Saturday, July 10, 2010

I just had to get a picture of this tiny old guy bending rebar. He really had it down to a science.


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This is Shelley and Boozer. It's amazing how people live here. They only have one room which they share with three people and Boozer. He's a big dog too. There is no yard and to get their house you have to wind around a narrow dark three meter wide passageway between apartment buildings. Luckily Boozer has nice manners and he's very well loved. The Aroras are well loved also and theirs is the favorite home for all of the missionaries to hang out at.
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We found another wonderful market close by. Renu and I are haggling over some mangos. This looks like very serious business doesn't it? I really like the picture of the bowl of carrots so precariously propped up on top of the rock rocks and bricks. It's amazing to see all the makeshift businesses and stands. It gives us a lot of new ideas for when we get home and back to selling fruit.



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These little girls were having so much fun playing with a match box. One had the cover and the other had the box tray. While I was trying to get a picture they noticed me and jumped up to pose. Luckily I got a snap of them while they were playing. It's so cute how little kids will play with just any old scrap of junk. Very few have regular toys from a store. I have seen some very creative toys and musical instruments made out of CD discs, old broken PVC pipe, sticks and rocks, cardboard boxes, styrafoam boxes, match boxes, bricks, etc. None of the kids use nets to play badminton. One neighborhood dad said it develops imagination and creativity.

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These are two of our friends here in India. Shelley and Renu Arora. They were all dressed up for a wedding. This was the first time I had seen Shelley in a Saree. Can you believe that beautiful hair?

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We thought this was an interesting scene. One guy was up the pole and four others were sitting on the rope which was steadying the pole. The fifth man was stepping on and squatting over the end of the rope.


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