2.5

Village life continues to be busy. This morning I woke up to what sounded like someone beating on the gong. It made all of the animals (roosters, cows, dogs, etc.) all through the village go crazy! Apparently I was not too far off as the monks bang then gong at 5 am and 5 pm or so I've been told. Beethoven my little spider disappeared and then I discovered a spider the size of Africa in his spot. It was quite an ordeal when we finally got to getting rid of him. Being the only one downstairs so far has been quite enjoyable. You can hear every foot step taken, any and everything dropped or spilled, wenhold conversatins through the floor, etc. The other night ago Logan discovered I could hear him and after the generator went off (it gets really really really still and quiet) he started singing to me and screaming my name and that he loved me. I'm sure the village enjoyed it as much as we did! Ralph, Kim, and I took a trip into town and as we arrived we got a call saying someone came to the use and the little boy needed medicslattention. This caused a one person run out of the car and gather whatn we need trip and we have to get back ASAP. He ended up needing three stitches. from what I noticed they were really hard stitches to do. The boy screamed and kicked (the cut was on the onside of his knee) and wiggled and did everythng he could to make it as difficult as possible. He had been back the last two days for cleaning and has been a totally different child. I also got to hold a baby that was just over a week old. He was so tiny. They was,scarfs for alot of thugs out here and they just wrap the babies up in the scarfs. This little baby managed to pee all over me with so much pee he left a puddle on the ground too! Kim has been able to go down to the clinic once or twice a week and leave the rest of us to get our work done during the day. School has been another thing that has had hiccups to work through. The kidsmare trying to get two days ahead in thei work so they can go visit friends next week. This means extra hours for me too. We finally got the books we were missing. I am still short three teachers manuals but we we are still able to get things figured out. We also have run into a problem where the test do not match the test keys. So that means we either have to retype te tests or cover the answers and make copies. It's just one more of those things that needs to get taken care of. On one of or breaks today Austin took me to hop over the barbed wire fece in the back of the property and showed me an open field that gets flooded come rainy season. On the other side of the field is the jungle. I think that's all I've got for now. More pictures are always on their way.