It was fascinating to hear some of the things they were working on and I hope that we can continue to help them by connecting them to resources and mentoring them when needed. There are so many road blocks to the growth of their villages. Everything has to be passed by the Village Monk and the Village Leader and so lots of advancements that they could be making are overruled mostly because of ignorance and misunderstanding. I think it would be very similar to trying to convince a small town elderly person a decade ago in the US that computers are a link to education and social advancements instead of a waste of time. And without that elderly persons approval nothing can happen.
We went back to our hotel for a short nap and then back to the school for a dinner of Burmese food prepared by the students. On the way back we were pulled over my the police for no reason. When they saw that we were all white they let us go. Apparently they set up every night around 6pm to stop the Burmese refugees that are travelling on that road from the factories to extort money from them. Unreal.
On a lighter note we saw lots and lots of lizards today in the open air school and we met a very nice cat today that the girls called 'Tommy'. We all miss snuggling our animals at home.
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