I slept great last night! When I woke up I decided to make scrambled eggs for my dad and I. Today we were sorted into teams. My team, Team Scorpion was assigned to education. We each grabbed some books that were generously donated and walked over to the school. In the library we cycled through different classes all day helping them with reading and math. The kids are so cute! They are pretty much at the same reading levels as kids in the US but with English as a second language their accents make it hard. My favorite part was when my cute little girls from my assigned family came in. It was hard to focus on homework but they are smart and we got it done. Here is my new friend Nathan from Washington D.C. as an example of hard work!
During interval (recess) the kids dragged us out to go take pictures. My two favorite boys found me!!! Smiley and Michael!
Then a girl from my family, Theete, found me, too!
She is such a goof ball! She made me promise her I would meet her at the field for play time and had an argument with the boys who wanted me to play soccer with them. After taking these awesome pictures my water bottle leaked all over my camera! I ran over to the kitchen to ask for a bag of rice to put it in. One of the coordinators was there, luckily, or they wouldn't have understood what it was for. I sure hope it will be okay! I would be so sad if I couldn't take more pictures! All the kids thought it was so funny I had my camera in a bag of rice. They asked if it was safe and wondered if my camera was hungry. Speaking of hungry, it was lunch time. In India no one is left handed. They use their left hand to...well, that's bathroom stuff..So, when I picked up my FORK with my LEFT hand, I got a few glares. Theete whispered, "why are you eating with your left hand? That's bad. And eat with your fingers." So they all had a good time making fun of me teaching me the right way to eat my food with my right hand, no fork required. It's not easy, actually, there is a special technique.
During break time the power went out! That means no air conditioning! I fell asleep in the heat and woke up sweaty just in time for dinner...wait...dinner? I slept through play time!!!!! Worst part of my day :( After dinner we went to our families to help them finish homework and play with them before bed. The girls are all separated into families and they each have two Indian house mothers. There are about 25 girls in each family ranging from the ages 4-17. They are all so much fun! I ended up spending the whole time sitting on the floor with four girls piled around me begging me to draw them pictures of pictures. They loved it enough they skipped out on painting fingernails. I wish I had pictures. They hate saying goodnight. They want you to stay up with them all night! I wish I never had to leave.
But of course we have to. I wanted to get back and shower. The showers, might I add, consist of Unclean water you would regret to drink, a small tap, a bucket and a scooper. The first night it was difficult figuring out what to do but I'll be an expert by the end of these short two weeks. The power went out again tonight while some poor girls were in the showers so I lent them my flashlight.
Another fabulous day gone. Tomorrow I will be doing construction work in the colonies, I can't wait! Anyway, thanks for following! Night!
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