A Typical Day in Yendi

Yesterday was a good day. I woke up and decided I needed to wash some clothes. So, I went outside and filled up 3 large buckets with precious water to let my clothes soak in the soap. I got an urge to play with bubbles. So I went and got some bubbles and started blowing. Within seconds ten kids were there playing in them! It was a hit! They loved them. Letifu (a special needs boy) was eating them, which made me laugh because I remember doing the same thing as a child. So, by the time the bubbles ran out, my energy was out!! Mainly because I have malaria. So then I stared washing and six of the children came to help. We had a great time. We were all soaked by the end. (I think the 4 year old does a better job than I do). One of the girls helping me had a twin sister around 9 or so. I found them sitting in the hall. The sister was crying so I thought something had happened to her. I quickly found someone to interpret what she was trying to tell me. Comes to find out she had lost one cedi (equivalent to 70 cents). I felt so bad because she had probably been out selling tomato's or something all day. So I came in and got 10 cedi and gave to her. She just looked at me as I told her Yisa Yura (Jesus loves you). A few minutes later she found me to give me 9 cedi's back! I almost cried. I finally got across to her that I wanted her to keep it. They were so grateful. She bowed down and said natuma.(thank you). Then Jon Michael and I walked into town to get some malaria medicine and pick up something from the seamstress. (we only had to walk a few miles in the 100 degrees weather) So we got home and it began to rain. No, pour. I love the rain and it was so inviting. I talked Jon Michael to come play with a beach ball in our volleyball court (our front yard). The kids were just laughing at us because it is taboo to play in the rain. It's almost as if they are scared of it. However, after about ten minutes they decided to join us. We had a blast! Eventually I had to come in because I thought my head was going to explode (from the malaria). So, in all, a great day. I love loving.