CES Welcome

When we arrived in Western Nepal we were welcomed by CES (Creation of an Equitable Society), which is the NGO that we have come to help. The welcome included having red tika put on our foreheads and greating long lines of people who would introduce themselves, hand us flowers, and say "namaste" with a small bow. It was an overwhelming welcome, partly because of the generosity, and partly because my bare feet were burning on the sun scorched cement.