some pictures

Hey all,
sorry it has been so long! time seems to be flying by and everything is wrapping up. so the last time i wrote a blog was the mid.way point. like 2 or 3 weeks ago. ive been in good healthy which has been great. and only memebers of our team have been too sick to participate, and that was really bad.

the last week of ministry has been tough. too many tears

i finally had time to attach photos. maybe because i got up at 5 am to do so, so i saw the sunrise, the sky was all red before the sun has lifted, the orange ball of fire crosses the horizon around 6 15 ish. okay so ill explain the pictures a bit

1. this is dryed corn and the peel off the cornels as this little girl is doing. then they mash them up in a bowl thing with a huge wooden stick like 6 ft long. to make ngima, the staple bland food, we have it daily to everyother day. (hopefully not today tho) this is at the house i go for home visits. and im pretty sure that is the neighbor girl, related to my family, im sponsoring her older brother

2. dont show this to uncle ted. this is sugar cane, if you couldnt tell, and that is how you get to the good stuff. its an old taste and after a while its nausating. you have to bite off the outter shell then the inner part is sweet and you chew it then spit it out. this is in the back of the 3 ton truck on the way home from art class. im mgwayi where we do vbs. a girl gave me a piece that she was selling and i ended up feeding it like a mamma bird to the kids in my family at mgwayi.

3. these are my favorite girls in the art class, yes i have favorites, haha. it was hard leaving them this week, yesterday was our last day in their village, and once i started crying the one with the crazy hair did too and couldnt even look at us leaving. im gonna miss these girls alot. if you want to help this village in particular, there are 2 kids in my art class that are looking for sponsorship, this makes it possible for them to continue eating at the feed program (which is amazing) and taking classes like mine, and also going to school! let me know if you are interested so i can give you the info, it is a great thing that makes it possible for a child to eat for less than a dollar a day.

4 . this is laura and me, looking might toursity. haha. this is the part of the compound that the venture teams stay at, 5 star restort. we went to the market this day to buy the supplies for the staff apprication which happens to be today! she is wearing the skirt that all the women wear here, its called a chitingi, not sure how its spelled but it is used when you are working or what not to protect you clothes, i have 2 and wear them every day... need to buy another one asap! oh and its basically a piece of fabric wrapped around your legs, not very easy to walk in or esp get into the back of a truck with out showing your knees

5. this is my favorite boy in mgwayi. one day we were leavnig the village and he was hidding in this church with a friend and when we walked by they jumped up and screamed. super cute. and he hasnt said anything to me until yesterday, and it was see you later! maybe he understands unlike eveyother child that i really have no clue what you are sayinng to me. hhah. but i love him none the less

6. this is my favorite 2 girls. the older one i hold every time we are there and she never lets me put her down, and the other one is her younger sister this was from wed. and that is the first time the younger one let me hold her. the 6th week! i taught the older girl i love you. and have it on video. so cute! the older girl is p'empero and she was the one we gave transport money to ( $3.33) be able to get to the hosptial. and she got better. praise the Lord. and the other is elena.

7. dixon issac. the boy i am sponsoring. and he is crazy and i love him,. he is 8 i think and will be able to go to school, eat and get shoes through the sponsporship money. its crazy how much that dollar a day helps and how little it actually is back home.

8. this is the last day of the art class with the older kids. we had music and did a short lesson with tissue paper. this is the books they have been using for most of the lessons and the little packages of supplies we gave them. they were so happy to recieve these books and asked about them every class on when they could take them home. im so happy i managed to pack all of them despite the weight issue. it was great being able to get to know these faces and hear their stories. on the last class i found out one of my girls was in standard 7meaning she could speak english fairly well and has been holding out on us. she is in green standing in the back, eliza. and 2 weeks ago we found out another boy was in her same grade and he had been holding our too! Ozi, the one looking like a squatting chicken in blue in the front row.

okay miss you all its 6 15 and its tea time and journaling too
miss you all see you soon!

xoxo les