The other day my friend Kavitha and I were wondering off to class when BV Madhava Swami asked us if we would like to do some service for Tulasi Devi. Wahoo! Today the two of us, along with Jaya Sita made our way over to the goshala gardens for some ecstatic painting of the new Tulasi house Maharaja is creating. He is planning on having a grand opening event by the first week of November, so there's quite some work to be done. Today we got to paint green leaves and purple grapes. My sari is now officially ready for the dirtiest chores.
Before had we spent some amazing quality time with our local Brijbasi family. I found out today that they are actually Bengali's who moved here from Mayapur about 6 years ago. Because I speak three Hindi words and Purnima, the kids' mother, speaks 4 words of English, we were delighting in our translator today. Kavitha spent two hours with us, going between so that we could talk about life, the kids, and how much we are going to miss one another. It's hard not to count down the days. In tears, we conveyed how wonderful this past 3 months has been. It goes to show that the real language is that of the heart. We've shared so many laughs, so many joyous memories, and barely a word that was ever spoken could be understood with the mind. It could only go straight to the heart. Here are the latest pictures, my absolute favorite yet. The big picture at the top is one of Bapi, the oldest son, age 10, through the new stain-glass at Tulasi's house. He was painting, and from the other side of the glass I took a picture of his face. What you see is his eye on the right, and my camera and face on the left. The children are also becoming excellent photographers. I am completely impressed by them, in every way.
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