We leave at the end of this week to move to Delhi for 2 months to have the baby. Unfortunately, this is also the week where everyone has decided to visit us. This morning our Indian friends came to stay. One is a teenager who has never left the village (we are talking no bathroom, no running water, little electricity, ect.) It has been so funny teaching her about the shower, making sure she uses the toilet instead of the floor, and taking them out to eat Indian food since we have cleaned out our food for the move! It has been a sweet and exhausting time. They leave tomorrow and we will welcome 5 Americans who work in another part of India. I believe they will stay even after we leave our house. We will pick up a friend and his 2 kids on the way to Delhi and they will stay with us in Delhi before we go to a conference. After the conference, one of our teammates is wanting to stay with us for a night or two on her way back up to Shimla. We hope to find some rest after these weeks are over. We are so glad to have this time with our Indian friends before we leave. They are so funny about this baby! Everyone can tell that I'm pregnant these days so I get tons of advice to stay at home and make Levi do all the work. They say it is the only time for Indian women to rest while their husbands serve them! Indian food is back on the menu for me so my landlady (Indian mom) is proudly cooking all she can. I must say that although we are so excited about Delhi because we can order Pizza Hut delivery, get chicken strips at KFC and go to Hard Rock, we are finding this move for the next few months so hard! Shimla has become a home to us and leaving is not fun. I'm sure our trip back home will be one we will be longing for!
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