Dipti came in today also since she plans to take off tomorrow for Turjo’s broken nose operation
Got a load of laundry thru and hung out
We went in to Khulna for our weekly outing. Mambo’s was closed so we went to Domino’s Pizza for lunch. Safe N Save, at Day-7 went upstairs to do extra browsing and found 2 dresses that looked like they would work for Annslie , fruit and veggie market, and Shwapnos for milk.
At Choygoria S.S. Kobid started off by having the girl, that didn’t have an answer last week to the question of “what she wanted to be when she grew up”, give her answer.. this girl has some little handicaps and comes from a very poor family…today’s additional children answered the question also with one future police in the group, one girl that wants to be a banker and otherwise the popular answer of doctor. On the way past our place to Chakrakhali we could see a lady with baby waiting at the gate, so we turned around and the rest of us waited while Lonnie took care of the need. Gentry fell asleep on the rickshaw van ride over, as he often does. so I took him right in to the house when we arrived in hopes that he would get a nice little nap in. Chaity’s family had been on a 3 day vacation to Cox’s Bazaar(a15 hr bus ride to the Bay of Bengal) so she shared treats from there with us.. peanuts that were a little bit sweet and had quite a hard coating and then little individual packs of prune mash😉 She gave us little gifts…sea shell key chain and little butterfly clamps for the girls’ hair, she showed us videos of them at the beach..taking horse rides, her brother and her singing a Bangla song about the sea, etc… She called husband her “Black Diamond” as he’d gotten quite dark in the sun🖤💎
We were there an hour… Their son Taritro was supposedly out and about letting the children know we were there. Dudjoy was the only one that showed up. His foot was all bandaged up with a plastic bag over it to keep it clean. So Lonnie told Nee-tie to load everything back up. Lonnie sent us home and he stayed to talk over some of the particulars of the room that CSI plans to rent from the for clinic in the building complex that this family is building on their road frontage.
Dipti came in to work today as she had taken her son Turjo in for his broken nose exam(in preparation for operation)yesterday. The girls were very happy to have her come in and wash up the breakfast and lunch dishes😊 that was a nice surprise for them ✨
Caribbean jerk chicken, fruit and homemade marshmallow crème for dip , fresh squeezed lemonade made from fruit of our tree☺️, and O’Henry bars for dessert
We got the word that Lewis’s cancelled coming at 3:00.
4:00 service
Both pastors that we supply with gospel literature showed up today. Lonnie’s message brought out how God supplies our needs and shared 2 special examples of answered prayer from his life.
Right after the “amen”, 2 ladies that Lonnie had told to wait till after the service came in asking for financial help for medical needs. It was neat that Shanto was friends with the lady’s father and somebody went fetching him so they could say “hi” again.. So Shanto’s stayed while Lonnie went over the 4 yr old prescription from a Dr in India with the pharmacist.. the lady’s family is in dire straights all the way around.. she is not able to work due to her lung problem, her husband died 4 years ago, her father/father in law? Has suffered a stroke …. So… their food supplies have been Very limited and they will soon have to sale their property, with nowhere to go, at the current direction of their life.. Shanto’s suggested that we could visit their home next Fri and maybe give some basic dry goods… rice, lentils, oil…
Shanto’s came in when we got back to the house. Popcorn, lemonade, fruit and marshmallow crème, and O’ Henry bars. They said they’d never had a fruit dip before but liked it😊 Shanto also mentioned that when it’s time for us to go back to America, it’s Gentry that’s gonna make him Really cry! He loves our little Bud and always holds him/walks with him at church and any other time we’re with them. The feeling is mutual and Gentry always wants to go to Shanto also🤎 Antoor wasn’t able to come this afternoon due to his ongoing back pain😔 so I sent a bag of the snacks I’d served for him.. they also have Shotti’s folks with them now too as their health has taken a turn for the worse…
In the evening, Lonnie grilled chicken for our lunch tomorrow. Then we went to Bissho road for chotputi and fuska and picked up some fruit on the way home.
When the power came back on, Lonnie was able to print the pictures to color for Sunday School in the morning
Spent time on the phone with my oldest sister Crystal answering questions as she made those monumental data entries on her computer on the other side of the world in California.
And then the most amazing thing!! Tickets were bought!! For her and her 2 daughters and my Mom to come visit us for 2 wks, end of Nov. thru Dec 11🤗🤗🤗🤗 We are over the moon!! We actually have family coming to visit us and this country, people, food, etc.. that we love!🥳🥳💝💝🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 It is a Very exciting feeling to say the least🥰 later, Lonnie and I were discussing some aspects of guests coming and Annslie’s like, “what’s going on?” So we tried to explain about Grandma, Aunt Crystal, and the cousins coming.. and she’s like “They are coming from America? And going back to America? And they will stay for the night?…. Oh, yes, just like Brian’s do..(Dhaka missionaries😉) I’m thinking this will add a little to her “in America” stories that have been her favorite the last couple months🙃. A bit later, “My family from America is coming😌”
Later I was calmly working at my sewing machine upstairs but had a giddy feeling inside with the excitement of fun planning for family that is actually coming!🥰 I think it will take a bit for this exciting news to actually sink in
Dipti was late again this morning but she says Baroti’s parents are feeling enough better that they went home now.
It worked just fine for me to have the kitchen to myself this morning as I could use my limited counter space for making Bierocks for lunch before Dipti came in to wash dishes and clean floors.
After supper was 1st Mon of the month School Board Mtg
Dipti didn’t come in till 11:30 She has her daughter in law’s family at her house as the mother and father have still been so sick with this Dengue. And there was quite a downpour this morning. Seems like the rain that we’ve been getting the last couple days has been arriving in torrential rain, thunder and lightning.
Shanto and Lonnie took the Church hymnals in to Khulna City to get the covers redone. Lonnie picked up his shirt from the tailor
7:00 at Shanto’s for lucchi. A small tortilla/fry bread type with a sprinkling of black cumin seed in them. Eaten with lentils that had small chicken pcs(with tiny bones😉) in it. And a dessert “bar” made of rice and oat powder that tasted a lot like cream of wheat. Pinky’s sister and baby girl(that’s just 9 days older than Gentry) and mom were there also.
