Update from Katelyn

Yesterday was the first full day with the group all together and I’d say it went vey well. We all woke up to either a rooster or the loud voices of children singing next door to us. For breakfast we had toast with cinnamon and syrup which ended up tasting like french toast. Bread seems to show up for every single meal in some sort of way. After breakfast, Brianne, Beth, Karli, Libby, Abby, Sarah and I went over to the preschool to spend some time with the younger kids. We started out playing some duck duck goose in smaller groups. Even though I doubt they know what ducks and geese are (they haven’t learned english yet) they seemed to really enjoy it. Once that game ended we played “What time is it Mr. Hyena” which is the same as “what time is it Mr. Fox” and the kids really enjoyed this game. Aftewords we headed inside and each of us girls took turns reading story books to the kids. While I doubt they understood it we managed to keep their attention for pretty much the whole time. In the meantime, Brad worked on some computer stuff while Kris tried to sew some curtains (she had some problems with the machine) and Sue and Kim sorted a lot of donations.

Eventually we all ventured into the main house where we sat down for a lunch of bread with a variety of different toppings.  After lunch, Bri, Karli and myself helped Brad type out some data that the people here had put together and we’ll probably have to try and finish some of that up today.  We then decided it was time to make bracelets  with the girls over age 8. What we thought was going to be a nice craft time making bracelets turned out to be mass chaos. While only the older girls could make the bracelets themselves, all of the younger girls AND boys really wanted some too so all we heard was “Madam!” and then they would hold uot their wrists for a bracelelt. Needless to say, we made a ton of bracelets. After a while of that, a few of us decided to help some of the older boys make more manly bracelets that were a little more complex. They caught on very fast and they all left the room with huge smiles on thei r faces.

Pretty soon after it was time for dinner which was a favorite among us all. We had rice with a saucy gravy mix to go on top and some cheesy broccoli which was a huge favorite among us all. Sarah was especially excited. Halfway through dinner the power went out. Apparently this was a common thing because we had candlelight within a couple seconds. Eventually it was time for bed and us girls were rather surprised to all of a sudden see a bat flying all around in our room. We were able to get it out after I crawled across the floor and managed to open the door. Our power went out once more before bed but at that point we didn’t have any candles or matches with us. Overall I think we all had a very successful day and we hope you all continue to pray for us. We miss and love you all! Goodbye for now.

~katelyn~