Happy Fourth of July!

July 4^th – Friday

Happy Independents Day!!!!

                We went to do devos at nine like scheduled but we were the only ones there. We figured everyone would show up when they were ready and just set up the chairs and waited. Children started showing up shortly after and as we all waited we started comparing Bibles. I would read a verse in English and then the young lady would read it in Spanish. Arielle’s would try and read it in Spanish and they would help her and then they would read it in English and she would help them. I eventually started helping them read it in English too. This was an enjoyable way to pass an hour.

                When we got started Jamin shared on David and Goliath and having trust in God. They all wanted to sing Trading Sorrows again so we tried that a few times, you could hear people singing this throughout the day. Then we were blessed to watch their dance team dance. Also one of the young boys, Christopher, was just given a guitar and he played and sang a couple of songs. It was a great devotional time.

                We all then spread out and did different things. Arielle had her hair done, she was told that she is a live Barbie J. One of the girls did a little braid in my bangs and then I helped make the ensalada for lunch. They gave me the name of all the vegetables in the ensalada and I tried really hard to commit them to memory but when they are throwing 50 ish words at you a day we are having a hard time keeping them straight. Saturday I’m going to put some paper in my pocket and write the words down. Oh the rolling R’s have also been a source of amusement. Jamin worked on mowing and trimming some trees. I prepared the craft for later in the day and talked some with the adults.

                While we were waiting for lunch the Hamana the youngest, three, decided my hair needed to be more up. Hamana was trying really hard to braid my hair and then getting frustrated when she realized she didn’t have a clip and that I didn’t have one, I’ve started putting extra bobby pins in my pocket. So one of the other girls took one of the burettes out of the Hamana’s hair for her to use, she couldn’t get it to stay though. Hamana was so serious she kept pulling my head up and lecturing me then putting my head back down ;-). She never did finish getting my hair up.

                After lunch Arielle and I went to do the dishes but we were almost out of water outside in the large bucket.

After a lot of work we were able to get enough water to start the dishes. Sucanea was helping us and we spent the next hour ish getting rather wet as we scrubbed the never ending supply of dishes. The water I was rinsing in kept getting really soapy, but we were pretty much out of water in the large bucket. At one point Sucanea went and got us more water from the bathroom to rinse the dishes in. The whole time we were working on learning the Spanish for each dish and teaching Sucanea the English. I would take the plate and lift it up and say plate then dip it in the water and pull it out and say plato! Arielle informed me that I looked ridiculous but I told her I didn’t care. We took a little break from the dishes to eat a popsicle. It was an exciting time of dish washing.

                It was then time for English class and we all sat in a circle in the grass and we learned: grass, chair, flower, tree, watch, popsicle, sandal, tennis shoe, croc, shoes, colors and 1 – 15. We played some different games to try and help these all stick. We then went and worked on the craft which was making beaded lizards. They all really enjoyed this crafts, unfortunately we ran out of time so we had to rush some to finish.

                17 of us then piled into the van and took off for another orphanage in Imuris where we were going so us ladies could do Zumba and Jamin could run. They have a lot larger compound. They had a small cement building with some exercise equipment that was the gym. There were a few windows but no fans or AC, the fact that they even had a gym is amazing. Us ladies all did some Zumba dancing it was a good workout we were already sweating before we even started so by the end we were rather drenched. Arielle and I provided some entertainment as we are not necessarily skilled dancers and we couldn’t move are hips right. At one point Arielle was windmilling her arms and marching in place, the ladies all thought it was great fun to watch.

                After this we walked back to the main area of the other orphanage and they have a radio station and had agreed to let Christopher play his guitar and sing. He did a very nice job. After he finished singing we went and played some futball in the dirt, we have been playing on a cement slab. The drive home was full of the fun driving adventures you would expect in a crowded Mexican town.