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Reversed Advent Calendar

12/19/2015

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8. Desember/ 8th of December
Engilsh verison; scroll down.
LIFE GOES ON
Vi drar tilbake til Dawa og hennes familie i Samaguan igjen. Sist fortalte jeg om den gleden de sprer og hvor forventningsfulle de var til endelig å få hjem sin pappa. Han hadde vært på sykehuset i Kathmandu i 3 måneder. Ingen av dem har noen sinne vært i Kathmandu. Å dra dit ville tatt 7 dagers vandring, samt en dag i buss. Derfor har de heller aldri sett biler, motorsykler og høye hus. I videoen ser dere hele historien om Pemba fra første gang jeg traff ham. Da lå han under en presenning og ventet på å dø. Vi fikk evakuert ham til Kathmandu hvor han fikk den beste behandling han kunne få. Han ble bedre og bedre, men lengtet voldsomt hjem. Hver gang jeg besøkte ham, lå han og så ut vinduet og drømte seg bort. Da legen endelig sa at han var frisk nok til å dra hjem, var det stor glede. Han skulle nå også få se sin minste jente for første gang. Hun ble født 5 dager etter at Pemba ble evakuert. 
Det er stor stas når pappa kommer hjem. Alle gleder seg! Og alt går fint. 
De fikk bare litt over en måned sammen. 1. november dør Pemba omgitt av sin gode familie.
Dagen etter er guttene ute og lager gravstein til Pemba. Vi hjelper til med å arrangere en verdig begravelse for ham. Nå håper og tror familien at han er på et bedre sted uten smerter og uten et kaste-system. De ser fremover og står på videre. Nå kommer snart vinteren og de forbereder seg med å sanke ved og lage huset bedre.
De følger det nepalesiske ordspråket som jeg har hørt så mange ganger:
In the eyes of a flower, everything is flowers 
and in the eyes of a thorn,everything is thorns

Vi velger hvordan vi vil se verden
Dagens oppgave:
Finn et dikt eller ordspråk og gi det til noen på jobben eller skolen.
Med ønske om en fin dag!
LIFE GOES ON
We are going back to Dama and her family in Samaguan again. Last time I told you about the joy and happiness they are spreading, and how excited they were to finally get their daddy home again. He had been at the hospital in Kathmandu for 3 months. None of them has ever been to Kathmandu. To go there would have taken 7 days of walking, and one day at a bus. Therefore, they have never seen cars, motorcycles and tall houses. 
In the video below you can see the whole history about Pemba from the first time I met him. Then he was laying under a tarp waiting to die. 
We managed to evacuate him to Kathmandu where he received the best treatment he could get. He slowly became better. Al the time he longed home. Every time I visited him, he was looking out the window daydreaming. When the doctor finally said that he was healthy enough to go home, we all were so excited! Finally he was going home to see his baby daughter for the first time. She was born five days after Pemba were evacuated.
The day Pemba returned was filled with excitement and joy.
Everything was going well.
They only got a little over a month together. 
At Sunday the 1st of November Pemba died, surrounded by his beloved family.
The day after, the boys were out carving a tombstone to Pemba. 
We helped to arrange a dignified burial for him. 
Now the family hope and believe that Pemba is in a better place without pain and without a caste system. 
They look ahead and keep carry on. The winter is soon coming and they have to prepare the house and collect fire wood. 
They follow the Nepalese quote that I have heard so many times:
In the eyes of a flower, everything is flowers 
and in the eyes of a thorn,everything is thorns
The world is how you choose to see it
Todays task:
Find a quote or a poem and give it to someone at work or at school.
I wish you a nice day!
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