I am now officially a United States citizen. Wahoo !!!! Sound the trumpet, clap loudly, sing alot, shout, jump up and down, do a little shimmy, shake a little booty……..have a celebration!!! I handed over my green card today and said goodbye to my resident alien status. I was moved today in my swearing in…
Category: Soul Strolling
Home
Dave and I arrived safely home yesterday afternoon. I’ve been reading this book, “The Cloister Walk” and something that the author wrote struck me in particular in regards to my experience in India. The author was referring to her time spent in a monastery, but it struck me as relevant to my time away. In…
Delhi
We have been spending time here in Delhi with Sunil Sardar, his wife Pam, and their four children. They have been extremely kind, hospitable and adventuresome with Dave and I. Yesterday Pam, Sunil and a friend of theirs took us on a tour of old Delhi. We went to one of the largest mosques in…
Charminar and Laad Bazaar
This morning the group of us met for a final wrap up and question/understanding session in regard to Unitus, MFI’s and their goals. After that we went to a jewelry store because Hyderabad is famous for its pearls. We didn’t buy any but quite a few people from our group did, and Dave was a…
Village visits outside of Hyderabad
Yesterday afternoon and this morning we went in groups to visit villages 2 hours outside of Hyderabad where Unitus’s partner MFI (micro finance institution, SKS) serves clients. Clients are woman who live in the villages who collectively gather in groups of five to collect and receive loans. They recieve the loans and hold each other…
Snippets from India
I am seeing and experiencing so much that I’ve decided this evening, in Hyderabad, to jot down what I call “snippets from India”, basically some highs and lows and wonderings for me in the past couple of days. – arriving at the airport tonight from Bangalore to Hyderabad and stepping, without previously noticing, into a…
Another day in Bangalore, India
>Today was a very fun and interesting day, full off many mini movies in my mind and so much to write about that I’ll just pick a few. This morning Dave, myself, Vikas (lives her and works for Unitus here in Bangalore), Jayme (Unitus, Wa employee) Claire (unitus board member) and his wife, Nancy all…
Bangalore, India
There are so many people here in Bangalore: walking, riding motorcycles, in buses, on ox carts, wandering around, on scooters, walking in and out of traffic, sounding their horns, trying to sell stuff. There is alot of poverty – slums on the sides of the road, people living under off ramps, families living in broken…
Family, Canadian style
I’m Canadian. My parents are a mix of Canadian and Scottish and my in-laws are Canadian and Jamaican. It’s an interesting mix. I just got back from spending a week with both families, including my brother. He is kind of a stranger to me, even though we are siblings. He’s been through alot of health…
Final American Day with the Grettons
Today we said goodbye to the Grettons. Hannah slept over last night and she, Bethany and Nathan were outside, on the back deck, watching the night sky. This morning we had our “american breakfast” of home made waffles and bacon. We went over to the house where they were staying, swam in the pool for…
Camping at Mt. Rainier
The skies were not pouring with rain on Saturday morning, so with a small amount of faith we all headed up to Mt. Rainier to camp together. Our adventuring group consisted of the Grettons, Febus’s, Diane, Reid and Leigh. The rain held off on Saturday and we had a very fun time. We pitched our…
Willamette Valley
We left our kids at home with Daves parents this past Monday and drove down to the Willamette Valley to do some pinot noir wine tasting. We had a great time together. We stayed at a beautiful bed and breakfast outside of Dundee, ‘The Black Walnut Inn’- it reminded me of Italy. The house is…
Sharon Richards 