In a sea of teary faces, we said good-bye to the boys at the home....after, of course, one last dance party! We are now on a bus headed to the train station, where we'll be riding first-class overnight to Dehli to continue our adventures tomorrow.

The kids spent the morning visiting a local school, where they participated in what was perhaps one of the largest games of duck-duck-goose known to man. Then we had lunch in town at the Hotel Grand Continental before heading back to the boys' home. Then it was water-balloons, bubbles, and cricket for the rest of the afternoon. It's evening time now, so we'll have to see if we have our nightly pre-dinner dance party, but, needless to say, we're all sad to be spending our last night here!

Happy Birthday Ali

It's almost dinner time at the boys' home. We've had a sweaty but fun day of playing soccer, frisbee, and, of course, cricket. At lunch we celebrated Ali's 17th birthday with balloons and Nutella and singing! Then Ali, Soroush, Morgan, Cayley, and Josh taught the boys how to dance Gangham style.

With the boys!!

We are officially settled at the boys' home! From the first moment we arrived (after a looong car ride), the boys made us feel welcome and excited. Their enthusiasm (and our own) got us right into playing games and making friends....and we may have burst into a spontaneous dance party.

The Ganges River

We just finished our morning float down the Ganges river, one of the holiest places in all of Hinduism. The kids saw temples and religious ceremonies as the rising sun cast a rosie glow over the mirror-like waters. Michael said, "My thoughts about this river are way too complex." Sam "thought it was really cool. It was interesting to see how everyone came together at the river. Some people were there doing their salvation thing, but other people were just doing their chores."

Varanasi

We arrrived safely in Varansi. We'll be heading to bed early tonight so we can be on the Ganges river by six a.m., then it's finally off to the boys home!

Church visits in Delhi

After a much-need night of rest at the YMCA, we've spent the morning visiting Delhi churches where Ali, Annie, Evie, and Austin shared their stories with the churches. Heading back to have lunch, then we'll be hopping on a plane to Varanasi. Ashley had this to say about our morning: "I really, really enjoyed it. I thought it was cool to go to so many churches on the other side of the world that knew the same God as we do and were so excited about it."