It was actually also the birthday of
the daughter of two of the other students. Little Yara turned two today:-) Her
dad had ordered a cake from town, so we all enjoyed cake at breakfast. Eric
bought me a quilted satchel and beautiful wall-hanging from the campus store. I
love them both! I also received a piece of dark chocolate from our friend Emily
and some Korean instant coffee from Amani.
Classes were classes, but at lunch
break the kitchen staff had prepared another cake specifically for me. It didn’t
have icing and was more like a sweet cornbread, but it was really delicious.
Everyone dug into their second cake of the day:-)
We discovered there is an orphanage
within walking distance, so after class, one of the teachers took us (Linda,
Eric and Emily) over there. After a very pleasant half hour walk, we arrived
and were almost knocked over by children literally jumping into our arms. We
spent the next 45 minutes wrestling, snuggling and laughing with children. At
one point Eric had three children treating him like a jungle gym. We also got
to hold some of the babies. It was so fun!
On our walk back for dinner, some
kids were looking up into a tree. When we looked up, we saw a family of little
monkeys jumping from tree to tree eating fruit! Another special birthday memory:-)
At dinner, they had my favorite
fruit (pineapple). After dinner, I got to make some international calls before
starting homework. And then after homework, I got to go online and see the
birthday wishes many of you left me. Thank you all so much! It was all around a
great birthday!
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