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Tom’s Second Week in Kalimpong (Part 1)
Date Added - 16/04/2010
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Greetings and God’s many blessings from a continually warm and humid Kalimpong – not that I’m complaining. I continue to be blessed in so many ways, with the children continuing to be a huge source of inspiration to me. It was very special for me being able to celebrate Easter Sunday in the Katherine Graham Memorial Chapel, and we had a wonderful Easter Fun Day on Easter Monday with the children. I’ve been conducting the morning assemblies – Junior School and Senior School, after which I go down to the Kindergarten and conduct a short assembly – with all 170 of them – all of whom are just as cute as I am! The entire school (and Kindergarten) now know how to sing “Halle Halle Hallelujah” and “He’s got the whole world” – and there’s more to come! I rather feel that they, along with the staff, are still wondering, “Who is this guy?”
As I’m walking around the campus and meeting the kids, often they’ll break into a verse of “Halle” or “He’s got the whole world”. The other day, early evening, as I was walking into town (around 25 minutes), a few wee ones were playing at cricket (on the main road!) . . .”Good evening Sir . . . “Halle Halle Hallelujah”!
I meant to say in my first report, that you really can’t go anywhere! While hanging around Greggs and having a Steak Bake at Newcastle Airport, I spied Graeme Aitchison from Lochton – there to collect his mum and dad, returning from Australia. As we were then queuing up to get checked in – bumped into a couple from Yetholm/Morebattle (their names escape me), on their way to Australia. On arriving at Dubai, it was necessary to have a short ten-minute bus trip to the main terminus. We boarded, and as we were standing, hanging onto the roof handles, I said to Eleanor, “This is much better than Munro’s”. A voice a few feet away piped up, “Do you come from the Borders?” She was Michelle, a new chef at the Cross Keys Hotel in Kelso! She was on her way home to South Africa for a holiday before the start of the World Cup. As we were talking, another couple (from Galashiels) overheard us, and piped up, “Our daughter is a Police Officer and is based in Kelso!” . . . . spooky, or what?
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