Sangita Orphanage: Take Two!

So we started today with an early rise to Shanthi’s clinic (yes – half 9 is early!) for one of Shanti’s services – full of singing, praise, and all of it in Tamil which was interesting.  However it was extremely hard to think about what was going on with the heat.  Iain and I already felt ill before leaving this morning (him more than me) and we ended up having to sit down half way through the second or third song because of it; of course it didn’t help that the ceiling fan was blowing hot air onto our aching heads.  As far as I’m concerned, today was the hottest day we’ve had so far in Chennai. 

Thereafter, Shanthi treated us to lunch at her rather huge house.

Despite the fact that there was a power cut – and hence no fans to help distract us from the intense heat – the food certainly made us feel like we were at home.  It was pizza – Domino’s pizza!

NOM NOM NOM!!! =]

After a few hours in Shanthi’s company, we moved on back to Sangita Orphanage to entertain the children again.  And this time we were prepared – the balloons and sweets went down a treat (no pun intended) and I was being cautious enough to prevent my hand from ripped open again!

Of course, none of us were really any good at making fancy things with the balloons, like giraffes or dogs… but the kids were overwhelmed with their (fairly simple) balloon hats!

Now we’re all pretty tired, especially iain…

… so we’ll probably get back to the YWCA for something to eat, pack up our bags for our 8 hour trip to Dundigal tomorrow morning, and just call it a day.

So, uh… g’night! =]

Owen x