Saturday, December 29, 2007
I have been slacking off in my recording of events lately, so I will do my best to remember all that has happened in the last little while.
Christmas came, it was actually a fairly uneventful day. We went to the home with all the presents, and after breakfast the great gift opening began. The kids seemed kind of subdued about the whole affair, but there was still excitement. That went on for quite some time and then we spent some time playing with the kids, until we went to help out with lunch. After lunch some girls and a boy took me on a walk, and when we came back there were two horses there that someone had brought over so the kids could ride, so after switching the one saddle from the first horse to the second one, they got to go on a ride. After most of the kids went, the guys who were taking them for rides asked if we wanted to as well, and I resisted, but was eventually convinced to go as well. I had the option of going by myself or with one of the guys, and since I have never actually successful
ly ridden a horse by myself, I opted for the latter, and so Sean jumped on to take me. It was an interesting experience to say the least. The stirrups were too long (slash my legs were too short) and so after about 5.3 seconds my feet had been removed and the horse was trotting about, gaining speed until he reached a gallop. Needless to say I was incapable of doing anything to keep myself still, so I flopped about on the horse, awaiting the time when we would come back. This one guy who is from Pennsylvania and comes to work there from time to time had a really nice Nikon and took some funny pictures of us.
Anyway, the day seemed long and non-Christmas-like, but it was nice.
Wednesday...I think we just worked at the home painting and stuff, fairly normal day if I remember correctly. Then Thursday, I was beginning to become under the weather and so I decided to stay home instead of going to the home and infecting others with my cold, so I did just that and accomplished several people's laundry, cleaned bathrooms and the kitchen, cooked some food for Marcus and I (who had to stay back and whippersnip the yard) and then Stevie as well, and then I did some painting in the house as well.
Today, we went to the home, Marcus and Stevie stayed back, ill and to work, and then they came later. We painted and painted and painted, and I was drug around by many little ones, and began to feel quite claustrophobic by the end of the day, but it's all good.
Oh wait, I forgot a very important story! Before we went to the home, we went to the Builder's Hardware store, for the millionth time. There's this guy there, the manager in fact, who kind of connected with us the first time, promised us shirts from the store etc. So we saw him in there, and Mel and I were talking to him for a minute, he was asking us questions about Canada, and telling us some random story about how the Belizian government was going to send a bunch of people to Canada to become butchers, anyway, so after a short time Mel kind of deserted me. So this is how the conversation had gone:
Dave: “What is your name?”
Sarah & Mel responded.
Mel leaves shortly after.
Dave: “Can I ask you a question?”
Sarah: (Feeling a little creeped out.) “Yeah.”
Dave: “How old are you?”
Sarah: “18.”
Dave: “Really?! You look like you're 21!”
Sarah: (Definitely creeped out.) “Oh yeah? Haha most people say I look 16...” (She trailed off, looking for an escape.)
Dave: “Can I ask you a question?”
Sarah: (Still creeped out.) “Yeahh..”
Dave: “Do you have an email address?”
Sarah: (Deciding whether to lie or not) “Umm yeahhhhhhhh...”
Dave: “Can I have it?”
Sarah: (With exclaimation!) “No!”
Dave: (Hopefully) “Can I give you mine?!”
Sarah: (With exclaimation again) “No!”
Dave: (Still hopefully) “Oh you know we could just say hi every once in a while...”
Sarah: (Excessively creeped out.) “No, I have to go right now actually.. See ya!”
She takes off, as fast as possible, half laughing, but more creeped out than ever.
Dave: (weakly, in the background) “Ohhhh...hahahaha”
I have been slacking off in my recording of events lately, so I will do my best to remember all that has happened in the last little while.
Christmas came, it was actually a fairly uneventful day. We went to the home with all the presents, and after breakfast the great gift opening began. The kids seemed kind of subdued about the whole affair, but there was still excitement. That went on for quite some time and then we spent some time playing with the kids, until we went to help out with lunch. After lunch some girls and a boy took me on a walk, and when we came back there were two horses there that someone had brought over so the kids could ride, so after switching the one saddle from the first horse to the second one, they got to go on a ride. After most of the kids went, the guys who were taking them for rides asked if we wanted to as well, and I resisted, but was eventually convinced to go as well. I had the option of going by myself or with one of the guys, and since I have never actually successful
ly ridden a horse by myself, I opted for the latter, and so Sean jumped on to take me. It was an interesting experience to say the least. The stirrups were too long (slash my legs were too short) and so after about 5.3 seconds my feet had been removed and the horse was trotting about, gaining speed until he reached a gallop. Needless to say I was incapable of doing anything to keep myself still, so I flopped about on the horse, awaiting the time when we would come back. This one guy who is from Pennsylvania and comes to work there from time to time had a really nice Nikon and took some funny pictures of us.Anyway, the day seemed long and non-Christmas-like, but it was nice.
Wednesday...I think we just worked at the home painting and stuff, fairly normal day if I remember correctly. Then Thursday, I was beginning to become under the weather and so I decided to stay home instead of going to the home and infecting others with my cold, so I did just that and accomplished several people's laundry, cleaned bathrooms and the kitchen, cooked some food for Marcus and I (who had to stay back and whippersnip the yard) and then Stevie as well, and then I did some painting in the house as well.
Today, we went to the home, Marcus and Stevie stayed back, ill and to work, and then they came later. We painted and painted and painted, and I was drug around by many little ones, and began to feel quite claustrophobic by the end of the day, but it's all good.
Oh wait, I forgot a very important story! Before we went to the home, we went to the Builder's Hardware store, for the millionth time. There's this guy there, the manager in fact, who kind of connected with us the first time, promised us shirts from the store etc. So we saw him in there, and Mel and I were talking to him for a minute, he was asking us questions about Canada, and telling us some random story about how the Belizian government was going to send a bunch of people to Canada to become butchers, anyway, so after a short time Mel kind of deserted me. So this is how the conversation had gone:
Dave: “What is your name?”
Sarah & Mel responded.
Mel leaves shortly after.
Dave: “Can I ask you a question?”
Sarah: (Feeling a little creeped out.) “Yeah.”
Dave: “How old are you?”
Sarah: “18.”
Dave: “Really?! You look like you're 21!”
Sarah: (Definitely creeped out.) “Oh yeah? Haha most people say I look 16...” (She trailed off, looking for an escape.)
Dave: “Can I ask you a question?”
Sarah: (Still creeped out.) “Yeahh..”
Dave: “Do you have an email address?”
Sarah: (Deciding whether to lie or not) “Umm yeahhhhhhhh...”
Dave: “Can I have it?”
Sarah: (With exclaimation!) “No!”
Dave: (Hopefully) “Can I give you mine?!”
Sarah: (With exclaimation again) “No!”
Dave: (Still hopefully) “Oh you know we could just say hi every once in a while...”
Sarah: (Excessively creeped out.) “No, I have to go right now actually.. See ya!”
She takes off, as fast as possible, half laughing, but more creeped out than ever.
Dave: (weakly, in the background) “Ohhhh...hahahaha”
So that was the conversation. I have made an oath to never enter that building again as long as Dave is around. Mannnnnn. Oh and just to make this story come into perspective, this guy is definitely in his thirties, and the way he looked at me and Mel was up and down; real creepy.
Anyway the rest of the day went without much incident. We came back after work around 4 or 5, and then had some time to shower and get cleaned up before we went back to the home to make supper for them and to have worship with them, but we ended up missing worship, but had supper with them nonetheless. The kids were absolutely wild. I was dragged here and there, mostly by Ezekiel who was desperately trying to bring me over to his brother Israel and getting me to put my arm around him etc, and by the end of the night I was exhausted. But it was kind of amusing, all in all.
Now I am weary and Mel wants to tell me stories, so I will depart henceforth, and bid thee all a good night.
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