Oct. 18th sukrawbaar

Respect is given when it is received.

Everything is everything,

What is meant to be will be.

After winter must come spring,

Change comes eventually.

Happy birthday to two of my favorite boys, Jacob Rivera and Derek Corpus! Happy 24th and 23rd birthday! Wish I could celebrate with you both and the Team.

Plus, shout out to my main squeezie HK Huynh. Kick butt in your med school interviews!  I have nothing but faith in you.

Chhaap birthday tomorrow. May the weather Gods be on our side as we hope to go on a hike to one of the temples in the morning before we hit the bazaars to celebrate Freeman's 26th birthday. 

We were supposed to visit our permanent sites this coming week as well as meet our Nepali counterpart, the person we will be working alongside with throughout the next two years, but lots of political and government "stuff" has caused the Peace Corps training and programming team to cancel our planned excursion. There is an upcoming election on the Nepali government side planned for November 19th. Because of this, along with other recent political affairs, lots of strikes and political rallies are planned throughout the country, causing government officials to be on lockdown as the elections get closer. Our counterparts are unavailable for travel to meet us in Nepalgunj, thus, trip canceled. On the American government side, the federal furlough and shutdown of the federal government caused Peace Corps to resort to emergency funds to keep volunteers abroad and staff members on duty.  It was crazy to find all this out so late in the game since I've been living in Chhaaptown eating buffalo and being extremely disconnected with the world. What the heck happened America?? But I hear an agreement has been made, whatever that means. 

Jivan yastai chha. Ke garne?

Love you all,

Bora