Friday, January 11, 2008

Today was the last day for this group so we finalized some of the projects they had been working on and since it did not rain Thursday they got to go to the Far West and see where they would have been if it had not rained all week. This was wonderful for them because at least they got to see where the money that they raised was going to go. Janeil took them to a few other places while they were out there so that they could see what the mission was doing as far as expansion. The rest of us that did not go on that tour stayed back and worked in the supply closets and played with the babies and the children and the granmoun. After lunch I took the girls to the orphanage again so that they could say their good-byes. They wanted to ride mopeds but Jody thought that was a little far and said “nope.” Once we got to the orphanage we decided to take the children swimming since it was Friday and not a school night. So the four of us and about 80 kids walked to the beach to go swimming. It was really fun, although, Becca found out the hard way to walk very carefully and pay very close attention when wading through the water, because she took one too many steps and wound up shoulder deep in the ocean. The other two ladies thought that was quite hilarious as did the children, and Becca did not even miss a beat, she just kept playing with the children. We let the children swim for about an hour and then headed back to the orphanage. When we got back we handed out some little cross necklaces and played for about 30 or 40 minutes longer and then headed back to the mission with Mislin and Tailin. The way home this time was incident free, and we got cleaned up for dinner and hung out until it was time. The nightly activity was just about the same tonight except that the generator stayed on until 11 so that people that got back from the far west late could get their things around and be ready to leave the mission by 5 o’clock. Since I am getting up to go to the airport with them tomorrow I am going to bed now. Peace.