Bugs and Other Fun Things

I'm not really sure how to start this post, so much happened today and I am feeling so many different things and I feel like if I just started talking this wouldn't make any sense. So, I shall start from the beginning. Today Deborah and I decided we would clean the psychology office for Tia Sara. Armed with cleaning supplies and dressed in old jeans and a concert t-shirt we made our way to the Westfalia. Luckily for us, we had allies help us. Debbie's sister and Sammy, a young psychology student who works there, worked along side us. We split up the work and started. A few of the boys helped us remove pictures from the wall so we could clean.

 

 

 

Before:

 

 

 During:

 We found a few bugs. We started keeping track after we found two scorpions. They were alive and the very brave Deborah killed them for us! Except, she had me a little worried about the cricket... and I don't see how she is smiling. She is holding a cricket. Eww.

 

 

 

Sammy Cleaning.

Ariana tackled desk #2, I had tackled the first desk.

You see this wall. I scrubbed it. Scrubbed. I am sure the kids will
always remember the weird American girl who spent an hour scrubbing one wall.

Debbie Orgnizing the books, She found spider webs inside some of them.

Where Debbie found two scorpions.

Why do they have to be so dcreepy?

After we killed them (and by we I mean Deborah) I turned to her. "Wait a minute." I said, "We found one big one and one small one. Then where is the other large one?!"

And this one we found on the floor later.

Our Bug Tally:

Crickets: 1

Spiders: 10

Scorpions: 3

Unknown: 2  

After:

 

 

 

Lunch:

We ate lunch with Casa 4 again, and let me tell you, I have a new appreciation for Missionaries who have go to far off places and have to try a million things with a straight face even though they hate it.

 This is Quinua, and although it wasn't bad the thought of where it was prepared was enough to make my stomach churn. I had to focus on my breathing each bite telling myself that I would be okay.

And because it would be rude not to eat all the food they provided (since there are kids starving here) it took a lot of will power to eat it all. My main goal was to NOT get sick. After a while Deborah finally stopped me. I guess I looked like I was going to throw up, because she took my plate and told me not to worry about eating the rest. I was very very grateful at this point.

 

Other Happenings Today:

Two girls had to go to the hospital today, they were both sisters. One is schizophrenic and one is mentally ill. The mentally handicap girl fainted 4 times in 12 hours so they took her in, barely 10 minutes later, the other sister started to seizure. They sent her to the hospital.

 

The Kids Drawings:

I took them off the wall to clean, and felt they needed to be seen. We plan to put them in a book and have them make new drawings to put up in the phsycology office. And I will put them up here too.

 



    

     

Afterwards:

I came home and after sitting down for a while from mental exhaustion and watching my brother swim in the pool with his friends I decided what the hey, I have to shower anyway and jumped in fully clothed. And then I took a shower, hungrily ate a sandwich and wrote this post. I have since eaten dinner too and am still hungry. Hard work makes a person hungry. All in all I think it was a good day, despite the food- what do you think?