3.24.09

Forgive me for now posting in a while. I’m committed to staying up a little later tonight so that I don’t fall another day behind. Things have been busy, meaning this should be quite the blog post, but it probably won’t be all that long because a. I’m super tired and have to be up at 7:30, and b. most of my “business” has consisted of watching movies and other things that would be about as interesting to you as the lint in my belly button…you think I’m joking, I literally have lint in my belly button right now.
Anyway, I wrote you on Thursday….Friday was nothing special, just classes and a night on the town with the boys. It was definitely a blast, but nothing too spectacular! Saturday we got to check out the ancient cave paintings from some time ago. I say “some time” because I don’t remember if they were 1,000 or 5,000 years old. Maybe they were both, I’m leaning towards 5,000 though. Either way they’re fricken old. Got to be honest with you though, they weren’t that cool. What you would see if you google searched cave paintings is exactly what I saw, only in person. The hike to the cave (which was more of a wall of a cliff rather than a cave) was amazing though, totally worth the trip. Saturday, done.
Sunday was again, nothing special. A lot of time to myself, a lot of relaxation. It was a beautiful day so outside was soaked up, a little watering hole, a little this, a little that, you know the drill. Sunday, over.
Now, we’re into a new week of Walk in the Light. Much to my enjoyment, these last two days have been absolutely spectacular! Monday I got to do home visits for the first half of the day. We began by taking food packages to 4 families which was a very neat experience. One thing that caught my attention was one home we went to where a mother lived with her two daughters, and their individual children. The catch? The daughters who have daughters of their own are 18 and either 16 or 17. I guess it just hadn’t hit me yet, but it breaks my heart that being a single mother in this Township is not only accepted, but the norm. The younger mother was at high school and her 5 week old child was being taken care of by her 18 year old sister!
Following our food package delivering, we were able to check out the grade/middle school. The school has 1,148 students, and 32 teachers…you do the math. It was utter chaos, but man did I love it. I was in my prime, getting to be a kid again. To bad it was short lived. On the way back to Walk In the Light from the school, we made a couple other stops, experienced some amazing people, and that was it. Both Monday and Today we had great support groups with our women who are really opening up to us. We’ve been discussing the problems within the Township and looking at practical ways to work towards solving the problems.
My eyes aren’t staying open any longer. I’ll leave you here. Goodnight…or good day, depending on when you’re reading this.