Today was a day of hope.
We woke up to the sweet sound of a rooster :) Great breakfast of fruit and eggs, which were delicious.
Got in our Sunday best and headed off to church. What an amazing experience to see.
The church members walk up to 2 hours to attend the service, and they all showed up in their beautiful, dolled up attire.
The children carry in their own pews which are their desks from school. Service was amazing, I felt like they honored us for the entire service! They sang the most beautiful songs, all the congregation claps while so many children stand on stage and sing.
Trevor recorded them, can't wait to listen to that again and share it.
The rest of the service was a great speech and story from the Pastor and his translator. It was actually very entertaining and wonderful. So glad to be apart of that.
After church we set up the dental office in the clinic, while that was being done the rest of us played with the kids.
I pulled out the bubbles and the kids went crazy. It was so much fun. We put dish soap in small containers with water and played with the wands. By the end most of the kids were covered in soapy bubbles!
The boys set up the soccer nets and played and played with the kids.
We went to check out our dentist Jeremy and his nurses Katie, Jen, Joy and Mikaela. Wow he had a line around the corner and was extracting teeth left and right! He saw 9 people, 15 extractions, and one reconstruction. All in one day!! Amazing and he has 2 more full days!
Found the well broke again today, this time a chain. Fred called the technician but he won't be out til tomorrow morning. We saw the children walking with their jerry cans and wanted to follow. We asked Fred if it was okay and he gave us a guide and we were off. We walked about a mile, half way there, when we found the children walking back and herding a bunch of cows out of their way!
All the children carry around 10 liters of water each, some twice that.
We finished down to the lake. Once we reached the lake we had to go down a hill to reach the muddy water. Again amazed that the children A. have to carry all that water and that B. they have to drink it!
Our guides took a swim, we took photos of course! We are exhausted and it is very very hot and we are sticky. We still have the long trek ahead of us. We only did this once!
On our way back we passed the children coming back down to the lake to do their second run! Yes they do that twice!
We headed back to the orphanage and checked in on our mobile dentist clinic. Watched a woman get Novocaine in her gums to prepare her for an upcoming extraction!
After dinner we all gathered for a quick group meeting and I wrangled everyone in to a group photo!
The best part was walking out to the open field and seeing all the stars. I couldn't believe how many you can see. It was a sight of beauty. You can see the entire milky way! We saw quite a few bats that started dive bombing us, which of course I found cool!
Another game of uno and off to bed.
-Note of the trip to the lake. I would say walking in there steps to the well was what has so far made my trip. Being able to actually see what these children have to do is amazing.
I also love it that all the kids call us Auntie :)
The verse Trevor read at church:
Matthew 5: 16 Let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
This meant so much because their light is their smiles, and they shine right through all the bad stuff and straight to your heart!
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