Amma la is in the house

Namaste! I decided to try blogging from the home front. As the "Amma" of Hands in Nepal, I find myself here at home alone, Don and Danny deep in the foothills of Nepal, beginning work on building a school in the village of Darkha. What has taken us to this point, and would it be useful to others to read a bit of the background and work we have done to get here? And so I thought I'd add my "at home" experiences, sort of a "behind the scenes" look at what it has taken to assist and support our son in his dream to create this NGO "HANDS in Nepal," and what we do now to keep it going. I am Amma la-an endearing term used in Tibetan culture to note the female head of the household. The La is simply a sort of loving suffix, and because so much of where we are now and what we do has been influenced by the wonderful Tibetan culture and people, Danny has taken to calling me "Amma la" and I feel honored to bear the title. My hope in starting this blog is to inform and share with those interested, our journey as we begin to take a dream of building a school all the way to actual fruition. I hope it in turn will inspire others to do the same, for we were inspired by one man who's book we shared and discussed, Greg Mortenson, of Three Cups of Tea and now the more recent Stones Into School. I hope we can return the favor by showing it is not all that difficult to create a vision for peace through education and make it happen. Here it goes with blog number one!