Today was Ram Naumi or the birth of Ram, which apparently happened at noon (yes, Indians know these things). So there was an arati at the mandir at noon. And things were mostly closed - surprise, surprise. I can't believe the number of people though that come to arati at these occasions. I don't know if people here are more religious, but I feel like they have more of a blind faith that things like visiting the temple once a day or wearing nice new clothes and visiting the temple on religious occasions. Anyways, once again it felt very homely to be squished like sardines in the tiny temple where everyone and their moms (literally) showed up. It was fun :)
Flowering Tree, the organization that is sponsoring the Jamalpur site, is visiting tomorrow and the day after to see how things are going firsthand. I wrote up a nice, colorful, long annual report and made a video slideshow of the children/events/etc. I'm excited to meet them tomorrow, help answer any questions they have about what we are doing, and hear their feedback on what else we can and should do!
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