HAPPY 87TH BIRTHDAY TO MY MOTHER, Fannie Jane Miller
My Mother with Alice, my wife when Mom arrived from Florida to spend some time with us.
Here is Mom wearing the card she found in the gift shop to buy. I then paid for it, and the clerk said she needs to pass it on to friends to wear when it is their birthday.
MYSELF WITH CANDACE AND CHAYLA at the computer. No, they are not in Pa., and I’m not in Bangladesh. This was a photo taken before we left for the U.S.A.
BENGALI LADY
I HAD A NICE BREAKFAST with my friend, Charles at this hotel (restaurant). Alice and I headed for the Dhaka airport at 10 pm, for our 1:20 flight with Malaysia Airlines.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SPECIAL WIFE whose birthday is today! I met her on September 18 in the afternoon and have had so many special times together since then! Sorry, sweetheart, it’s 9 pm and the power is off so I couldn’t find a good photo of you on this laptop, so I used one of an Argentina flag waving high over a street in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh. This city is wild with 2010 World Cup fever! Even more so than the World Series or the NBA finals in the U.S.A. Well today was filled with more good-byes. As I left the football field I had tears. One fellow told me it is ok, you will return!
PRUITT, MY MEJHO (middle in Bangla) grandson playing games on my cellphone. He is wearing the Fatuwa which was a farewell gift for him from the MCC Sacred Mark project staff.
THIS WATER PUMP at the MCC Sacred Mark project in Mymensingh, Bangladesh brings back memories of many years ago. Water is such a necessary part of life. Many people in the world and here in Bangladesh have problems getting enough good water.
HOTEL GREEN IN TOWN HALL MARKET was where my friend and I had a great breakfast of curried beef, bhaji, and nan ruti. Little restaurants are called hotels. Actually this is one of the few that actually has rooms. This photo shows the hotel from across the street. I went back this afternoon to get this photo so you don’t see the action out front making the porotas and nan ruti.
More wrap-up things today, four more morning walks, farewells and Sunday evening at 10 heading for the airport.
BANGLADESHIS ARE ONE OF THE MOST HOSPITABLE people in the world. Most times when visiting in a home you are given a snack. Sometimes it is a nice sweet biscuit and 7-up, and sometimes biscuits with tea. Sometimes it is fruit or mishti (sweets). Here is a treat we enjoyed during our visit to an MCC project in Mymenshingh, Bangladesh.
After our early morning (4:45) walk I realized there will only be five more of those walks before we head for Ohio, via KL (Malaysian airport), Los Angeles, and Columbus!
ALICE AND I ARE CELEBRATING OUR 41st WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TODAY! Up at 4:30 AM for a 50 min walk and back by 5:30 AM. No sense wasting a good day by sleeping! 🙂
I had a great bean and cheese burrito for breakfast. We are trying to empty our freezer before we leave, and I think the last trip to the market I bought too many beans! If and when I run out of beans I’ll head for the local hotel (little local restaurant) for some dal, bhaji, and nan ruti!
We’re whacking away at our to-do lists in preparation for heading to America. We were hoping to be done yesterday but didn’t quite make it. Pulled out some cupboards, the fridge, etc. so Shaheen, our house helper could clean behind them. We want things “spic and span” when Lewis’ arrive. They will be staying in our apartment upon their return to Bangladesh, until they find a permanent place to locate. I just finished off some mango juice, which we will miss while in the U.S. After another bean & cheese burrito I think it may be nap time. I see Alice is on the couch fast asleep compensating for the early morning. This morning she had cooked up the rest of the veggies that were in the freezer into a nicy spicy veggie/potato mixture, which I will be enjoying for several days. It’s almost 4 am in the U.S. so I think I’ll post this since the 14th of June (our anniversary) has arrived in the U.S. as well!
This photo was taken last year as we celebrated with the Friday and Saturday morning footballers I play with. They gave us a beautiful red trimmed crystal vase.
PRAYERS SAID ON AUSTIN’S behalf as he makes his last visit to this former sex-workers’ MCC project in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. This is a great project to get these women off of the streets and give them a skill to provide a more respectable source of income.
EARLY MORNING CLOUDS OVER THE BANANI, DHAKA SKYLINE
My Mother with Pauline (Alice’s sister). Mom made this wall-hanging from some ties that Mark Zehr (Pauline’s deceased husband) used to wear. Pauline was pleased with this gift. My Mother has been quilting quilts, wall-hangings, etc. for a long time.
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