Hi Everyone --

This week we had some exciting things happen. Friday morning my housekeeper came in and said I needed to come outside and see the monkeys. I grabbed the camera and ran. There were 3 large monkeys hanging out and making their way down the street. Two stopped to pose on our front gate. I was amazed at how large they were and notice how long the tail of the one on the right is. Then off they ran to give the people down the street a thrill too.

We had a hard rain Saturday evening. It was really coming down, and we don't have the greatest drainage around our house. Then Hannah noticed that the light fixture in the dining room was leaking water. We got the fixture cover off and dumped out the water, then we went upstairs to find the problem. Doug found it right away -- the drain on the terrace off our bedroom was clogged, and there was about 4-5 inches of water backed up. He unclogged the drain and it all went down. We saw a large -- 6" -- lizard out there too. Fun! Hannah had a lizard in her bedroom this week, which she shooed out the window. I don't mind them as long as they say outside where they live, and I can stay inside where I live.

Good news -- We got our tickets to Egypt this week. They had even gone down in price, so we saved $150 between the 3 of us. We have a tour company working on our train tickets and our Nile cruise tickets. We are getting very excited to visit Egypt!

Our friend Mahaswari (the gal that's going on a mission to San Jose, CA), left Pune this week for Hydrabad. Luckily we finished the temple preparation lessons, and she can finish everything else she needs to do down there. We had 6 at church today. Our member count in Pune has declined a lot. We've lost Mahashwari and Mary and Joy. We still have 1 family of 3, and a single sister, and a single brother that are somewhat active. Somehow it's just nicer the more people that come.

Have a great week!
Love, Lucinda