Funny things i've heard this week...

L: from now on we’re going to call you Sheila, and we’ll call her Moushumi.

M: oh, you want me to leave?

L: No, but “Moshumi” will just go to America for a little vacation, and then she’ll come back, and this way Sheila will stay with us too.

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kichu petegele, kichu harate hoy

To get something you will have to lose something

(a commentary on Sheila’s mixed emotions…leaving Sari Bari, but getting to marry the man she loves)

Today one of the training ladies said to me, “you told me yesterday that there was going to be lunch today cause someone is getting married and going back to America. And after you told me that I went home and I thought, “oh no, is she leaving” and I sat there eating my rice worrying that you were going to go back to America. So when D got home, I asked her, and she told me that you weren’t the one leaving. I was so worried.”

Said during training: “I did a worship service this morning. That’s why I’m doing so well today” (an explanation as to why she was beating me so badly at memory)

Mo: Hey Moshumi, when is your wedding going to happen?

Me: I don’t know if it ever will.

Mo: don’t say that. God made a match for everyone. He made a man and a woman, and they each have exactly what the other one needs. At the right time he will bring them together. Just like He did for me.

After giving a necklace to Sheila, “Wear it all the time. If your husband tells you to take it off, tell him no.”