July 5:
Today started out a bit different. We split up into two groups. The first group went to the market to get some food for CPO that was Jana, Anna, Camryn, Nikko, Gena, and Johnny. The second group went with Lisa Marie to run some errands. This group was Zoe, Ava, Bret, Alex, and myself. When we got to the orphanage, we started cleaning the stage, Ava and I swept, and then the rest of us scrubbed. After the stage was done, Zoe and I then cleaned the adult bathroom again, it was pretty clean, there was not much work to be done. Then we all cleaned up the extra trash that was left from the pig pen roof. And for my favorite part of the day... our game!! Today's game was just like heads up 7 up, but instead of putting down the thumb you slap their hand. Everybody joined in even the chaperone's! Then we had lunch which is always very good. After lunch it was getting pretty hot out so the kids laid down one big tarp, then they covered it with water and used it as a slippin slide. We all got so wet! After the slippin slide we did nails! It is kind of funny here all the boys want there nails done as well, at first we all thought it was so weird but it ended up being fine. Now all the boys have pink and green nails. The good bye party is on Saturday! I am starting to get sad and nervous! I don't want to go home! I love it here!! Over the past few days we have been trying to go to the Olympic stadium, but we had always left the orphanage to late, but today was our day! It was so much fun, so different but in a good way, there is a big field, with a track around it. At the top of the stadium there is tons of aerobic classes going on I think this is how the old people get their work out!:) It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen and we took so many pictures. The track was pretty fun, I ran around it 2 with Bret and Zoe. Well that was day 8!
July 6:
This morning my tuk-tuk was Ava, M'ng, Lisa Marie and Johnny, first we dropped off Johnny, so could go see the Genocide Museum and the Killing Fields. Next we stopped by a very nice house for girls 16 and up. There we 2 girls that we got to see from CHA, we also got to see Little MiMi and Visal. There are only 5 girls living in this home, and this is a place for them to really work on their studies. The home is so nice! When we got to the orphanage I immediately started playing Volleyball with Labin (15) Then we picked up trash around the orphanage, and then something amazing happened, a little girl that I had been talking to her name is Srey Nune, she asked me if I wanted to be her sister! It was amazing she is so beautiful and sweet
I said of course!! I love you. The next big event was the pig arrived!! All the kids were so exited about it, after all we did build her a really nice pen, the pig went right for the "bath tub!" After we were done watching the pig we were just hanging out with the kids for a while. I am listing in with Lisa Marie's lesson, when we here M'ng from across the yard yelling "Lisa or Johnny help!! Lisa come quick!!" So Lisa Marie was running as fast as she could to find the sweetest little boy with a nail stuck in the bottom of his foot!! He was not crying he just looked to traumatized! I felt so bad, Lisa Marie and Johnny took him into the office to help him they shut the door and I heard a few little yelps here and there from the other side of the door! I was crying inside. This little boys name is Sombow. When he was done and they got it out, he was okay, thank god! So I picked him up and brought him to a suite case full of books, we read about 7. He doesn't know much English but it was fun to help him. It gave me such a good feeling to see him smile again!! When we got back to Tattoo, we spit up into 2 groups again half of us went to the super market to get anymore snacks that we might need for our trip to Angkor Wat! Tomorrow is the goodbye party, I am crying already I really don't know how I am going to say goodbye to all my brothers and sisters. <3
"They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
Thank you everyone.
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