Kids at the Mosque

Hello,

I figured i'd drop you just a quick email as i won't have internet until i get back to Kathmandu before my trek. Nepal is going into another festival (the festival of light). It's kind of a celebration of brothers and sisters but it means another week of no school and limited work for the business sector. kind of annoying which is something Durga (a really nice, quite, humble, and wise guy that runs Trisuli and the rafting) has been hoping will change because Nepal has a lot of festivals and they really interfere with a lot of things, especially school. Things are still going really well and actually we have a new teaching opportunity. The Mosque here is starting to allow its kids to ask questions and explore, as before they were pretty much forced to stay to themselves and in the mosque. we've been invited to teach sports, art and English. Most of them have never had the opportunity to play sports or do art so it's really great to see them having fun. most of them are really young so exciting that we get to design this new outreach and project as it's really opening up that part of community which, till now, has been really secluded. I'll be sure to send you an email when I get to Kathmandu and yes, I'm extremely excited to go to Everest but I'm definitely going to miss it here as we've done so much to really jump start this program. Cameron, the guy I've been working with, is going to be here for the rest of the month so i know it's in good hands and we've already got people lined up to continue it when we leave.

I love you all and take care!
Raymond