Week 4: Pro Bargainers & Loving the Climate

Hi everyone! I miss you all....

We had a record high of 47 Celsius which is 116 Fahrenheit. So you are pretty much in a constant state of sweating. I was shaving in our sauna (bathroom) and my torso was soon completly weat and sweat was driping of my nose! And to top it off both A/C in our flat no longer work. Ours went out first so we converted to Davis A/C, soaking wet t-shirt draped over our upper body with the ceiling fan blasting. This was working pretty good; i mean, we were still sweating our brains out, but it wasn't to bad. We mentend to Mum and Papa that our A/C wasn't working, so they insted that we sleep in there room with them and they wouldn't let us refuse. So we had a pretty sweet slumber party! Last night with our luck their A/C stopped working. Now were gonna try sleeping at the school, either in the lobby area because a breeze is always blowing through or in one of the office rooms were there is an A/C unit. Pretty exciting stuff.



To further our Indian experince we have purchased a bicycle. Its pretty sweet, we now no longer have to get cheated by the rickshaw drivers to go to the market and we don't have to walk to school anymore. Our quality of living has definatly improved, not that its was bad before. We get even funnier looks now. I'm not sure what they think of us, two white guys riding Indian style and one of them with a curly fro. They really maximize on space around here, the most people i've seen on a bike is around three and one time i saw a guy with 5 twenty gallon propane tanks tied to his bike. And this is not an unusal site ethier. Its a little tricky manuvering the traffic, its a little different than the U.S.. But were getting the hang of it, you can pray we don't get run over that would be awesome.

Today, Monday we started an art & craft project. Were having all the students make scrap books. There not scrap books like back home, there more like a bunch of colored construction paper stapled with a cover that says " my scrap book" its pretty sweet! We have printed up a ton of pictures, some of the kids and some from back home in California. Were having them put one picture on each page and then draw and write about whatever the picture is. Its so that when the class is over they will have something to remember us and the class by.

We went shopping to Delhi's largest market and this other market which is kind of a tourist place. Were getting this barganing thing down, after getting cheated so many times you kind of get fed up. Shoping around here is different story, its almost an adventure especialy being white. Its like we have a big target on our forheads "TOURIST" its so crazy.

Oh and my name as changed to Villie its no longer willie. With there accents everyone says my name with a V its pretty funny.

My hair is looking pretty sweet, its probably around 8 inches and as curly as Gabrielle's hair. Just thought i'd let you know!!


Thats all folks stay tuned for more!


Yours Truly In Christ,
William Davis II