Leyla Jii & Chai Tea

Everyone- Meet Leyla Jii
(pronounced Lee-La... adding "Jii" at the end of someones name is honorific. )



She is our house helper.
She is wonderful.
She has become Levi's new buddy... and she is quite fond of him.
As soon as she sees him, she will say, "Chotta Baby"- which means "little baby"

Leyla's famous chai & these cookies/crackers go great with it.
They have quickly become Levi's favorite.
I think he has been wondering why we waited so long to introduce him to them- haha.
He would eat them all day and night if we let him.

Leyla comes to our home Monday through Friday from 10:30-2:00
She cleans our dishes, sweeps and mops the floors, plays with Levi, makes us chai, cooks us lunch, cleans up after lunch, then heads home.

At each meal she will always make "roti"- similar to a flat bread/ tortilla.
And she always makes us extra so we have some for dinner.
You would be amazed what all we have been able to make out of roti.
One night we had roti pizzas (pictured below)
Other nights we have discovered grilled roti & cheese- delicious.
We are planning on making tacos this week with them.
They are so multi-functional~ It's great!

She does not speak English- which actually is wonderful because it makes us practice our Hindi
while she is here.
She is incredibly patient and gracious with us as we stumble through phrases,
and ask her a million times what something is in Hindi.

The neatest things will happen though-
Despite our mere four days of language class, Leyla will just talk to us in Hindi, and somehow we will get the main idea of what she is saying... and vice versa through our broken Hindi

More than anything- I love the moments that God allows us all to have a good laugh together.
Sweet times!