March 5th

Well, the kids are actually acclamating better than I thought. Yesterday they played volleyball with the neighborhood kids, using a tree branch for a post, and a string as the net. The balls here are very worn out, flat, and they hurt when you use them. Today I promised Brookston and Braeden that they can go downtown with Wilder and get some new balls for the neighborhood kids to use. The boys will also build some shelves in their room to put their clothes on. Their room is literally 8x12 with a bunk bed......no place for suitcases or storage.

Yesterday the kids finished packing the bags for the school kids.....nearly 400 total! They ran out of notebooks, rulers, pens and erasers.....so had to quit. Bridger was using the wheelbarrow to haul the bags to the library for storage....it was very cute!

I had a meeting with their tutor who will be helping with their American homework when I am at work, and teaching Spanish lessons.....The kids really liked Liz and will do well with her.

I made several home visits to the people who will not be able to travel to the medical post when then LAMA team arrives. We have a list of those who need home visits from the doctors. I will be doing visits all day today again. I have an interpreter named Charro....she is awesome!

I also had a meeting yesterday regarding the "Home in a box" project. I will be taking this project on for Los Amigos. It was awesome seeing the families who received a box from the US. I recognized a lot of items from St. Rose Care Center in LaMoure, who sent down 9 boxes.

Today will be very busy, and tonight we will attend stations of the cross in another neighborhood. Each week on Fridays they have stations in a different neighborhood, and the rumor is the people dress up and act out the stations in each place......looking forward to it! The kids will then begin practice with the choir group, who have asked them to join them while they are here.......will be very interesting!!

More later,
Collette