Daily Reflection Friday April 15th

It is crazy to think that this moment marks the half way point of my senior project, as well as this trip. I am loving the bonds I am making with these children and they are definitely friendships I will cherish for the rest of my life. Today was a laid back and fun day because the kids didn't have school today. There was no tight schedule and no running to the school bus stop. We woke up around the same time, and yep you guessed it... we did not wake up for aerobics. I guess running around with children for hours is enough aerobics in itself. Honestly today was all about the kids. We did not go to the daycare really, other than to help the cook by delivering them their lunch. So basically for twelve hours we hung out with the kids. They had chores to do so sometimes they would go and do that but we played games on the basketball court, had dance parties, and most importantly just saw smiles on these kids faces that made me happy. We also mopped some floors and helped clean up around the yard. We raked outside because the leaves were all over the place so we made it look really nice. We also hung their laundry because like I said, with forty five children and no drier there is a lot to hang up.

Another big project today was to fix a mini bridge that is in the middle of the yard in the orphanage. It goes over a tiny ditch in the middle of the yard. The construction men were fixing it by plastering cement over it making it look cleaner and newer. This was such a big task that we helped them do this by helping them make the cement and apply it on to the bridge.

The highlight of my day today was when I went to the library/computer room and sang songs with the older girls. We have similar music tastes so we listened to songs and danced to the music videos for hours. It was so much fun and when they had to leave to go do chores I could not believe that we had been sitting there and dancing for that long of a time. Today was a really fun, relaxed, great day. This weekend we will enjoy some off time but look forward to more time spent with the children next week.