anyone up for a poison banana?

The rest of the day in bombay was really hot, so we skipped the walking tour and hit up the museum. Again, since it is the end of season it was closed for a new exhibit. we missed it by ONE DAY. so we went searching for another art exhibit. we actually found a surprising amount of free exhibits, so we hit that up. I also learnt a new word--mutka, which means freedom. i mean, really what better word to describe right now, and how i feel? mutka. it is my being.

On the way we found this music shop. Who doesn't want to hear some hip, indian music? I bought the cd that was playing. (how original) as well as an artist from UK i believe. what i heard i really liked so i am excited to get to a cd player! Jody and i also got ice cream then headed back to the hotel. We only stayed in our room for about 2 seconds before the quick decision to leave. our room felt like it was a million degrees. We went along the coast of bombay for a little walk and found a treasure named.. BOMBAY ELECTRIC BABY!! Yes, yes, we hit up the HIGH fashion stores!!! This lady wrinkled her nose at jody in disgust due to our "fine" apparel. Seriously, who cares! the guy in burberry was super nice and talked to us a lot. he also let us know that the actor we were with in bollywood was just put in the wax museum! BOO YA! As well we visited the Taj, the nicest hotel in Bombay. it was sure beautiful... i felt like a stone in a rosebush.

We said goodbye to Julie, and took a taxi to the station. We had a 25 hour train ride a head of us, and we were ready! We bought tons of veggies, fruits and bread to last the whole trip! Nothing too exciting happened on the train other than a man offering me "poison bananas" and a woman coming into my bed at night!!! OK, so that was weird. a man fell asleep on the floor near my bed as well, i didn't notice him and i am pretty sure i stepped on his... um.. area...OOPS.

Now at the home we've met a few of the girls. we are preparing them for their college decisions. We will be teaching them english. Basically preparing for the switch to further education. teh girls are making big decisions on what to go into so pray for them as they make this decision. it isn't so trial and error as it is at home.. so ya. I'll keep you posted on further progress.

xo, thanks for the prayers.