For the pessimists....

If you thought I would get Malaria within a week, tooooooo bad. You lose.

I have been really really busy lately, and not had much time to go to the internet. On a normal day I get up around 6:30 and go running (well, on a good day), eat breakfast, shower, and am at the church by 8:30. It's about a two-mile walk there. At the church I send a lot of e-mails out, type up the pew sheets, type up meeting minutes, etc. I'm there every morning for 4 hours working and then I get FREE lunch (saving lots of $$) and leave by one to walk to Kitaa, which is an hour away. I stay with my watoto (children) at Kitaa for around 3 hours and then head home. I'm always exhausted at night, I think its because I'm walking so much in the heat. Dinner is at 7:30, then people socialize either at the Falcon Crest (bar out the back door) or on the balcony of the big house. I try and go to bed pretty early, like around 10:30, but that doesn't usually happen.

Last weekend a HUGE new batch of volunteers arrived (2 Americans!!!), about 35 people. Our house is full now and I have 4 new roomates. My original roomate, Rachel, is gone now, and I really miss her. My new roomates are really nice. One of the Irish girls was a camp counselor at a YMCA camp in Maryland which is awesome. We sang camp songs together this morning. Right now I'm really excited to meet all the new people, but I don't know if I'll even bother by the end of my time here if they keep coming in such big waves! Dinner is chaotic (and the first few nights there was not enough food!) but we've gotten into a pattern now so its calmed down.

On Saturday, my friends Emma and Aimee are going to come with me to Kitaa, and we're going to take my kids to the pool! Some of the hotels will let the orphans swim for free, which is really good of them. I told my kids yesterday and they are really excited! Hopefully I can teach them how to swim!

It is really hot here.

RIP Heath Ledger :(

-Abby