Thursday, October 25, 2007

What a wonderful mood I was in today when I got up, I was ready for a day of fun and packing and getting ready to depart. Little did I know that my day was going to get completely switched, rearranged, and befuddled, it was nothing that I could not handle though because I am really chill like that. During breakfast I got recruited to go shopping for 6lbs of sugar, 5 Machetes, 2 Creole Bibles, and 21 Brooms. So I spent until 10 writing 2 journal entries and checking my flight itinerary for Saturday. At 945 I took Pat and her husband up the mountain to look at the plateau and to the boy’s new house to see where they were living. I really enjoy hiking to this location although every time I have done it we have taken a different uphill route. This time we went the long roundabout way and with a little stroke of luck we made it where we wanted to. On our way down we picked up a few boys that stuck with us until the mission gate, it is nice to have some tour guides. When we got back it was time to find Gesner and get going on our shopping spree, I could tell that he was way super excited. I got just as frustrated shopping today as I always do, but we managed to get everything that we needed expect the Bibles, which he thinks he can get tomorrow morning. The brooms were a little more than they were supposed to be but I guess that is because today is not a market day. I really like the machete styles that they had, they were a little different, than the ones Jacque used to sell, and I did not buy one though. We got back around 1 and had some lunch and then I made some popcorn for the Bible college students, although I did not have enough seed to make them the same amount I did Tuesday. After popcorn cooking it was time for the Heaven’s waiting room party, so Erin and I cut open and duct taped trash bags together for them to be able to play on and we got them all together. First things first, animal crackers and marshmallows, followed by something very new for them, Pop Rocks, which we are sure they did not know how to handle. While they were eating marshmallows off of each other’s face Erin took the liberty to get most of them dirty with the shaving cream, which they did not leave unpunished and she was quickly covered in it as well. Several of the team members that had been taking pictures and feeding them also wound up with cream on them from the vicious battle. At about 340 we took the little ones to the pool and I, shortly followed by, Erin got into the baptistery with the children to make sure that when they put their head under water, they came back up. Mostly we were there for the children that cannot move on their own. They did not stay in very long before they were taken to their rooms to get dressed. After the little ones were safely out, the fun began. It was just like being in the room with them except we were getting wet. We played for about 40 minutes and it looked like rain so we got them out and put away. After they were all passed off, it was time to drain the baptistery and Erin and I thought it was be a wonderful idea if we sat in it while it drained. It was kind of like adult swim but only ankle deep water that was slowly draining. It was nice to spend some time with Erin since between being sick and busy we have not done that in a while. Once I was done LOVING the water, I changed and Roland and I hopped on the 4-wheeler and headed to the Orphanage to get the luggage that I needed to take back to the states with me and a bag that was left here in June that belonged to Justin Crider. What a long interesting drive that turned out to be, because apparently the 4-wheeler does not like Roland, because it died 5 times on the ay there. We finally made it and were only at the Orphanage for about 30 minutes and I got everything I was after and we jumped back on for the long haul home. The ride home was not as nearly as bad as the ride there, because it did not stall at all, which thrilled Roland a lot. It was quite interesting to do the trip with three full pieces of luggage. We returned while share time was going on and Miss Tulenko motioned to me that there was food for us in the kitchen. Indeed there was, and a piece of the desert for both of us, Roland did not eat his so I shared it with Mike who showed up earlier than I thought he would. After dinner it was time to get packing so I took a shower and got my stuff around for the night of packing. Didn’t I get a little helper though, Miss Elizabeth graciously helped me get all my stuff packed and into 2 duffle bags that way under 50lbs. WOO-HOO, I am ready to go now and I can worry about other things, like my website. I still did not get caught up on that, I apologize. Liz and I sat up until 1240 journaling and talking about the patients and Cincinnati, which is where she is from, and the National Missionary Convention in November. At 1240 we were both tired so that was all she wrote for the day. Peace.