Manju's village

THE SMALL PATH WE CLIMBED UP THE MOUNTAIN!!!

Manju's family lives in this little hut. One hut for the kitchen and the other had 2 rooms and very small. In that village they were considered homeless. Very sad situation. Manju has one little sister and one brother. Her brother is at an orphange.

The group of followers we had the whole time we were there!!

Down by the river...

OH and having the privalage of eating with our hands. And yes i did too!!! FUN FUN FUN!!

Manju the girl my sister is adopting came from this small village that we visited. Wow that was an experience!! We drove back in 2 hrs. The first half of travel was on decent roads, and the last half was on dirt roads with many potholes. And then when we got to the village we had to hike up the mountain to find where her mother lived. And that was amazing. We hiked about 15 minutes out of town looking for the place, asking as we went along. The path we had to walk on was not wider than 6-10 inches!! And straight up!! We met up with her family and then we walked around the small village. Walked down to the river with her mother and her little sister. We then went and bought some gifts for the family... rice and some clothes and such like. We had this big crowd of followers the whole time we were there. It was so interesting seeing yet another part of the world. But they were so poor... it was so sad, seeing all the dirty faces and sad looks in little childrens eyes, knowing they don't have much of a future outside of this small town. And then wondering how many other villages around i have not even seen who are a lot worse off. Where is my heart of compassion?I want to save them all. How can I? I feel so overwhelmed. How can i help so many? And why was i born where i was? It could have been me here in this village. It could have been you. What am I / you doing with what we have been given?