August 16, 2013

August 16, 2013 – Our first full day in the Village.  Jose and Ted took off early to pick up two children from a compound (neighborhood).  Unfortunately, they were not able to get hold of the person they were to deal with.  They will try again on Monday.  In the meantime, the area they were driving in was difficult to process on an emotional level.  There were a lot of people hanging around in the area who do not work; children in the area unsupervised.  Trash was everywhere.

On a much lighter note, Steve and Chris went with Judy to each of the houses in the Village to do a craft with the children.  Five houses; 12 children each.  We really got to get to know the kids better.  The kids put their name on a bracelet or necklace.  What cool names!  Precious, Gift, Scotch, Mwewa,  Jameson,  Loveness, and Iless (pronounced Iris).  These are just a few names that we don’t hear every day.






Later in the day, Judy, Jose and Kareen took turns inflating a huge beach ball that all the children bounced off their hands trying not to let it touch the ground.
 

 

 

 

Ted made chili for dinner.  Good stuff!  Now the team seems to getting more and more horizontal on the sofas in the sitting area.  Oops.  Jose just drifted off.  Time to get this thing posted so we can get to bed and ready for a new day.