Countdown

Less than a month from now, we'll be in Thailand.  The trip is taking on shape as we continue to plan and watch the political scene. The tentative itinerary still holds, but both Ted and Peg are in contact with their friends and sources on the ground to take the local temperature.  

I have been in contact with Dr. Jain, who runs the SAVE Project, developing schools in Sarnath for the Dalit children.  He has set us up with a series of opportunities to work with the children there, from preschool to highschool.

Tonight, a group of students and I are meeting to make books for us to use (and leave behind) as we teach lessons about the Pacific Northwest, including images of our region, the kinds of food we plant and eat, children in schools here, and the work that the adults do here.  We've been collecting pictures and will build the books with simple text and laminate them.  Should be a fun project.

Marie