He had him sing it again and recorded it so he could play it for his son! There were other songs sung like a Christmas Carol, Amazing Grace and Don sang "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Around the Ole Oak Tree" for fun. It was an enjoyable time and probably important in building a relationship with this dear family.
Saturday, we went to a tributary of the Ganges River. It isn't too far from Morgan's neighborhood. We took rickshaws and their scooter part of the distance then walked the rest....Andrew did bring the scooter all the way to help the little ones and anyone else as it was at least a mile walk there and back. It was beautiful to be out in the quiet open after being in the city. And so quaint to see the little huts with the threshing wheels and animals around. On the way back, I rode on the scooter with Andrew, Justice and Josiah. It was exciting!
We had dinner out on Saturday night. We're all sitting on cushions on the floor. They served southern Indian food. There were pancakes with different seasonings and curries to put on top. 
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