Yesterday afternoon in the Batey was great. My new friend was there with his little brother who I love already and my old friend from Batey Woltario came by. He seems to show up in all kinds of random places that we are at. Camp went so well. Rotations were much smoother and the older boys seemed to have chilled out some. My favorite little kid ever followed me around and helped me tell the groups to switch. He's smart for a three year old haha. I got his older brother to help me ring the bell too. It's too high for me to reach and he's a giant so it worked out. He was so excited that I had given him something to do. He's too old to participate in camp but loved that I included him. His face lit up and he took his responsibility so seriously. He got so excited and rang the bell early but it didn't matter because the face he had on while ringing that bell is something i'll never forget.
Last night we had dinner early so we could go on the sunset hike/swim. I took the new volunteers up the mountain for a quick hike and then we ran down for some body surfing. The waves have been awesome these last few weeks so of course we all had a great time.
This morning I woke up feeling sick. Here comes the gripe (cold). Bryson hooked me up with some Vitamin C energizer something or other that got me through camp in the afternoon. Camp this morning went smooth as usual. A woman who I'd met earlier this week brought me the best present ever. FRESH MANGOS!!!!!! So excited : )
When we got back from camp this morning I took a nice little siesta hoping that between that and Bryson's remedy I'd be good to go. At the Batey I played soccer with the two boys groups and hung out with my little friend. He wasn't there when we first got there and so I was kind of sad. His brother ran up to me and told me he was in school. Then I saw him running across the field. He ran right up to me and jumped up in my arms. Most precious kid ever. His brother laughed a lot, went and did the bell for me, and then told me he had to go get ready for baseball. Sure enough in the middle of our soccer game a baseball game started. Woops. It worked out though. I took the little one to go read for a bit and he loved FROGGY. We will probably have to read it again tomorrow.
As soon as we got home I went straight to bed thinking I could get a quick nap in before dinner. Somehow the dinner bells got mixed up and so I got up early and went out to watch the boys play basketball. Then it started to rain and hasn't let up yet. Tonight was activity night with the kids but when I went to go get them Pastor said no. So I sat in there with them instead. We had so much fun. Nena told me three bible stories...Adam and Eve, Noah, and the Creation story. It was so funny. Mini culto again haha. And we sang every song I've ever learned here too. Domingo then tried to tell me a joke but there were too many words I was unsure of so I just laughed when he did. I love going over there with them. They all try to pile in my lap and it's just the best feeling. Up until Junior starts biting. Then it turns ugly quickly. They are my sweet little angels though. After story time little Nicole and the twins did my hair for me. Four and five year olds have quite an imagination let me tell you. Gio laughed a lot at me tonight. He always tries to keep the children from piling on me but I never mind it. That's about all that happened here tonight. Sad that tomorrow is our last day of camp in the Batey but hopefully I'll get to go again soon.
You and your mangos :P
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