We enjoyed Bangladesh on two trips
Our 1st Savara Retreat Group.
The group of women at prayer.
Being dressed in a sari.
Children in every land like a hug.
Travel through the city, 4 to a motorbike
City of Dhaka 2011
Dhaka 2011 Fair ferris wheel
1st retreat travel team, Nicki Verploegen and Karen Duffy with Holy Cross priests visiting a local parish.
1st retreat pastoral visit to young women.
Witnessing the common way to travel in the city on our 1st retreat trip.
Pausing on the side of the street from a day of labor.
The exhuberant Sr. Marci, our cook on our 1st retreat.
Food vedors.
Two women on retreat.
Elders deserve some personal attention.
Nicki receiving a blessing from the elders.
Karen being blessed by an elder.
Karen with one of the young retreat attendees.
Karen Duffy with the children on a pastoral visit.
Mothers and their children in Dhaka.
A walk in the country.
A thumb in need of medical attention.
A mess of powerlines over a city street.
Traffic of many types.
Sr. Probha, Provincial of the Religious Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions (RNDM).
Meeting with a new group of women to attend the retreat.
Women on retreat.
Savoring sweets while on retreat.
Closing environment for the 1st retreat.
Closing ritual.
Closing ritual.
Closing.
Gifts of flowers.
Gifts of tunics from the sisters.
The sisters enjoying Tatenda gifts to them.
Nicki with the children of a pastoral visit.
2nd trip travel team, Jackie Dombrowski and Nicki Verploegen withSr, Probha, the Provincial.
Retreat Group.
Retreat Group.