Happy Holi!

Yesterday was the Holi Festival in India, also called the Color Festival. It's probably one of my new favorite holidays... it was SO much fun! I'm still not exactly sure what the festival is for or what it's celebrating- something about crops but that's all I could figure out. Shelly and I left our apartment yesterday morning and I was literally purple five minutes later. Everywhere we walked people would yell Happy Holi! and run up and smear color on our faces. We went to one street and everyone was outside dancing and there was a little band of drums and a rickshaw leading people around... color was flying everywhere and everyone was just laughing and dancing and having the best time! By the time we made it back to our apartment we were COVERED in paint- I was pretty much black! It took so long to get it all off... I'm still a little pink and blue in some places!!

Shelly and I are going to Nepal this week and we're sooo excited! We still aren't sure when we are leaving (we aren't so great at planning in advance), but I'm pretty sure it will be one day this week. We have a lot of Nepalese friends from school and we are really hoping to get to meet their families- I'm really excited about that! I've heard nothing but really great things about Nepal so I'm excited to go and see it!

Tomorrow is Easter, so Shelly and I are going to church and then to lunch somewhere in Kolkata. I'm sure it will be a great day, but I know we will miss home a lot tomorrow. I would love to fly home for the day and spend Easter with my family! We went to my friend Shaid's farmhouse last night and Shelly and I tried to talk them into having an Easter egg hunt with us... they didn't think it was a good idea. I hope you all have a great Easter back in America... eat lots and lots of good food for us!