Illness and Aldeas

So turns out that I didn’t just have a headache. I actually ended up getting pretty sick Sunday night and I was in my bed most of the day yesterday recuperating. I was sitting in church Sunday night feeling awful, just praying that I wouldn’t throw up until we made it back to the home and thankfully, God answered that prayer :) But today has been pretty good and I think I’m pretty much back to normal. Getting sick is just part of being here sometimes and it really wasn’t that bad. 

The kid’s middle school is celebrating its anniversary this week so they’re doing lots of fun things at school and this afternoon there is a big parade through town. Me and a bunch of people from the team are gonna go watch and cheer them on, maybe embarrass them a little bit :)

This morning we went out to a school in an aldea (village) called Las Casas. The team presented the gospel by using a soccer ball with all of the wordless book colors on it. They also talked to the kids about how to wash their hands and brush their teeth properly. Then we washed and cut and styled hair like usual. Even some of the teenage boys came up to get their hair washed and combed. Somehow I think that had more to with the fact that young gringa girls were doing it than the fact that they actually really wanted their hair combed, but either way they did it all the same haha. The team brought lots of stuff to play with the kids and to leave behind at the school too. They had Frisbees, jump ropes, hacky sacks, soccer balls, balloon animals, etc. The teachers and the kids all really appreciated it. They went out to another aldea, Auga Caliente Dos, yesterday but I was stuck here sleeping the day away so I missed out on that.

The rest of the week we’ll be doing some work projects around the home and doing crafts and activities with the kids. I can’t believe I’m leaving here on Sunday! My whole three weeks here has just flown by.