Friday:
Friday was our first day of work. The day started out hanging out with the kids of course, which was really fun. Here in Cambodia every body loves angry birds. So I started off the day with coloring angry birds with Sambo and Sokheng. After that I started to play some volleyball with Anna, then Nikko joined and then all the boys joined, the boys are so good at volleyball here its amazing! Play time is over and it is time to get to work, we started off doing gardening work, we made the soil beds, it was really hard work and it had to be perfect. This took quite a while a couple hours. Next came lunch time! After lunch me and Nikko had to clean the bathrooms, it was very gross, the bathroom is just tile and then a big hole, with a bucket of water on the side to clean yourself with and to 'flush'. After we were done we joined in on the fun -- everybody was doing the limbo! The kids are so good at it!! It is just so much fun to watch.
There is a man who is 28 years old and blind his name is Sopia. Sopia is absolutely amazing, his english is almost perfect. I could talk to him forever, I love him so much. He told me, Zoe, and Camryn a little bit about himself, then told a few stories. Sopia became blind by a fire, explosive land mind when he was only 4 years old. He had joined the orphanage in 2004. In his mind he likes the colors blue and red.
When a child doesn't know my name they will call me 'sister Jack'! That's about all for Friday!
Saturday:
Today I had a really awesome day. It started with gardening, after the soil beds were made it was time go plant, they had a very interesting way of planting that I cant really describe, but it was really fun. Today's weather was really nice it was cloudy all day. After the planting was done we played with the kids some more. I talked to Sopia again, but this time I was with Jenna. Sopia showed us the days of the week in Khmer. This is the best part of the day, the WATER FIGHT!! At CPO the have a well, where they stick a bucket down the well and that is how they get there water, we would to take the buckets and splash them all over each other! There is a boy named Ruha, he is 18 he would tell all of us to sit in a line and he would carry the big bucket and dump it on each one of our heads! It felt so good. After that the kids have these long round pieces of wood, that they would sing and we would have to jump through them, it was so challenging but so much fun. After lunch we toured the slums, it was so gross, there was just trash everywhere, but we got to see the school, library and Slymi & Yomas houses. When we got back it started pouring down rain, so Anna, Lavin, Dara and myself decided to keep playing volleyball, and when the ground gets wet so does the mud, and that's when the kids start sliding around in it!! It was great! There is so much talk about all the kids who were on the first trip -- they really miss you guys! Having so much fun and just can wait for tomorrow!! Write again soon!
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