Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Today we got up early and quickly packed only the essentials, because we were catching the 7am tap tap to the river so that we could go home. It was a really nice ride and one of the more comfortable trucks I have been on. When we got to the river it was a little high and the truck we rode on does not cross it, they are a ferry from the river out through the west. So we rode one of the boats across and paid what I thought to be a little much but it was ok. After that we walked from the river to the taxi station, which is almost to the Orphanage. All of us except for Erin, took a taxi to the mission, she took a moped to the Orphanage to send some time with the children and to go to Sunlight and visit some of her friends. We got back to the mission at about 10 and Melissa decided that we would go to Sonel’s at 1 today instead of 4. Until then, it was showering, laundry, and catching up on email. At Sonel’s we found out about a fly in the ointment. His aunt and uncle needed money to send their two oldest to school so they are going to rent out the room that Sonel is in, so they are making him and his dad find another place to live. I can understand that they want to educate their children and Sonel’s dad does not have a job so he cannot pay rent, so no we are trying to figure out where we can find them a room and rent. As far as his wounds go, two look good and the other looked worse today than it did Saturday, which did not thrill the nurse, because it looked as if Sonel was spending more time in bed than he was supposed to. We got back to the mission at 230 and it started pouring at about 250 so we just made it and it poured until about 330. Someone that was not so lucky was the Grants, who were about 6 minutes from the mission when it started to pour and because they were on their four-wheeler, they got DRENCHED. They were ok with it though, because they made it back from the far west in one piece. Between Sonel’s and dinner I did some laundry and took a little nap and talked with a few friends of mine stateside. A seven person group showed up at 430ish, just as I was taking a walk to buy some phone cards, and when I got back it was almost dinner time so I just chatted and got acquainted. After dinner I helped two of the ladies find their totes, which were not where they left them when they were here last. With a little bit of moving some stuff and a little bit of re-organization we found them and got everyone settled in. At this time is was about 8 so I took a shower and sat down to post my weekend journals and do my journal for today. I was pretty tired from the day in the sun, all the traveling, and whatnot, so I only made it until about 10, and was ready for bed, so that is what happened. Peace.