Friday, August 31, 2007

So today started just like the past several days. No rescue from the plumber, my poor glasses. Anyway, after my healthy breakfast (Pringles), I went outside and carried some kids around. At about 930 Tigens and I worked on some more English, only this time we got a couple of spectators / participants. It is getting really fun and difficult at the same time to explain to him what the English words are and how to use them in context. We worked for about 2 hours and then I needed a break, so I went to my room and worked on some computer stuff. The power went out at about noon, so I went back out to the playground. I had been looking for Roland all morning and finally he came strolling through the gates. He said he went to St. Louis on a ride along with one of the other drivers, and got stranded there because of some car troubles. When he got back, we ate lunch and, since it was like 95 degrees today, we took the children swimming again. This time however, their big thing was, taking gallon jugs and putting them in their pants and using them to float above the water. I was really happy to see them treating the dogs nice, they were playing fetch with them using empty water bottles. We spent about 40 minutes there and by that time most of the little kids were done swimming and wandering around looking for critters so they were getting hard to control, so we left. When we got back to the Orphanage I laid down on one of the slides and pretended to sleep while some of the girls chatted around me. This took place for about 30 minutes, until it began to rain. I was the only one who did not run for cover. I stood out in the rain until I was completely drenched and then found some of the girls that were talking about me while I was “sleeping” and grabbed them and took them out in the rain to get soaked as well. That sparked a big water fight, which was really cold. After our epic water battle, I changed and chilled for a bit until dinner. Dinner was interesting because we had the same thing the children had, they are like pitas with chicken in the middle. They were REALLY REALLY good. The caused a little bit of a miscommunication though between me and Wisley’s wife Christine. Before we ate I was sitting with the children while they were eating and they were feeding me what they were eating. Her sister in law saw me eating with them and she thought I liked their food better than the food Christine had been cooking for me. OOPS!! Then Roland and I helped Wisley unload a crate full of shoes, clothes, and hygiene items that showed up on the boat. They are for the children for school. I can’t wait to see their reaction. I GOT TO DRIVE TODAY TOO!!! I learned a new meaning to the phrase tight squeeze. Roland was in the passenger seat and praying the whole time. For all you reading this that would worry about that, all I did was drive from the back of the Orphanage to the front. I did not even leave the Orphanage complex. To finish my night, some of the children and I watched some music videos on my computer. I had been promising them that all day so we spent about an hour watching videos. After my computer battery died, I went to my room for the night. Peace.