Happy Holi.

Happy Holi! As luck would have it, I'm here in Nepal on one of the most colorful days of the year. It's a long standing Hindu holiday in which water is sprayed around as a reminder of the cooling monsoon days to come. Also known as the festival of colors, namely colored powered is also thrown everywhere. In the streets, on cars, on your face. It's nice. Seeing as the kids here at the Haven don't have school today, we will play & throw water balloons instead. I am continuing to learn more & more about these kids. Many of them with lots of deeply rooted anger & abandonment issues. Aside from the occasional meltdown or temper tantrum, they are so easy to love. I suppose if I had to give myself a job title here it would be "lover of kids" because really that's what I get to do. We study, we do projects, we play jump roping games & lots of basketball, but I'm actually the lucky one. I can just love them. Turning 24 in Nepal was no small fare. Birthdays are a BIG deal. We went to the movies, which actually was incredibly luxurious. We saw Ghost Rider 2. Pathetic excuse of a movie. Nicolas Cage is past his prime, or did he ever have a prime? So with that said I mostly just enjoyed my comfy seat & escaping the polluted air of Kathmandu. We ate pizza. We watched some more movies. I encountered my first bout of wild monkeys. It was entertaining to say the very least. I felt overwhelmingly loved from all of you at home. It's incredible how love can travel so far, yeah? So here I am, 24, healthy, happy & thriving. I have begun planning some trekking adventures which shall commence at the end of this month. Annapurna Circuit, here i come. Stay tuned. I love you all more than ever, I still miss you & I am incredibly thankful for you. Peace, love & Holi, laur