2) Our team bus. Purple on the outside. Lights of every colour and shape on the inside. Backstreet Boys blaring on the stereo. SO GOOD!
3) The local Habitat for Humanity host - Rajesh. Picture the happiest man in the world. And then make that man HAPPIER. We are so lucky to have spent our holiday in his care! Whenever he had something to tell us, he would say "BREAKING NEWS!" excitedly. I'm thinking of trying that one out in my classroom.....
4) My surprise birthday cake! THANKS, TEAM!
5) Playing the game "Pass the Ace" (or "card" as we named it!) after dinner. It's an easy one to play if you would like your main activity to be chatting :)
6) Whenever the power came on. Always random. Always a pleasure. Hello television, HEAT, hot water, and a couple of slow minutes on facebook!
7) Receiving a warm welcome and happy farewell each and every day. The kids in the community were the best! They would always stop by before and after school for games, dancing, and singing!
8) Working two weeks for a high five from the home owner's son......and getting JUST THAT on the final day!!!
9) Camaraderie on the work site. Going to work each day was actually fun! In fact....Phil and I wished we were back on the build site during our designated "R&R"!
10) Finding Skippy peanut butter at the local department store. The only other thing you need is a spoon!
11) Mudding with reindeer antlers. "Prancer" was a hit!
12) Church on Christmas morning. Where should I begin? There was a dancing Santa with a Spiderman umbrella, a mosh pit and a band, a random "hey - let's make these white people sing Christmas carols in front of all of us" moment and happy birthday balloons all over the place! It was the best.
13) Watching Christmas episodes of "Home Improvement" after church. We had power for almost 2 hours!!!
14) Constructing a "gingerbread" house using nutella, cinnamon cookies, and any candies we could find!
15) The dedication ceremony - where the house was officially handed over to the home owners. It was an emotional gathering, with lots of thank you's and tokens of appreciation. Many people from the community were there and the kids skipped school to attend! We were able to do one final hokey pokey before boarding the bus and saying goodbye. Tear. My eyes get watery just thinking about it!
16) Brain Games (a.k.a. a book of crosswords, word searches, sudukos and more!). So fun for long car rides, extended periods of time at the airport, and for when there's simply nothing else to do!
17) Shopping for souvenirs with a flashlight. As I said before, power comes and goes without warning!
18) Our flash mob at Durbar square. Especially the moment where a man tried to hit Phil with a cane and then proceeded to vomit right beside him!
19) The moment a plane FINALLY landed to retrieve us from Kathmandu!
20) The moment our retrieval plane took off with the two of us on board!
Quite the happy adventure! I enjoyed reading that! xo
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