aaand go!

can someone say “blurr”?
that is how i feel about these past 2 days! we have been up at the school all day helping the group run soccer camp. yesterday was crazy and i am sore from running around with them. i decided my group should sprint from station to station.. because THAT is super fun in the sweltering sun.. no, it really was. my arms are sore too from carrying one of the boys from the play (a field we play on..) all the way back to the school after a huge wound of his was kicked and he started bleeding. it’s good to be sore from playing. i like. after that it was still go, go, go. kate and i immediately started helping anne w/ dinner prep when we got home and then i showered and cut emily’s hair in the street. right after we finished i said bye to emily (saaad. she might be one of the coolest girls ever..) and staff loaded up in the truck and went to robin and camille’s for amazing pizza, german chocolate cake, and Bible study. the power was out and it was kinda fun with 2 camping-type lamps (..then just 1 after the other went out).

i stayed the night w/ robin and camille which was wonderful. camille and i stayed up (probably too late) talking. she has been here 2 years and was teaching when we didn’t even have a building (this past year was the first for the school building to be open). she has so much wisdom and experience and is SUPER encouraging for me. i can’t even explain it. it is really good to be able to talk to the staff about the people in the community, any anxieties i have, and what it could look like before they leave.

this morning robin left early to buy bread and bananas for snack. for breakfast camille and i carried fruit to the school and cut it all up. oh man.. YUM. the soccer program was fun. kate made breakfast with a friend of hers in the village so when lunchtime came i had her preschool class BY MYSELF (well, robin and camille are around to help too..)! ahh fun stuff. kate came back right when we started brushing teeth, which was great bc i am still learning that process. they have their own toothbrushes we keep at the school and we brush and rinse before they go home.

after leaving school anne, kate, camille, and i went to cristina’s house to visit her. cristina will be teaching again this year. she is a beautiful dominican woman and i cannot tell you how EXCITED i am that she is staying this year! i can’t wait to get to know her more.. on a serious note- her mom died last week and she has been mourning since. she and camille are really close and have spent a lot of time together through this. it was really wonderful for us all to get to see her, talk with her, pray with her, and just be with her. i pray she finds peace and comfort through this.