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Friday, August 24, 2007 ( 7:14 AM ) shut up christine arrived safely in Calcutta today. i'm staying at the S.B. Devi Charity Home, they are the NGO that has a connection to the family and they're going to help me find them. for the last two and a half months my world has consisted mostly of the ashram and Tekra, which is a whole other planet altogether i mean i'm coming from a place where showing my calves is pretty risque, by the way did you know Gujarat is a dry state? no alcohol. so yeah i feel like a small town girl in new york city i can stay out late if i want to, and eat meat if i want to, and use toilet paper if i want to :) anyway, two months ago Manav Sadhna distributed gallos to staff members and volunteers, gallos are basically piggy banks that they were planning to break in september and use the money for a good cause the day before i left for Calcutta, Vijaybhai and Jigga broke their computer class gallo for me so that i could give the money to the family...there were over 1,000 rupees in it, and even as we're counting all the loose change, people are dropping more coins into the pile in all they collected 1,361 rupees and i sat on the computer room floor and cried. they are so amazing sunil and shirishbhai gave me more things to add to the gift box, like towels and little bottles of shampoo and toys La Bamba (my big backpack) is completely full of things for this family. so much love is going into this gift, i really hope i find them see you soon #
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