Days 5 and 6.

Day 5, Thursday.  The strike appears to be off, so teachers were back in school and students as well.  We had set up Wednesday after finishing the first school, so got a good start.

This school is different.  The students are healthier, they graph higher on the growth charts, they have fewer complaints.  As a result, we see a lot more students per day.  There are 8 classes and we got 6 of them done today. 

I left early to take Celeste, Carla, Linda and AMANDA, (not Kathy, as sleepily reported this morning here after 4 hours of sleep) to Bangalore where they will be flying out Friday morning Nebraska time.  Stopped to do some more shopping on the way, got caught in major traffic fun in Bangalore.  Finally got to the hotel around 9:30, ordered dinner (took 45 minutes, guess they had to go find a chicken to butcher), and got out of town at 11:30 pm.  Fortunately, my driver was Sindhu Earnhardt, Jr.  Got back to hotel at 2 am, to sleep at 2:30, up at 6:30.

Day 6, Friday

Finished up at the second school.  I was able to go around with Tim and saw some of their other locations.  Very interesting.  Tim’s vision and plans are beyond my capabilities; we are blessed to have found someone to work with like him.

The Flatland group is leaving tonight, so they cut out early to see the Mysore Palace while the rest of TEAM India finished the last 35 kids at the second school.  We had a couple of hours to relax, then had our final dinner with the Flatland group, a traditional Indian meal.  Lots of hugs and goodbyes, our newfound friends and I am sure participants with TEAM India in future trips.

OK, just got the Flatland group off on the start of their 30+ hour journey, and my 4 hours of sleep caught up to me about an hour ago, so I’m gonna hit the  hay.