Proverbs 31 Woman!

Since the folks have been here, Mom has been sewing, cooking, and knitting up a storm. She is trying to complete 9 crochet hats for a nursery school here. Dad and I spent hours trying to untangle a skein of yard that was yak hair. It kept breaking and we would have to hunt for an end. Mom would just sit and roll up all the little pieces until she finally had enough to start crocheting.

She has sowed me curtains for my living room and ones for my bedroom. We went to a fabric place and she helped with choosing the material. Then had to sew a lot of them by hand. We begged some straight pins off a tailor one day and to measure the material, we used a rope, since I have no tools.




 She taught me how to make a dried potato necklace, (it took a couple days as we had to dry the potatoes and then paint them before stringing them).

And recently she has been  coming up with games for VBS, which the school will be having in a couple weeks.

On top of all that we all trying new recipes and making some old favorites (with substitutions as needed). We have had some good laughs over the stove and miracle oven.

So I am keeping her busy. She is a Proverbs 31 woman for sure! I am  truly blessed.

Whale Flippers or Buffalo Wings?

Today, after a trip downtown, in which we encountered some amazingly humorous traffic jams, we decided to stop at The International Club for a well-deserved cuppa and a snack.  On the menu it stated that there were buffalo wings, so I asked if they had buffalo wings available. He shook his head no and replied that they only had chicken wings. So we said that we would order the chicken wings instead of the buffalo wings. He took the rest of the order and we sat back for a long wait.  However a minute later, Mom said, "Oh no, he is coming our way. I wonder what they don't have available?" (She has only been in the country a week, how did she get that savvy?)  The waiter approached our table and said, " I am sorry. We don't have chicken wings either." (Surprise, surprise!) So we changed our item and as the waiter was leaving with the new order, Dad said, " We should have asked for whale flippers instead."

It's a Miracle....Oven

first batch getting pressed

So a friend loaned me her Miracle Oven and mom and I have been trying it out. We actually make cookies in it the other day. By the time we got to the last bunch we had perfected it.  Here are some photos of the process.

second figure out which way the tray
goes

third - bake on the stove

 fourth -check to see if done

finally - enjoy

Speaking of...

mom sharing about wisdom

One day during break, mom, dad, and I got an invite to speak at  a local Christian school. Mom shared with the staff and I did the assembly. Dad tagged along as we were headed out on an excursion later.
It was a good time and I pray that we were a blessing to all who attended.

Students

In front of the school

Magenta and Verde

So I was walking through Thamel the other day and mom said, " I want to stop at a felt shop." So we did. As we were looking around, Dad saw this puppet and handed it to me. I just about jumped for joy, but I thought I would first clarify with the shop keeper about the puppet.  So I asked in Nepali. " What is this?" He replied that it was a puppet. I bite my tongue and asked, " What animal?" He was not sure, so had to go and ask the man sitting in the inner office. He came back and said, "It's a donkey." I just looked at him and said, "Really?"

These two puppets, named Verde and Magenta are NOT donkeys! They are aardvarks!  Duh!!!!

Giving It a Chop!

A couple weeks ago, we had a group of TaeKwonDo artists come and perform at school. They were very impressive and the kids just sat in awe of all their kicks, jumps, and chops. At the end of the performance they called a couple staff up on stage to break a board.

Yes,that is your's truly!
They gave me an option of doing it with my head. 

KTM with PnG

Walking in Thamel

So the first couple days of the parents' visit has gone well in spite of the rough start for dad on crutches.  But we are getting around.

Mom not watching the traffic out her
taxi window

On Saturday, I had them help me with a Math training for Nepali teachers. It was great and we had a fun-filled five hours interacting with other educators and swapping ideas.  It was nice to be teaching with the folks again.

On Sunday we headed to church and then off to get groceries for the week.

On Monday after a stint at school for a couple hours, we head to the tourist                                                part of town in Thamel. They both did okay and we did a little shopping.

Eating Israeli food

Dinner at home - all veggies!

On Tuesday we stuck around the local hood and watched the traffic. A maoist motorcylce group roared by yelling and waving flags, but that was theextent of excitment for the whole trip. We  did stopped at a Christian book store and mom for a Nepali praise cd.  Listening to it right now.

watching traffic untangle.

I have put up some photos of our eventful excursions.