Wed. July 1

 I cut out a dress for myself

 This evening 5:00, was scheduled to be our 1st doctrine class with Lewis and Purnima.

We went in to Khulna City a little early so we could stop by Aarongs for wrapping paper and the grocery store for a few essentials, the tailor boss was not in,.. and then on to Lewis’s where Purnima was making noodles over her low mud oven, even tho we’d told them, “we don’t need food”. 

While she finished up, I offered to wash the china dishes and glasses she’d gotten out by the water pump. My offer was declined so I went out the gate to visit with the neighbor ladies that had gathered. 

There was a 1 month old baby there in Lewis’s compound that was crying and crying(it had gotten a vaccination shot that day) and the mother had taken it out to walk with it where it finally fell asleep and she wanted me to hold it. The baby was not named yet.

After the class, and noodles with tiny bits of meat (that tasted a lot like liver.. they’d received from their Muslim neighbors at Eid🫣) we made our way back thru the alley to where we’d parked out by the street. While I waited for Lonnie to move the van away from the curb so I could get in. I visited with some chatty children who’d gathered. One informed me that one of them was Hindu, one Muslim, and one Christian😅

Lonnie stopped back by the tailor dokan for me and the boss was there 🤗 finally! I left 2 pcs for dresses for the girls and Miss Christina left a 3 pc kameeze to be sewn