Some people don't show up, others don't know the language (Journal Entry)

(picture- Robin and me, studying language)

The people we were supposed to meet today cancelled because they had company at their house. We drove over the NTD and found out only after getting there- ugh…All well. Sara had tried to call several times, but my phone never rang for some reason. All well…what to do.

We came back and Deepika and Pinky came over (the girls who live behind us). Deepika has asked us if we could type something for her. We asked if she could back-translate something for us. She had told us she doesn’t speak Kahani, but she can understand- we said that’s all we need- just tell us what the story says in English! She tried about 1 minute of the story- had to listen to it about 4 times before she could even attempt to tell it. She did okay, but I think we may know more Kahani than she does, so don't think that will work. I went to ask Precious to come to our house- but she had left for a wedding.

Anyway, we can’t go any further in the Creation story til we get it back-translated again…So we decided to start on the Fall story tomorrow with Anne. Then we’ll go back to the Creation story when we get it back-translated. Hopefully she won’t be completely confused about that!!! We will call our principal friend and ask him if he can do it for us tomorrow. We are also asking Anju if she knows of someone. We’ll see what happens…

The bike was fine today- stopping on a hill is tough, but we went through some areas today that were very similar to dirt biking- goodness, only God knew how that would be preparation for me!!

No water came again today…so no shower, which is nothing new. I had been washing my hair more frequently because of the heat, and sweating and especially because of the helmet! But I didn't not wash it today, and may not tomorrow too- I may end up looking like I live on the other side of the hill with the hippies!!!