Pure Happiness

I would like to start off my apologizing for not posting in a long time! On Saturday I went into town to get on the internet and of course the power was out:) So here I am now. Time has flown by, and now I leave on Monday! So many wonderful things have happened since I have last updated, I hope I can write them all down. I think I will just start telling stories and maybe that will spark some other stories and I can recall everything.

Let's start with last week when I helped Sister Dorie, who is only 7 months older than me, milk the cows and collect the eggs from the chicken coop. We walked into the barn, and pulled out the bench and started milking those cows, in our skirts and everything. Lucky for Sister Dorie she had barn boots, me I had my flip flops:) So that was an adventure in itself. Now I know what my Dad felt like when he had to milk his cows by hand all those years. Not so fun! They milk the two cows twice a day so the precious babies have their milk to drink! Then we opened up the chicken coop to collect the eggs, we found four. And then the chickens started fighting,and I swore they were coming after me, so I ran out of there screaming...Yes it was quite the sight! Sister Dorie and I have become very close, and she leaves tomorrow to go home for her niece's birthday and won't be back until after I leave! She gave me the other half of her corn khanga, and I love it very much. I will explain to you what khangas are later, but essentially they are pieces of material with various patterns on them. That is all the women in the village wear, and they wrap them selves up with them for clothing.

This past weekend I went to a wedding reception and a graduation. They were both fun and I got some good pictures that you will get to see once I get home. I went to the wedding with two of my friends who are sisters, not SISTERS that I live with. I didn't have a dress to wear so Glory let me borrow one of hers. Yes I was the only white girl in attendance. But the venue was beautiful, and I got a handkerchief as a souvenir.

I am absolutely in love with my 2 year olds and my sisters at the orphanage. The children are so full of love and personality I have enjoyed so much watching them grown over the last 3 months. At 7pm we have church every night, the sisters kindly invite me:) and then we eat and watch random tv and it is the highlight of my day. I am going to miss their love and warm smiles! We have a wonderful time together everyday doing all of the various duties around the orphanage! It is great!

And so now I leave in one week and they want me to stay longer! haha. I said i miss my home and family i need to go. And Sister Aileen said, isn't this a home to you. Yes of course it is, but I do miss America:) Anyway...There is so much to tell and I would love to write for 5 hours about everything but I just don't have the time.

One week I will be home! Crazy. Thank you for the support love and prayers. It is in the high 80's everyday here and when I get home I am expecting there to be snow:) I think 6 months of summer is long enough! Have a great week! I will be enjoying my final few days with my African family:)

God Bless <3

Teacher Molly...

This past week I spent most of my time at the orphanage:) It was wonderful. I am finding that more and more I hate being anywhere else besides there with the children. Everymorning the children are so happy to see me. I have never been in such an invironment where day in and day out people are just so full of joy and glad that you are there serving along side of them. The sisters and I are growing closer and closer. We even have some inside jokes, which is great because of the language barrier. Speaking of that on Thursday night the power went out just as I was finishing my last bite of food. So Sister Niarou lit a candle and they all started giggling in their swahili manorisms. So they thought it was a perfect time for me to teach them some English words. Teacher Molly is now my new title. They pointed to varios things around the candle lit room and asked what they were in english. It was quite entertaining to say the least. They learned the word cupboard, chimney, table cover, and tea with milk. Then for some reason they started all giggling when they started refering to chai as ginger tea. And Sister Dorie promised that she would make some ginger tea last night, and when she forgot they all started laughing and she was saying sorry i forgot about the ginger tea. Which was hilarious because it was akward for her to speak english like that, and everyone got a good kick out of it. I guess maybe you had to be there:)

The 2 year olds are doing wonderful. Everyday this week I found by five pm i was covered in dirt, sweat, pee, and who knows what else. They all have runny noses, so i helped clean off Georgies boogers and he said "asante mama" which means thank you...i about died in laughter:) It was a very exhausting week, but very rewarding as well. I only have 3 more weeks with the children! Wow! This weekend I plan on enjoying some relaxing time with friends, venturing out to some hot springs, and going to church tomorrow. The time is just ticking away and I will be home in no time I feel!

Thank you for all of the love, support and prayers. I miss you all! Have a wonderful weekend!