My most treasured time in India was spent with the Sharanam girls. These 30 girls live at the Sharanam Center, a girls' shelter in Dharavi, and they are the most loving, bright, and energetic girls I have ever met. They wholeheartedly welcomed me to India my first week, and I spent every Tuesday and many other wonderful days with them over the six months.
In December, my family and I took the whole Sharanam crew to Water Kingdom, Asia's largest water park. Everyone was thrilled!
Here I am with little Jenny (nicknamed "Shiny"). She is the daughter of Sharanam's wonderful house parents, Sharda and Nirmal. Sharda is to the far left in this photo.
At Water Kingdom we had a grand time splashing around. Notice our mandatory rented swim wear.
After a long day, we took a boat back to Mumbai just at sunset.
My family also brought these lovely quilts from a school in the US for the children of Sharanam.
The girls had lots of fun wrapping themselves up in the quilts.
We also went to Sharanam's weekly session with Magic Bus to play dodgeball and soccer.
Here I am in my last cab ride home with my little friends. I will miss them dearly.
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