Reading and Reflection Nepal: Library completion. THAT'S RIGHT. ON TIME.
One week to library completion deadline:
Only one week before the deadline of the library completion…and the room was still just cement. I panicked. Jackie panicked. We tried not to make this too obvious to the library crew. “So you went to check out the library room?” the chairman of the school, Uttam Sir asked me. “Yea, um…it’s cleaner now,” I said, being cautious of not offending him because he could be seriously behind schedule. You see, we do NOT want the school staff to feel like we are in any more of a decision position than them in this library making part of the project. Just because we are financially and technically assisting them doesn’t mean they shouldn’t have ownership of the library and the project.)
4 days to library completion deadline:
The wall is half painted and the windows are in. I was glad they started work. The chairman said they decided to put carpet instead of just linoleum. Excellent. I couldn’t WAIT and was so excited that I wanted the kids to get as excited (or more) than me. I stuck a sign on the unpainted door that said “library” in Nepali. All colorful of course.
One day to library completion deadline:
OH-EM-JEEEE. Whoever has EVER heard of something being completed BEFORE the deadline??? No one. Haha get this: The library is COMPLETE and they have high quality “Yeti Carpet” on the floor. (Check out Jackie’s fb album) oh man…um. I did a little twirl in the new room ^_^
