India Trip

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

This is a letter from the Rotary president of the district in India we will be visiting. I found it interesting and wanted to share some excerpts with you (any emphasis added is mine).

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[r_a_l_i_g_h]

I know!

They'd already told us about taking gifts for the host families. We need to pack like, 12-15 small, flat, lightweight items. My idea of what to take, since India is big on music and musicals, is a CD of the soundtrack to Oklahoma!. It's something we can share together while I'm there. Oh, and they also said our team will be asked to sing Oklahoma! all the time, 'cause that's the one thing everybody knows about our state.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Why, thankee. I thought it was pretty good. (CDs are light and flat and stackable, and I can pack them among my clothes and not have to worry about them getting messed up or leaking or anything.

Other people are giving OU/OSU shirts, dream catchers, made in Oklahoma food items, etc.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

I think she was bringing peanuts or other dry-foods and maybe -sealed- little jars of jelly/honey

Ooo! I just had another idea! The Red Dirt Soap Company, makes homemade aromatic soaps and bathsalts from all-natural ingrediants, most of which come from Oklahoma. That would be cool. www.reddirtsoap.com

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Ah, but you can always joke about the French.

[rssrss]

Oooh, I love this idea. It's usually hard to come with stuff that's native to your state (and also nice), so this is really fantastic.

[r_a_l_i_g_h]

Thanks!

I've been trying to get a count on how many host families we'll be staying with, so I'll know how many to order. But they don't really know. Anywhere from 10 to 20 or more.

We're also going to bring a recording of "Oklahoma!" and sing it to fill up time if we need to. (We've printed the words on the back of our little bio-brochure)