Wednesday, December 19, 2007

In a short while we will be departing to pick up the rest of the crew from the airport, whereupon I will find out if it is still a surprise or not! I hope it will be, but I don't know if it is...

This morning I stayed in bed as long as was possible, but eventually that had to end so I got up and made my way to the shower. It was a nice shower because the water was warm! Following the shower, I went and made myself look presentable and considered the option of going for a walk, but some of the kids came over to me and wanted me to go to the park with them, so I went to ask permission to do such a thing, and once it was given we took off to the park. We had swing races, and then Ezekiel found a squirrel in a tree (which at first he thought was a porcupine, or as he pronounced it “purkle pine”) and this caused some excitement and so all the kids went to try and find it, running hither and yon throughout the playground and onto other people's properties. I tried to keep a low profile whilst still keeping an eye on them, but I'm sure I stood out anyway, although I was probably mistaken as a 13 year old or so...haha.

Anyway after all that, we went back to the park and some of the kids went to pick these odd plums off the nearby tree and ate a bunch of them. One of the girls, Laquisha, had hurt her toe earlier, and it was bleeding a little and was in a messed up state, so I took her back so that it could be cleaned because I didn't want it to get all dirty and infected, and after that was taken care of we just stayed back here and some of the kids drew pictures for me, and another wrote a letter to me which said as follows:

Dear
Sarah Lynette McCann
I am so happy to see you here and you are a good person to me and a wonderful and beautiful girl I ever seen.
From your
Best Frind
Zaria Orellana
Kimberly
and tell your frind in Canada I said Hi and tell them that Crystal miss all you guys.
Zaria Orellana
Kimberly Sarah
From your Best Friend
Zaria

It's real cute. :)

Anyway, I went outside to read a little bit for a while, and then I was excessively tired so I went to lie down for a while and fell asleep for an hour and a half or so, and was woken up to Ezekiel telling me that it was time to go eat lunch. I was still exhausted, but having not eaten breakfast this morning I knew I had to eat something, even though I wasn't hungry at all, so I staggered to the kitchen/dining room. I received my plate of food and much to my utter horror there were several lovely chunks of, as dad would say “dead animal products” lying there on the plate. It was too late to get rid of them, and I couldn't waste it because I know how short the food is here, so there was no other option but to do my best to swallow it down. The first bite was not too bad except for the bone that I discovered...the next bite was better, but a couple more later, it was kind of a big piece, and it had so many veins and ligaments or whatever it is in it, that I chewed it for approximately 5 minutes, to absolutly no avail. I was on the point of regurgitation, but could do nothing because I was sitting at a table full of adults, including one who had made the meal. It was horrrible and I barely got through it, but finally the end of it came. It's not the taste that I don't like but the texture, and the concept of eating a dead animal...And to use another saying of Dad's, “There goes 18 years of veganism out the window!” But I cannot claim that great length of time, but it was quite a long time since I had last eaten anything of the dead animal assortment.

Echh.

Anyway, some time after lunch we went to the airport, myself, Chino the bus driver, Rosita, and another lady whose name I am not sure of, in their little school bus. Once we got there we saw no one we knew at first, so I took off to go see if I could find them. On the way I saw Paul and he informed me that the rest of his family and Ryan were in the internet place, called BTL. I set off in that direction to greet them. On my way over there I passed this one guy standing with 2 or so other people, and he called out to me saying, “Hey Girlfriend! How you doin'??” In the classic tone of voice and pronounciation, and it was all I could do to keep the laughter inside. I politely nodded to him and responded “Good, and you?” and kept walking. He continued to speak, but I am not sure what he said, anyway I found it quite hilarious, because I have never heard someone actually say it like that in all seriousness. :P

Anyway I talked to Sheila and Ryan for a while, and then when it was close to time of the plane's arrival, we went over to the airport to wait for the others. We waited and waited and waited some more and they didn't come, so I went to inquire of American Airlines when the plane from Miami was supposed to be coming in, and they said it was already here, so I assumed they would come through shortly. We waited some more, and then when they still didn't come, Paul went in to see what was going on, and lo and behold, he saw the whole crew standing at the lost luggage counter...Again, just like last time we came here. Although this time, they ALL had lost their luggage! Anyway, eventually they came out, and I hid myself behind Ryan so I could surprise them, but alas they had heard the day before that I would be there, which was unfortunate, but they were still glad to see me. :) Then we took off in the bus and made our way back.

The house we are staying in is a veritable mansion, but it was rather filthy, so we spent the evening cleaning it. We ate supper, and had worship, and shortly after made our way to bed, and I here.