Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Day 8 of rain has officially begun and I am tired of it. Fortunately, it is raining through the night and after dinner so although it is cold and cloudy during the day we are still able to get things done. Even though we were all having so much fun cleaning and organizing, today was a good day to take people off campus since it is market day. so around almost all of the group, along with Roland headed downtown to see the market. Since it had been raining the market was smaller than it normally is but everyone still enjoyed themselves and we spent about an hour there walking through to all the different stands and checking out everything that there was to see. Since the walk was apparently longer than some had anticipated a few of the ladies decided to moped back for the convenience and the experience. The rest of us walked back to the mission and for fun I took them a different way home so that they could see as much of St. Louis as possible. They enjoyed it a lot because this group is full of people that love people and that is what they got to do while they walked through towns and villages. I took them to the soccer field that the schools use and we hung out with the children that were there playing in the muddy grass. We got back to the mission with a little time to spare before dinner so some of us showered and cleaned up a bit, others washed hands and went straight to playing with the babies and the children, and others found other tasks to finish working on while they had time. After dinner and devotions we played cards and hung out in the dining hall laughing and chatting about the trip getting ready to come to an end and what we still wanted to do. The generator went off at 10 and to bed we went. Peace.