Be prepared as the latest PHH news isn’t too positive…two of the kids stole 50,000 rupees ($1,100) from a priest at St. Joseph’s school in Gitdubling.  The good news…the money was recovered, the bad news…Fr. Felix, the school principal is furious.  Kids have run away, lied, been very disobedient, and even broken an imported statue of St. Joseph (the school’s patron saint), but pinching the teacher’s salaries went too far.  The alleged thieves, who will remain nameless, have apologized and returned the money, but only after an 8 hour scavenger hunt orchestrated by them to keep the loot.  If only they would apply such vigilance to their studies I am certain that we would have several Einsteins in our midst.

The other highlight is that only a handful of kids actually passed their exams thus far, however, most failed by only a few subjects, except one little girl who failed 8 out of 8.  Some how they usually pull it out in the end and pass, but it’s always a little discouraging when you see their report cards.  However, it’s important to remember that PHH kids haven’t had a good educational foundation. 

The students were recently home for a short holiday so we gave them a good pep talk and also bought them some desperately needed clothes.  And, as a reward to those students who passed we treated them to a new Bollywood hit which they thoroughly enjoyed.