My good friend, David, is sitting here with me at the internet cafe tonight and wants to say hello to you all and he prays you are doing well. To my family, he has seen your pictures and says that you look fine. He couldn't figure out which one was me in the picture. David has really helped me learn Krio, aside from the Krio lessons we have three times a week with Sabina. Once we had been here for one month, he decided I couldn't talk English anymore. We have laughed a lot at my valiant attempts.
Today was so great! This morning at 10am we went to lighthouse for a meeting. All the lighthouse youths' parents/guardians/shop keepers came for a "family meeting". We had several people speak and we sang together, always a good time. After the meeting part of it, Aunti P (Patrica) served ground nut stew with coos coos (how do you spell that?). She cooks 3 times a week for all the lighthouse kids. The kids love her and she has such a great personality. I went to her house after the meeting and got to talk with her. She's hilarious! But that's a whole different story. After food had been served Jeremy got his camera out to take pictures of the youths with whomever came for them. After the "formal" pics were taken we spent a good 15 minutes takin silly pics. I loved it! I love being around the boys when they are totally being themselves. I couldn't help but think of how much I loved them all and how much I will miss them.
It is such a blessing to get to have the priveledge to be a part of these youths lives. It's easy to forget that they are children at heart when they are showing me things about myself and God that I have failed to see before. Like myself, they can have their moody days, but those are far out weighed by their contagious loving spirits. I have already had dreams about being back at home and crying because I miss them. I do not look forward to those days. But for the next 2+ months I get to love them in person and that is SO sweet!
Haley