Barcelona

So Sunday was a sad sad day. Kelsie and I hung out with Jacob and Israel basically every second we had. We hung out with a lot of the younger ones too like Romeo and Peter. We had good last meals.. rice balls for lunch and plain rice for dinner. We had our last bucket shower right before dinner and we printed off a bunch of pictures for some of the kids. When we went over to eat dinner it wasn´t quite ready so we took pictures with mama and more of the kids. While we were eating dinner our car came to pick us up. Jacob came to tell us our car was here and I felt so sad instantly just looking at his face when he said it. Kofi and Ken, the guys that were picking us up from our organization came over while we finished off our dinner. After we were finished we said bye to the kids that were helping out in the kitchen. Then we started walking over to our room where the car was. Along the way we were saying bye to some of the kids.. then we saw Jacob. He was hiding behind a tree not looking at us. When he glanced over Kelsie and I knew he was crying but trying so hard not to that´s why he didn´t want to look at us. Kelsie started crying but I kept it together. We got our bags from our room into the car and then went to give mama the key to the room and say goodbye. We walked back over to where our car was waiting and a bunch of the kids were standing to say bye. Israel looked so incredibly sad, his face brought tears to my eyes. It was time to say goodbye. I hugged Israel for a while barely holding in my tears because he looked heartbroken. Then I went to say bye to Jacob and give him a great big hug. I didn´t want to let go.. he still couldn´t look at me or Kelsie because he didn´t want to cry. I said bye to a few more kids and then got into the car. Kelsie was crying pretty hard and I just felt sick to my stomach, not wanting to leave one bit. I felt like we were just going away for the weekend and then coming back. Peter and Romeo were at the window by my door. Romeo kissed my cheek and reached over to Kelsie and kissed her hand and was very sad about us leaving. We drove away waving at everyone.. it was so incredibly hard to look at Jacob and Israels faces. I wanted to jump out of the taxi and run back to the orphanage. We stopped at the soccer field to say goodbye to our volunteer friends Samir and Obi then were off to the airport. I cried a few times on the way there. Kelsie and I are already making plans for going back there and working on our plans to raise money for the kids to go to high school. Ghana is my second home now and I miss it. We got to the airport and were very early. The airport is really strange. We bought a bunch of chocolate and then sat and waited and talked about how much we loved our experience and are different people now. The plane ride to London went by pretty fast it was just over 6 hours. I didn´t sleep that much, mostly watched movies. The food on the plane was decent. When we got to London we exchanged money and went to STARBUCKS. We were excited to say the least. It was really cold in London. We bought some books and walked around and then went to our gate. The flight to Barcelona wasn´t too long and when we got to Barcelona we knew we had to go buy some new warmer clothes because it was chilly and we weren´t expecting it to be this cold. Everything is so organized in Barcelona and so calm unlike other airports. We got our bags and then went to get a taxi. The lady in the taxi didn´t understand english very well and didn´t know where our hostel was. We got to our hostel fine though, we figured it out eventually. We did laundry right away when we got to our hostel. We share our room with 6 other people but we don´t really talk much. One boy in our room is from Mexico and that´s really all i know. 2 asians came today. Anyways, we did laundry and walked around. There is a deck on the 3rd floor where we eat our breakfast that has a great view of some of Barcelona. We walked around and went in a few shops to check them out and then came back and went on the internet and planned out what we are going to do here. Today we went to a massive mall and went shopping. We also went to this one street close by that has lots of cool shops and Kelsie and I both bought a leather jacket. We shopped a bunch at the mall and ate some subway for lunch and then walked back to our hostel. It is about a 20 minute walk or so .. it was cool to see parts of Barcelona. Tonight I´m pretty sure the hostel serves nachos for 2 euros which is good because Kelsie and I really need to budget since we don´t have that much money left. We are going to go see some architecture and art tomorrow I think and figure our the metro system. We want to go see the football stadium also while we are here which should we super cool. We are missing everyone at the orphanage and miss all you guys at home. Have a good week!
-megs

Bye Ghana :(

Kelsie and I are off to Spain, Barcelona! I am so sad to leave today.. Jacob and Israel have been trying to avoid talking about it all day. Last week I taught for the last time.. said goodbye to my class on Thursday morning. I bought them all new pens and gave them these little notebooks Kelsie and I had. It was so sad to say goodbye. The teacher got my email so we can keep in contact and the kids said their goodbyes to me. On Thursday right before lunch Kelsie and I went to eat BJ's rice for the last time and then we were off to Cape Coast. The boys were supposed to come with us but they ended up just doing there own thing I guess. We got to Cape Coast and went to Oasis Beach Resort to make sure our reservation was good for the next night. We then went to Kakum National Park. We slept in the jungle! Right when we got there it was around 3:30 and the restaurant and everything else there closes at this time.. so we quickly ate and then the security gaurd showed us where we were camping. We walked for about 5 mins through the jungle to this bed.. There were no pillows and just one sheet that didn't even cover the nasty matresses. Kelsie and I were grossed out but we wanted to stick it out. We went back down to get a flashlight from the security guy and then I showered in the stone showers in the middle of the jungle. It was the best shower I've ever had.. unreal experience. There was nothing to do so we just hung out in our little bed area with the mosquito net around us. We met this oen other guy that was staying up in the camp area too. He ended up sleeping with us in our area because we were all freaked out with the jungle noises. It was scary and I kept waking up throughout the night but it was worth it. A once in a lifetime experience. The next day we went on the canopy walk and then headed to Oasis. We got there and waited for our room and then went to the Cape Coast Castle. We hung out at Oasis and ate dinner.. there was african dancing and drumming that night. The next day we came back pretty early to hang out with the kids. We went to church today and have just been hanging out with the kids saying bye. We handed out our shirts and met Bishop today as well. I am out of time and will update at some point when we get to Barcelona.
-megs

Volta Region

Hey everyone! Kelsie got cool braids in her hair last week and I was going to get them too but I really didn't like them after Kelsie got it done. We ended up taking out her hair on Thursday night because it hurt to sleep on and her hair was browny red. It took us 3 hours to take out but she was so relieved. Kelsie, Samir, Obi, Christoph and I all went to the Volta Region on Friday morning. We went to Accra first because our bus didn't leave until 3. First we went to buy our tickets and then we went to the mall for lunch. On our way back to the bus station we were pulled over by a cop because there were 5 of us in the taxi. It wasn't that big of a deal though because we do it all the time and usually no one cares, we just got another taxi. We made it just in time to catch our bus and then we were off. I sat beside Obi for the journey there. It took us about 2 hours just to get out of Accra because there was a lot of traffic. The ride was really beautiful but it took about 6 hours and it felt too long. When we finally got to HoHoe we realized that none of us had booked a room and it was already pretty late. We saw some other white people that the boys knew and decided to go where they were staying. It is called Waterfall lodge and is about half an hour away from Hohoe near the falls. When we got there it was around 10 and the lady only had one room and she wouldn't let us all go in it. There was only one other place to stay near this area so we went to the other one and it was full. We were all freaking out that we had nowhere to stay. We decided to go back to the first place and see if we could negotiate. We ended up getting the room and just said that only 3 of us would sleep there. The room was really nice and big enough for 5 people so the Samir and Obi snuck in and we all slept there. We woke up and ate breakfast there. It is a really beautiful place, you can see the waterfall from the restaurant. We all got ready and then went to go hike the falls. We ended up hiking up to the top falls which was about a 2 hour hike. It was the hardest hike ever, I've never sweat so much in my life. It was straight up through the jungle. After we finally reached the top it was so worth it. We were the only ones up at the top waterfalls. They are called the Wli falls, the tallest in West Africa. We went swimming in them and had a lot of fun cooling off. We even went illegally into Togo for a few minutes because it is technically on the other side of the falls. We hiked back down after relaxing and eating the bread and peanutbutter that we had. The hike down was scary but we all made it. We went to the lower falls for a bit and then headed back to Waterfall Lodge for lunch. Then we went to Hohoe and stayed at a hotel there for the night. The next day we got up bright and early at 4:30 and headed to the Tafi Atome monkey sanctuary about an hour away. We fed banana's to the monkeys, it was unreal. Our taxi driver was awesome, Christoph got to drive us in the taxi part of the way to the sanctuary. We had to go back to Hohoe to get a trotro home to Accra. Ours ended up breaking down part way and we all had to switch to a different one. When we got to Accra we ate lunch/dinner and then came home. I missed the orphanage a lot, mostly the kids. We hung out with Jacob, Israel and the rest of the boys last night. We are all getting so sad that we don't have much time left. Today Kelsie and I typed out some of the kids exams. I don't have any time left on the computer so I'll update later.
love you all
-megs

Kelsie and I went to Accra on Friday.. we decided to go to a movie at the mall to take a break from the orphanage. We saw wall street which was super good. It was weird being in a movie theatre, when it ended it felt like we were in a whole different world. We shopped a bit, we both bought dresses. After the movie it was already 5:15 and it would be getting dark at 6. We wanted to go to the earlier movie but the boys made us wait for them before leaving and we didn't make it. The boys didn't even end up staying for the movie either because they decided to go to Cape Coast. Anyways, we ran outside to catch a tro tro and it was crazy busy. We waited for an hour and finally caught a taxi to the circle. It took an hour to get from the mall to the circle which usually only takes around 15 mins. The traffic was insane. It was dark by now and when we got to the circle we had to walk to the station and stand in the line to Kasoa for an hour. Then the ride home was another hour and a half so it took us 5 hours to get home and it usually only takes an hour and a half. When we came back the boys room was unlocked and Israel and Ishmael were in there. I guess Israel found Ishmael in there and decided to wait until people got back. We are told that Ishmael stole some stuff but we aren't sure. Some of the orphans are known for taking the volunteers stuff. On saturday Jacob took Kelsie and I to his village. We were so excited! We took a trotro and then a taxi up this hill sort of more into the forest. We walked on a road for about 10 minutes to get to his village. People were all staring at us and we just figured it was normal but then when we got to the village and sat down in chairs that they brought us, everyone just surrounded us and stared. Jacob then told us he had never brought anyone here before and so they had never seen a white person before.. we felt really special. None of the people spoke English except for Jacob's brother, his best friend and another friend. We met his aunts, uncles, sister and brothers and pretty much everyone in the village. It was really neat meeting his grandma. We took some pictures and they were all fascinated. Jacob sprung it on us that we were supposed to say something to everyone so we basically just explained why we came to Ghana and him and his brother translated. They gave us a big bunch of bananas that were delicious! We didn't stay for too long, I could tell Jacob felt a bit uncomfortable but so glad he brought us. It was the best day of our entire trip. On Sunday we pretty much just relaxed and hung out with the kids all day. We talked about how terrible it is that they have to pay so much money to go to high school. It's about 300 cedis just for the entrance fee and then more for whatever the child needs. Kelsie and I are wanting to help send kids to high school because it is very important if they want to do anything with their lives they need high school. We are starting off by helping our friend Jacob who will be in high school next september and our other friend Israel who is 21 and I believe has 2 more years left to go to high school. We also want to help Jacob's brother who was kicked out of the orphanage to complete his form 2 and 3 so he can go to high school. These kids are so special and important to us, we love them a lot and we are going to make sure they get an education so they do not have to sell things on the side of the road. On Monday I taught all morning and mostly just hung out with kids all day. Tuesday we went to Accra to meet Gyamfi (a guy from our organization) to get our bus tickets to Mole. We talked about our time and how he wished we had stayed another night at his house so he could cook us lots of good food. The boys went to a movie and Kelsie and I talked with Gyamfi and ate lunch as well as went to Shoprite. We got our bus tickets to Mole and were supposed to leave this morning but we decided that we aren't going to make the 16 hour trip anymore because apparently it is not worth it. We are going to go to the Volta Region to see many better things like a monkey sanctuary, waterfalls and hike up the biggest mountain here which is not big because it is only about an hour hike. It looks over the next country Togo so that should be nice. I haven't had much time to update my blog so this is a little brief but they are a million little things that I've done all week basically just spending lots of time with the orphans and kids in my class. I'll update again after the weekend to let you know some more.
-megs

18 days left :(

Hey! sorry it's been a while.. okay so Friday we had crackers for breakfast, very appetizing. Then Kelsie and I decided we really needed to wash our bedsheets and towel so we did that. It was pretty hard work washing the sheet since it's so big and barely fits in the bucket. That pretty much took up until the break. One of the boys here named Jacob who is 15 years old wants to take us to his brothers house next weekend. We hang out with Jacob like every day and I'm pretty excited that he want's us to meet his brother. His brother used to live at the orphanage but got "sacked" (kicked out) for no reason apparently. His brother is 16 so it should be really neat to go visit him. Lunch was boiled plantains and nasty stew... I couldn't eat that sooo I just bought some pineapple and oranges. Later on, Israel and Beatrice came over to talk for a bit. We were going to go to watch the boys football game but we got carried away talking and it was almost over. After dinner Jacob was just hanging out with us in our room and we were bored so I decided to bring out the glow sticks that we brought. Moses and Jacob helped hand them out. All of a sudden all the kids came running over to our room because they saw that some of the kids were playing with glow sticks. It was complete craziness so we decided to give everyone something and get rid of some of the stuff we brought.. bad idea. It was hard to tell who got something and who was lying and just came back for more and then there were kids that wanted to trade in what they got for something else. Thank goodness Jacob and Moses were there to help us hand everything out. When all the kids finally settled down and we got them to leave, Jacob and his best friend Ishmael were hanging out with us. The kids aren't really supposed to be over in our area at night says "the rules" but the older kids don't listen because it is ridiculous. They tell the kids they can't be over hanging out with us but they don't even have to be in bed until 8:30 or so on week days. Church goes until 3 in the morning on Fridays and it's really loud so we can here that for most of the night. The boys loving taking pictures, I have so many of them on my camera and they love saying that they are "fresh boys." Later that night we printed off some of the pictures for them. They got so excited and loved watching them print. They all want so many but we want to print a picture for everyone.

Saturday morning Moses and Fredrick knocked on our door at 4:30 to see if they could use Kelsies bongo to go running with because every Saturday morning they go running to New Market which is pretty far and they sing along the way with all the kids. Kelsie didn't want it to get ruined while they were running so she said they could come play it later.. Moses is an awesome drummer, I love listening to him play. Shortly after they left it started raining so I didn't sleep that much because it was so loud on our tin roof. Kelsie and I decided to go to Accra to the art centre to see what was there. The ride there was horrible in the trotro because we weren't sitting near eachother and it was hot and I was squished between a bunch of people plus it was so crazy busy out, the traffic was insane. I almost got hit by a trotro when I was crossing the street because I crossed at the wrong time (my bad) so the guy had to slam on his breaks.. it was super embarrassing. The art centre was pretty cool, we bought some cool stuff for good prices. We thought it was going to be bigger but thank goodness it wasn't because there were so many people haggling you. Kelsie got suckered into going to this guys shop and ended up buying a painting but she did some good bargaining. We came home and I played with a little girl Becky when I got back. She is adorable and I always chase her around.. she loves it and is always laughing and wanting to play. Kelsie and I went to BJ's a little place in Ofaakor that serves really tasty rice and chicken. We told mama not to make us food but she ended up making us dinner so we had to go eat a bit of that too. I finally bought some earrings from here since I forgot mine at home. They are so cheap, only 50 peeswas which is like 10 cents or something. Later that night Jacob took me to town to show me where to buy some flip flops because when I was walking the day before I sort of tripped and one of my sandals broke and I only brought the one pair. When we were walking back down to the orphanage, one of the girls Menza was walking up with Gifty(the smallest orphan). She was going to Mama's house to bring her there and she wanted us to come with her. So we went and Mama was really excited that we came and kept saying "you are invited, you are invited, you came to see me!" Her house is basically just a cement room, she has a big bed, tv and fan. We watched a bit of news with her and then we left. Jacob, Ishmael, Israel and Eric came to hang out in our room when we got back. Kelsie and I hang out with a bunch of the boys usually. They were all taking pictures like usual. It got too hot in our room with all the boys so we sat on our porch for a bit listening to my ipod. Israel loves the song dynamite by taio cruz and made me write out the lyrics for him. Israel and Obi watched John Tucker Must Die on my ipod while Kelsie and I were just relaxing in our room then we all went to bed.

Went to breakfast.. getting so incredibly sick of eating all starchy foods. After, Kelsie started doing her laundry. We both had so much because we always leave it until the last day to do. Desi had the other bucket because she was taking a quick bucket shower so after she was done I started doing my laundry. Some of the kids were around and Dina, one of the 10 year old girls, started to do my laundry for me. The other Dina came later and helped her do it. It was nice that the kids did it for me since I had a bunch of clothes to wash and it is very tiring although the kids don't think it is. The kids were all supposed to be at church but it didn't start until late because Eric who leads it was eating. Kelsie and I were going to go but it kept getting delayed and then we had to go eat lunch so we are going to go next Sunday. One of the girls Rachecal looked so adorable in her church clothes, they all look so nice. Eric is supposed to be leaving for school but he still hasn't.. he leads prayer and church for the kids on sundays and if he leaves we aren't sure who will be doing it. We also cleaned our room and organized all of our stuff. At night we were hanging outside with Jacob but we made him go study because this week they have a bunch of exams they have to write to see what high school they will go to. Jacob says he doesn't want to go to high school because he can't pay the fees. It costs about 300 Cedis just for the entrance fee and then some more for other things and Bishop the owner of the orphanage doesn't pay for it, the kids have to get it from an organization or something. Israel was telling Kelsie and I all about what actually goes on at the orphanage. I have lots of things to tell everyone when I get home.

Today.. Monday, was a rainy day. Breakfast was eggy bread but it wasn't too bad because Samir had bought syrup for us to put on it so it is kind of like french toast. I was so happy today wasn't blistering hot although when Kelsie and I checked the temperature it said it was still 27 degrees outside.. it just felt cooler to us. I didn't teach today, I was really tired so we just had a relaxing day. I didn't eat much today because it was gross so Kelsie and I just bought fruit and a few biscuits. We basically just hung out all day with Beatrice and Israel. Jacob told us how he was doing on his tests . That night Israel told me all about his life.. wow is it ever fascinating and sad. Everyone was in the boys room but we were just outside talking about his life. I will have to tell you more about him when I am home.. he is actually 21 years old but at first told me he was only 19 because I think he was embarrassed that he isn't finished high school yet but I completely understand. Israel always tells me such interesting things, I love this kid. He was telling me about his mom and how much he loves her. I was also curious if everyone at the orphanage have parents that have died but some are borders about 21 of them I believe.

Yesterday, we had a tuna sandwich for breakfast. I taught all day long.. I had to teach order of operations which was pretty hard. I taught them 2 lessons in math because since I wasn't there on monday I guess my teacher Zinabu just didn't teach them math.. I taught them about odd numbers and even numbers. Math took up until a little bit after the break and then I started with science. I gave the kids that got 100% on any of the assignments I gave them that day a sticker and they were all so excited and kept saying god bless you. One of the girls in my class, she is absolutely gorgeous.. wrote me a letter thanking me for teaching her. I love my class so much. On of the boys in my class Kwame is 16 years old. He is really smart but just doesn't like going to school that's why he is in such a low class but I want to encourage him to finish school so he can get a good job and not sell things on the side of the road. After lunch, I had to go back to finish writing the science notes. Peter who is in my class is such an amazing kid.. I want to bring him back home, he is so kind and loves school. I was done teaching so I went to relax for a bit. I showered and then we went to dinner. It was noodles.. ugh. After Kelsie and I went to buy some oranges and then hung out with some of the kids again like usual at night. We went over to their dorm area and I helped Fredrick with his math because he was having some troubles.. he just doesn't understand and the teacher never gives one on one time usually. After we did math I read him story and then he read some of it to me. The kids were going to bed so we left and hung out and chatted with Israel for a bit then went to bed as well. Kelsie has a ring worm and it's almost gone now although it looks nasty like a perfect red circle on the back of her neck.
Miss you all!
-megs

24 days left

I taught until lunch on tuesday, the kids all were excited because almost all of them got 100% on the math assignment I gave them. Science class I gave them a bunch of notes so I decided not to give them any work because they were so great. A few of the girls at break came up to me and kept giving me hugs saying thank you for teaching thank you. They love when I'm teaching them because they don't get caned and it's more fun for them. I also do one on one with them if they don't understand something. At lunch a few kids from my class made me do some jump rope with them. Then I got attacked by some of the other kids, Fred jumped on me so I carried him to lunch. I didn't do too much else other then play with the kids. We had a huge photo shoot on top of their roof with a bunch of kids. They love taking pictures so there will be lots for you guys to see. On wednesday we took Israel, Beatrice and Eric to Kokrobite beach. We left at around 10:30 because it took us forever to get organized. I don't think we were supposed to take them without asking but they aren't in school and are old enough to make their own decisions so we did, they said they went before with another volunteer. We got there at about 11:30. We had to take a taxi from barrier junction to Kokrobite and there were 5 of us so I sat in the front and Beatrice sat on my lap. It was a fun trip there except a little awkward for Kelsie because Eric is in love with her and he can be too much sometimes. We went straight to the italien restaurant to eat lunch. We ordered a margarita pizza to share and some banana chocolate milkshakes for them. They didn't like the pizza... (crazy i know) and Beatrice didn't like the shake. We told Eric he had to eat a piece so he scraped off everything and just ate the crust. They don't like the toppings. Israel ate 5 pieces but I think he was just hungry. We headed down to the beach and got them some pure water and then sat on the beach. We hung out, took pictures, went swimming for a few hours and then went to sit up top on this balcony thing. We got them some drinks and relaxed for a bit. Kelsie and I bought another bead for our waist so now we have 4. All the girls here wear them, it's part of the culture. Kelsie also bought this bigger sized bongo.. it is awesome. When we got back Moses one of the kids started to play it. He is really good and is going to teach us how to play it. All the kids pretty much know how to play it because they use drums and things when they sing and pray. After dinner the kids came over to colour because the new volunteers gave them all one sheet to colour. Romeo gave me his picture of a snake that he coloured. All the kids had to go learn but Kwachi wouldn't leave he wanted us to take him over there. So I carried him to his room. We said goodnight to all the kids but then ended up staying and helping a bunch of them with their homework. I helped one of the kids Fredrich (he is 14) with his french first. Then he started teaching me some Fante, which is a language that they have to learn in school. They speak Twi and learn Fante. They are both interesting languages.. we have learned mostly twi.. the basics. After that I helped him with math, learning area. One of the little kids Bishop was sitting on me the whole time and fell asleep, he is adorable. Kelsie was helping a few of the boys from her class with math and then we just hung out and talked to a few of the boys about what they want to be when they are older. It was a good nice just hanging out with the boys. Samir went to Kumasi yesterday and probably won't be back until sunday or monday. Kelsie and I will probably go to Accra or the beach or something one of the days this week I will update again after the weekend is over most likely. Our trips that we are supposed to go on got moved and the one to the farthest place in the north of Ghana is on the weekend we leave so it would be risky to go on it. We are only going to go on one of the weekends and possibly trek to the north by ourselves or maybe with some other volunteers. Everything is great here, I can't believe it's already been over a month. Miss you all
-megs

Fun weekend with the kids

Hope everyone had a great halloween! I just stayed at the orphanage all weekend. The kids didn't have school thursday or friday because they just finished their midterms. We played and hung out with the kids all weekend. On thursday we did some crafts with Romeo and Rachecal. They made picture frames. Friday the guys had a soccer practice so we went to watch that and then on saturday they had a game so we brought Fred and Romeo with us to go watch. We won 1-0. Desi came at half time and brought some of the girls. Every night we hang out with Beatrice, Israel and Eric usually. Israel didn't end up leaving to go to school like he was supposed to because of his injury so I am glad I get to spend more time with him! He is 19. We are going to take Beatrice, Eric and Israel to the beach on wednesday which should be super fun. Beatrices birthday was on sunday so Kelsie and I made her a card and blew up some balloons then brought all the kids over to her house and sang her happy birthday. 2 new volunteers came yesterday also.. they are from switzerland. I haven't talked too much to them, they are kind of quiet I don't think they are really good at english. 2 guys and 2 girls also came yesterday to stay for 2 nights. They are old volunteers that were here about 4 years ago. We checked out the girls dorms the other day also. They are actually nicer than where we stay. They have actual showers, sinks and flushing toilets oh and fans in their room. Kelsie and I will be spending a lot more time in their room. They all have bunk beds and same with the boys but they are in 2 different buildings. On top of the girls building.. on the roof, the kids always go up there to do homework or to drum and sing or just play. It is a beautiful view too. I've started to build some great relationships with the kids and I just love them all to bits. Kelsie and me are probably going to New Market tomorrow which is this huge area full of people selling everything and anything, it's crazy. We are going to bring Beatrice because she can bargain for us and she actually knows the prices of everything. It isn't far from Ofaakor only like a 5 min taxi ride. Kelsie and I also went to Shoprite (big grocery store) and bought a bunch of junk because you can't get it anywhere else. Some of the kids cleaned our bathroom the other day wahoo! It was only because so many other volunteers were coming. Kelsie and I have used up pretty much all of our colouring stuff and I think we are going to give out the shirts we bought this week. Talk to you soon!
-megs