Northern Thoughts

Have a brief moment to jot down some thoughts before Indian adventures suck me back into the streets. This time I'm writing from New Dehli and on a time constraint of our own, as long as the electricity holds out, so I don't feel as rushed as the Ambattur blogs. Susan, Ali, Becca and I have planned a 2 week trip up north to visit the sites, such as the Taj Mahal(who could come to this beautiful country and not see its prize posession?) and trek over to Rajisthan(spelling is off im sure) for a real camping trip on Camels. It's been exciting for us to breathe after a month of gogogo with the kids and various tasks.
We left the orphanage on the night of the 25th, telling the children we would be back and to please remember us when we did! Of course, silly of me to think they would forget us because they ALL came out waving our auto away at 10 p.m., sad to see us go but excited because we would be back soon. It made my heart glad to see how much they love us and the impact we have had with our short time there thus far. Sumathy says that they will ask her every day where we are and constantly check our rooms for any sign of the "sisters".
Speaking of sisters, I am now labeled "doctor" sister because of the minor first aid we have taken upon ourselves for the children of the orphanage. It has been mostly scrapes and bleeding from ankles and the such, but Varuna, an 7 or 8 year old boy, was a serious case. He spilled boiling water on his foot, which proceeded to blister and pop in the day before he even said anything about pain. I mean, serious doctor here, about 40 percent of his foot was open sores and to mix that with the sand and filth in the orphanage, it was just a matter of time before that thing got seriously infected! Luckily, I was able to use the bandaids, gauze, neosporin and hydrogen peroxide donated by the people of Valdez(Thank you so much!!!) to clean and cover it as best as we could. He was an amazing kid, softly saying "pain" when they bubbling of the hydrogen peroxide got to him but keeping a smile on his face the entire way. I have so much respect and awe for these children and their pain threshold, I think i would be screaming and yelling at anyone who was doing that to me! It was a good feeling though, for him to come up to me everyday and ask for a new bandage and more 'water' for his foot. The bubbling action is something those kids love to gather around and watch, think it is the coolest thing ever.
So we are gone until the 11th, taking some time to see different parts of India but mostly we have been just talking about our favorite moments with the children, looking at the pictures we have in our cameras, and laughing at the all around silliness of mis-communication issues with Sumathy and Ranjith. Excited about all the upcoming adventures!