Another quick post tonight as I'm pretty beat, even though we got a late start.  This afternoon, we headed off to work.  I struggled with teaching today.  The words didn't come easily, and I seemed to really struggle with the language barrier.  It's crazy that we can use the same language and not understand each other.  I stepped back to observe, thinking my failing for words was a cue to stop talking so much, but even the critical listening didn't work well since I really couldn't understand the English/Kannada mix that was the language of instruction.  Well, tomorrow's another day.

After work, Lauren, Melissa, and I did some shopping.  Melissa had scoped out some places for us, and we had a really nice time browsing all these handmade crafts brought from all around India to these little shops.  This evening, I bought some great art, table linens, and some great jewelry - all of it gifts.  In these shops, everything is so beautiful and there is so much to see; it's hard to synthesize it all.  I suppose we'll have to go again!

I'm off to bed now.  Goodnight all.  Think of us tomorrow as we head to an orphanage to meet a student.