So much has happened and I am going to try to sum it up and then be more diligent about writing each day. After Narla arrived he was tired, but fought it well. I didn’t let him rest much as we only have two and a half weeks and a lot to get done! We stayed the first night with Jo and Toby in West Sac, we wanted Narla to feel at home and have rice so we went to Panda Express:
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He now thinks that’s what American rice tastes like…coincidentally he hasn’t eaten any more since!
Friday morning we were up and at ‘em and heading into town for a West Sacramento Rotary meeting. It was a pleasure to be able to speak to the club and I am really impressed with the work that Rotary is doing in their community and around the world, it was fun to be able to share our story with people that really care. Narla did fantastic in his first presentation and I was so proud of how relaxed and interesting he was, it was inspiring!
Narla is blown away by the homes here. He just says over and over again, “they’re so nice, its amazing, they’re just so nice, so new and amazing.”
We drove that evening back to Tahoe and got to see the kids who were thrilled to see Narla. The weekend was a bit of a blur, we just relaxed on Saturday and caught up on some sleep, then on Sunday my mom and dad threw a great get-together at their new house in Tahoe. It was fun to meet their new Tahoe friends and we told them about JWOC and what we’re doing in Southeast Asia and the support was amazing! We have people that donated, wanted to volunteer and wanted to visit and volunteer in Cambodia! That night we drove back down to the East Bay and I introduced Narla to an American icon…
We spent the night with Dawn, one of our great board members and she and Narla even did some work:
She also introduced Narla to a great American staple, the American breakfast:
So it was a busy weekend, but really productive, when I asked Narla what the highlights were for him it was:
- Meeting such nice people
- Being able to talk about JWOC
- Seeing the amazing houses and all the cars
- McDonalds
Not in that order, MickeyD’s was sadly a lot higher!!