Jolena celebrated her 5th birthday in India. It is tradition here for kids to give people a piece of candy for their birthday;. We bought her a bag, and she handed it out to everyone she has met here -- the shop keeper, the guy at the information kiosk, the guard at our ashram, and a few friends she has met. We had apple juice and candies at her birthday party where a French boy named Amar came and played games and celebrated with her. Amar is eighht, and lives here in Kerala.
We went to a palace today and saw alot of ancient articfacts, including a very old toilet! Apparently the Dutch brought toilets to Kerala -- Thank God for that! We also went yesterday to Ochira Temple. It was built around a huge tree. Some interesting chracters, including musicians.
Here are a few pics, hope i can figure out how to load them. We miss and love you all!
This note is for Jolena from Beau:
ReplyDelete"To Jolena, Have a nice time at India and Jolena, Have fun exploring all the beautiful sights and meeting new friends. Sometime can I come to India with you because I want to see what's at India too? Happy Birthday, Jolena!! Maybe when you come home we can play together. I can't wait for you to get home. Goodbye. From, Beau
Judi, Steve and Jolena, All I can say is WOW!! Sounds like a terrific experience. We will have to have you over when you get home to hear all the details. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us!! How cool is it that we can live vicariously through you. Sorry for the delay at posting. We are finally home from our long travels and have settled back in Bellevue. Love, Colleen and all the Boys
ReplyDeleteI love Jolena and I will see you in a long time. I bet your gonna come back and I really love you.
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P.S. I guess you're gonna come back in a little bit. Are you doing table manners?
Nice beard Steve!
Ian
Hi Girl! Miss you all a ton ~ how's it going for you? What job did you all get assigned? How are the ... oh my god, I could ask a million questions right now ~ I miss you soooo much ~ can't wait to hear all about it ~ but for now, I am totally lovin the fact that you have this blog and I can read about your experience. Everything is good hear. Just got back from camping with Mark,Libby, Nora &
Georgia for the weekend. That was really fun! The stars were super bright and the smores were awesome :o) Love and hugs , Suzanne
Happy Birthday Jolena! --Ericka
ReplyDeleteHI Jolena, Are you having a nice day? I hope you like it at India. When are you going to get back home? I hope you get back home soon. Do they have any India parades?? What kind of food do you eat in India? That's all for now. Bye, Beau
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to Jolena! Five already? Getting to be quite a big girl! That sounds like a fun tradition, giving away candy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you are having a very interesting journey. I have gone to a couple of Kirtan sessions and I enjoy the music and chanting. Something about it is very soothing. Checking out the artifacts and local history sounds very cool!
Have a great couple of weeks! Talk to you later, Jane
Happy Birthday Jolena! What a great experience for a 5th birthday! Miss you all and can't wait to see pictures and hear about the trip.
ReplyDeleteGreat going Steve, judy and jolena. i hope you are being careful about your footware as i advised !!!
ReplyDeleteI cant wait to share that our fruit bokays business has been a hot and we had 3 orders and 4 in pipe line. I purchased a website now and our product improved a lot from what we had for jolena's birthday. check out our website http://www.fruitbokays.com for some pictures.
We cannot wait to see you guys back in nebraska and share your stories. have a safe trip and a safe trip back to home. god bless, Nagendra, Amrutha and Deepa.