internet frustration

We have been totally frustrated these last few days trying to get our internet fixed with promises of help but as usual no one comes.  I am at the local cyber cafe.  Thankfully there is a lovely young man here who speaks english who is helping me get sorted out.  Apart from this, we are having a lovely time.  The weather is still great and  15 hours of power a day is very managable for us.  We have a lot of Buddhist monks moved into the other floors of the guest house and every day they get up on the roof and blow their trumpets and bang drums.  It sounds like the orchestra tuning up.  The streets of Kathmandu are as fascinating as usual.  The chaotic traffic with all the honking, bikes, taxis , buses and the mandatory big black bull with large horns meandering through the traffic, given right of way.  All the little flat carts loaded with fruit and veges, and the sellers with their variety of little goods spread out on the footpath.  The women in their colourful saris and national dress, and the men spitting everywhere.  Margo has gone home, and we were sad to see her go.  She is such a great woman.  We had such a good time together.  Liat arrived the same day and  is slotting in,.  and will be off to Mulpani school this afternoon.  Agnes has been teaching at another school for two days training teachers in teaching with a Christian World view and all sorts of teaching methods to inspire children, instead of the boring rote learning that is the norm here.  They presented her with flowers at the end.  She is just so good.  I love watching her at work.  Grahame and Raju flew out this morning, Friday, to Chepang, Hertuda, and  Gorkha  and will be away till Wednesday.  All three of these places are begging for schools.  There will be a possible 300 kids in school after the April holiday.  There are at least 50 children being enrolled from the local community who are from Hindu families, which is pretty exciting.  Grahame has also been teaching at the Bible school for 2 hours each morning for 5 days.  There are about 40 young men and women from villages being given basic training for 5 months, live in, who go back to their villages to lead churches.  They are such beautiful young people. Tomorrow is church day, and we are hoping to take out our sponsored girls.  I will be taking Bimila and Juna, Agnes has Kalpana and Pusba, and Liat is taking out Marta and her sister. We will need one of the house mums to come with us to interpret.  We will take them shopping for maybe a pair of shoes each and then lunch at Nanglos, a cafe that employs deafmutes.  They are always so lovely in serving us .  It is always interesting ordering, by playing charades.    I had a list of things to write about but left it home, but hopefully our internet will be going soon (great faith) and I will have more to tell you

Robyn