what team thought that it was a good idea to give little boys water balloons and water guns?? obviously a team that did not stay and see them put to use. getting squirted constantly with warm water is not my idea of fun.
well, it is a new week. this me3ans two new teams and new duties for me! this week i get to help cliseria cook for the teams. and i am not complaining! food is good in my book. especially cliserias food.
last night some of the younger boys decided to congregate around julia and myself. we are all trying to talk to each other, which is funny in and of itself, and here comes lizandro. he needs a place to hide for hide and seek. so we hide hime under a pile of dirty scrubs and he is very happy to let up cover him up. for hiding spot number two we hide him in the garbage can. nice, typical little boy. i love it.
then, later that night, the interns got bored while sitting in the kitchen and somewhere along the line someone got out half a bag of gum balls. so we start chewing and making a gum wad. i dont know how many calories we consumed and or how much sugar. it was funny until the pile started leaking spit onto the table. we then decided it was time to throw it away. all the while are are listening to music and talking to edi. sometimes i think he just laughs and finds it all very amusing.
almost forgot! nicole and brittany... i found fred in our old room. fred was the fan my mother bought last year and we all decided to name it. dont ask. i was so excited to have a fan (i stole it from the one of the team rooms)i brought it down stairs to my room and rigged it up with an extension cord so it would work. so to cut the story i had a nice fan for two days and it now decided to die on me and it quit. great. no fan. myrtille said she would buy another one for us though.
i cant believe that this is week three! i have mixed emotions when a new team comes because the kids all want to be with them and i dont want to be forgotten. which is stupid on my part because the world does not revolve around me and the kids are not mine! but really that is an unrealistic fear because the kids still want to be with me. i did want to killl the few boys that had to water gun the other day though. our shared kitchen drives me crazy for various reasons. i just have to keep telling myself that it is ok, i need to let it go. all in all i am good though. i really love the girls i am here with and the people that i am working with. i am still struggling through the language though.
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You know Ray, I love reading your posts...it makes me feel like Im there. I can see you in the kitchen doing stuff and loving on the children and just being a servant. Its so you!
I was reflecting today on how bittersweet it is to see your children grow up. Its sweet but hurts a bit too. the ones you have for this summer will always remember you Ray in ways that they dont remember everyone from the various teams. The teams are the fireworks show. You are the campfire with marshmellows afterwards.
Emily was here today and we were talking about you and how precious you are and how you make the world a better place because you are in it. I am so proud of you doing what you are doing and just obeying God's call in your life. She said something about "seniors" and I got that sick feeling in my stomach again like I did at the start of your senior year...remember when I said, "Its the beginning of the end..." Ive realized its not...its rather the beginning of the rest...the movement of a relationship onto another phase. I love you Rachel and I know you love those kids. Its precious. Feel it, live it and embrace it. Even if it hurts a bit, its well worth the ride. I love you!
south west alabama says: keep up the good work and were cheering you on while we are shelling peas. :) everyone here is reading your blog daily. ronda wants me to tell you that we are eating dumplings tonight and this morning we had homemade biscuits and sausage and grits (not to make you jealous) and we miss you. the package was sent today to the berrys. must go back to my pan of peas...
love you.
michelle
Hey, Rachel-
I've been thinking about you a lot lately. It's so good to see you walk in God's will this summer, serving others in this capacity. I can't believe you've been there three weeks. I will be in Ukraine for a month when we travel for Kristina and I can't imagine being in another culture that long. I'm filled with excitment and anxiety over it. Its good to listen to your emotions as you walk through it. Its gives me a sort of path to follow. Hang in there. You're making a difference in the lives of these kids. I love you.
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