Well as promised I am going to post a blog. Sorry it has been so long. Like I said earlier today, it has been a little crazy around here. Hopefully this blog will prove that.
So most of my weeks have been pretty routine, but that routine keeps me moving. I have lessons almost every day of the school week. I have also added a Choreography Club to my list(currently I am teaching them how to be cheerleaders for Sports Day) Then came the weekend of March 9-11. That weekend was Lushington Day. This is a day that the entire boys campus of Lushington come together and compete in different sporting events. I was the score keeper for football(soccer for my American friends). It was an all day event. In the evening we had a "Barn Dance", but without girls. A "Barn Dance" is basically a bunch of line dance being taught by one leader, but I have been told that it is just at Hebron things happen like that. After the dance it was time to rest and hopefully get ready for the next week that would be just as busy.
The weekend of March 16-17 was Leaver's Weekend. This is a weekend that we take all the Leavers(aka students Graduating from the school this year) to a guest house in Coonor to talk about life in the real world. Some of these students have never left India or Hebron, and are now stepping out into the Western world. It can be a shock according to some former students, so now we try to prepare them. I did a session on the USA hopefully I represented us well. The great thing about this weekend is that is a great time to get to know the students, and encourage them in any way that you can. One of the cool things of the weekend is the kids had to find their own way to the guest house, which was really interesting to see how they got there. We also went on a night walk...we tried to make it to the cemetery but did not make so we had to turn around
The next Monday started very uneventful. All the IGs went to Selborne to bake, and watch movies. We ended up not really watching anything, but bakes cookies and started a cake. After getting back to Lushington me and another IG went swimming, and then just chilled the rest of the day. At about 7:00 pm me and 2 IG girls went to dance in the Drama studio because we were bored. So we did, and then headed up about 9 pm. As we were headed up we see that one of the boy IGs is looking really sick and kinda doubled over. We got him to Hoz and they told him to go lay down and he was spending the night there. We get back to the room to find that one of my roomies was sick with the same thing that the boy had. Then a girl IG from Selborne shows up really ill. We thought it might have been the cookies we had baked not getting done, but we weren't sure. About 11pm our flat get a call saying that they need a change of clothes for the girl from Selborne did not bring any. So after taking a collection from my roomies, I walked over to Hoz. When I arrived the poor girl was sooo sick. They decided to try to get an IV in her as fast as possible. They finally got it in, but then she got the shiver and shakes and her blood pressure was dropping. So at 12:30 we were on our way to the Hospital. Now I have to say that Indian hospitals are very different than Westerns hospitals. I am sure that in bigger cities there might be better ones but this one was very basic. They had no monitors of any kind in the room. In fact the room looked like a cheap hotel. They had two hooks from the ceiling to hold the IV bag and that was about it. When we first get there it is obvious that this was going to be a very interesting adventure. So once we get the poor girl settled in they have me spend the night with her. As mentioned before there are no monitors in the rooms...well that was not totally true...I was the monitors. If IV ran out then I had to get up and go turn it off and then tell a nurse. If she started hurting, or throwing up then it was my duty to tell the nurse. There was no nurses button so I would have to roam the hospital looking for a nurse to fix something. I stayed with her from 12:30 am-2:30pm. In that time we discovered that the doctors had no bedside manner. The poor girl was crying and they kept saying why are you crying you are not that sick. We tried to explain but it did not help. We also learned that people love to stare at a white girl in the hospital. We also found out that in India they will not treat you until you can pay. The nurses would walk in with a scrap piece of paper with a whole list of drugs and meds that were needed. I would have to take this list down to the pharmacy in the lobby purchase the drugs, and then the nurses would give them to my friend. There is also no food provided so for every meal the school had to send one of the kitchen men over with a tiffin container full of food.(whoever created the tiffin containers is amazing) (If you don't know what a tiffin container is...here is a link to help) I came back to school at 2:30 had meeting then went to bed at like 4:00 slept till dinner at 6:00 then slept from 6:20-7:15 got up for my dorm duty then was banished back to my bed for looking tooo tired. So I slept from 7:25-3:00 am, but from them I could not sleep again. When I finally get out of bed at 7:00 am I find out how bad the sickness really was. The day before 44 kids had missed school from being sick, and some staff as well. That night there had been 22 kids sleeping in Hoz, which is almost double the capacity of Hoz. I went to class today to teach and from students being sick or needing to work on class projects we only had half a class. As soon as class was over at 10:35 am it was back to the hospital. I was there from then to about 6:30, and in that time we noticed even more things. Like Indians do not care if you notice them staring at you. In fact a couple a times a whole group of people would open the room door without knocking and just stare at us then say goodbye. It was the weirdest thing. We also found out that one of the nurses loves to give me a hard time for anything and everything. I was wearing shoes in the room and she told me to take them off...I was typing on my computer will the doctor was talking and she snapped her fingers at me and told me to listen. She is a great nurse and speaks great English, but still gave me a hard time. I left the hospital at 6:30 and came straight back to school.(Just so you know it looks like the girl will be out tomorrow)
When I got back to school I had about 1-2 hrs to myself then off to Dorm Fellowship. This is just a group of guys gathered together to praise the Father. It is not required, but still they come to grow closer. About 15 guys were there, and I was given the privilege to speak to them. I talked about the father's strength and how we can depend on him even we can't depend on ourselves. It was nice to talk to them about it, and them be very responsive to it! I love the fact that I get these chances, and that this group of guys want to hear what the Father has to say through me.
Now I am laying in my room just thinking about going to sleep...since I have had a lack of it lately. This next weekend should be the Long IG weekend away...we are hoping to got to Mysore, but we need to see how all the others are feeling after with week of sickness.
OHHHHH PS THE MONKEYS ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is exciting because that means that the leopard that they said was roaming around town/campus is gone! I don't think I have ever been soooooo excited to have to hide from the monkeys. These photos are from right outside my kitchen window.
So most of my weeks have been pretty routine, but that routine keeps me moving. I have lessons almost every day of the school week. I have also added a Choreography Club to my list(currently I am teaching them how to be cheerleaders for Sports Day) Then came the weekend of March 9-11. That weekend was Lushington Day. This is a day that the entire boys campus of Lushington come together and compete in different sporting events. I was the score keeper for football(soccer for my American friends). It was an all day event. In the evening we had a "Barn Dance", but without girls. A "Barn Dance" is basically a bunch of line dance being taught by one leader, but I have been told that it is just at Hebron things happen like that. After the dance it was time to rest and hopefully get ready for the next week that would be just as busy.
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| Me and two teachers keeping each other company at Lushington Day notice the middle lady's hat...OU!!!!!!!!! |
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| View from the Guest House |
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| Creepy Advert on the night walk for people to donate their eyes...I asked to kids about it and they said it is totally normal. |
The next Monday started very uneventful. All the IGs went to Selborne to bake, and watch movies. We ended up not really watching anything, but bakes cookies and started a cake. After getting back to Lushington me and another IG went swimming, and then just chilled the rest of the day. At about 7:00 pm me and 2 IG girls went to dance in the Drama studio because we were bored. So we did, and then headed up about 9 pm. As we were headed up we see that one of the boy IGs is looking really sick and kinda doubled over. We got him to Hoz and they told him to go lay down and he was spending the night there. We get back to the room to find that one of my roomies was sick with the same thing that the boy had. Then a girl IG from Selborne shows up really ill. We thought it might have been the cookies we had baked not getting done, but we weren't sure. About 11pm our flat get a call saying that they need a change of clothes for the girl from Selborne did not bring any. So after taking a collection from my roomies, I walked over to Hoz. When I arrived the poor girl was sooo sick. They decided to try to get an IV in her as fast as possible. They finally got it in, but then she got the shiver and shakes and her blood pressure was dropping. So at 12:30 we were on our way to the Hospital. Now I have to say that Indian hospitals are very different than Westerns hospitals. I am sure that in bigger cities there might be better ones but this one was very basic. They had no monitors of any kind in the room. In fact the room looked like a cheap hotel. They had two hooks from the ceiling to hold the IV bag and that was about it. When we first get there it is obvious that this was going to be a very interesting adventure. So once we get the poor girl settled in they have me spend the night with her. As mentioned before there are no monitors in the rooms...well that was not totally true...I was the monitors. If IV ran out then I had to get up and go turn it off and then tell a nurse. If she started hurting, or throwing up then it was my duty to tell the nurse. There was no nurses button so I would have to roam the hospital looking for a nurse to fix something. I stayed with her from 12:30 am-2:30pm. In that time we discovered that the doctors had no bedside manner. The poor girl was crying and they kept saying why are you crying you are not that sick. We tried to explain but it did not help. We also learned that people love to stare at a white girl in the hospital. We also found out that in India they will not treat you until you can pay. The nurses would walk in with a scrap piece of paper with a whole list of drugs and meds that were needed. I would have to take this list down to the pharmacy in the lobby purchase the drugs, and then the nurses would give them to my friend. There is also no food provided so for every meal the school had to send one of the kitchen men over with a tiffin container full of food.(whoever created the tiffin containers is amazing) (If you don't know what a tiffin container is...here is a link to help) I came back to school at 2:30 had meeting then went to bed at like 4:00 slept till dinner at 6:00 then slept from 6:20-7:15 got up for my dorm duty then was banished back to my bed for looking tooo tired. So I slept from 7:25-3:00 am, but from them I could not sleep again. When I finally get out of bed at 7:00 am I find out how bad the sickness really was. The day before 44 kids had missed school from being sick, and some staff as well. That night there had been 22 kids sleeping in Hoz, which is almost double the capacity of Hoz. I went to class today to teach and from students being sick or needing to work on class projects we only had half a class. As soon as class was over at 10:35 am it was back to the hospital. I was there from then to about 6:30, and in that time we noticed even more things. Like Indians do not care if you notice them staring at you. In fact a couple a times a whole group of people would open the room door without knocking and just stare at us then say goodbye. It was the weirdest thing. We also found out that one of the nurses loves to give me a hard time for anything and everything. I was wearing shoes in the room and she told me to take them off...I was typing on my computer will the doctor was talking and she snapped her fingers at me and told me to listen. She is a great nurse and speaks great English, but still gave me a hard time. I left the hospital at 6:30 and came straight back to school.(Just so you know it looks like the girl will be out tomorrow)
When I got back to school I had about 1-2 hrs to myself then off to Dorm Fellowship. This is just a group of guys gathered together to praise the Father. It is not required, but still they come to grow closer. About 15 guys were there, and I was given the privilege to speak to them. I talked about the father's strength and how we can depend on him even we can't depend on ourselves. It was nice to talk to them about it, and them be very responsive to it! I love the fact that I get these chances, and that this group of guys want to hear what the Father has to say through me.
Now I am laying in my room just thinking about going to sleep...since I have had a lack of it lately. This next weekend should be the Long IG weekend away...we are hoping to got to Mysore, but we need to see how all the others are feeling after with week of sickness.
OHHHHH PS THE MONKEYS ARE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is exciting because that means that the leopard that they said was roaming around town/campus is gone! I don't think I have ever been soooooo excited to have to hide from the monkeys. These photos are from right outside my kitchen window.
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