Thursday, I slept in!!! And, woke up to a yummy breakfast that Julie's cook prepared for us! Little toasts with egg, cheese and chillies, and sambal to put on the top. I had had sambal before in India, so yummy. It is shredded coconut with chillies and onion and it is good on everything!!!! After brekkie, Jake and his good friend Rajiv and I sat around to brainstorm what they're interested in seeing Fridsro become in the future. It's so great! Rajiv is originally from Calcutta, but actually was at Cal Poly when I was and got his degree in Electrical Engineering. He is one smart dude.
We threw around different ideas all morning... and talked about these 2 websites:
www.one.org
www.roomtoread.org
Afterwards, I went with Julie's secretary and a teacher into the town of Kandy and we bought toys for 100 children for Christmas! It took 4 hours. Thankfully it was cool, or I think I could have collapsed. We had a driver in a three-wheeler (tuk tuk, rickshaw) drive us from store to store. The best part was buying clothes for the teens and 20 year olds. I'm good at buying clothes, and they have some cute ones here! We bought Barbies, games, clothes, watches, perfume, deoderant, you name it!!! And when we finally got back to the Perera's, Julie came running out with a camera, because we were smooshed into the three-wheeler buried with boxes.
Last night, tons of sutas (foreigners) came over to the Perera's to see them since they had been away for 6 months. The house was filled with missionarys: 2 Swedes, 4 South Africans, 1 Indian, 2 Nigerians, myself, and the Perera's.
Then I went to bed at 7.30pm and woke up this morning at 5!!! And have been working on a newsletter all morning soooo far! Pizza Hut is for lunch!
Kisses, G
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