DILY
I realized I never did one of these for Africa, but no day was like another. Here in Nepal we have had some constants, and minus the day I will post in another blog here is a typical experience
6:30 – Wake up to people in the house talking (loudly to an American standpoint). Go to the bathroom, climb back into bed and stick my ipod in
8:ish – Wake up for real. Lay in bed and read my bible until we hear Theresa yell for breakfast
8:45 – Breakfast, which we always hope for French toast, sometimes it noodles or bread and fruit
9:15 – Bible study unless we have nothing planned for VBS then we talk and pray about what we are going to do for three hours with the kids
10:00 – VBS. Start with the song Father Abraham, move into “Baby Shark” which just consists of me and Bridget cracking up at Clint when its “shark attack” Bible skit with the team, kids break off into class
10:30 – I am now alone with 20 children all under the age of 6. These children do not speak a word of English. They copy “God is Love” off the board and we sped d twenty minutes reciting it
11:00 – Loosing my mind and trying to figure out what to do next. Read them a story? Ok, two pages in they are climbing on the desks shouting. Recite the ABC’s, they yell it so loud my ear drums hurt
11:15 – Remind myself why I don’t want to teach Kindergarten
11:30 – Recess. Boys run down to get cokes, B and I are hiding in a classroom, drink the cokes and go out to get our kids
12:00 – A few rounds of duck duck goose, sing “I’m a little teapot” and we head back inside
12:30 – Kids color a picture of their families, the pictures are so cute it makes me want to teach Kindergarten
12:42 – One girl goes to “wash her hands” when really I look out and discover she is locking Bridget and Curt in their classroom. Finish the day with reciting more memory verse and passing out paper for rice snacks. Make a mess, have them line up and hug them all goodbye
1:15 – Exchanging stories in the classroom with the team until lunch is ready.
1:30ish – Lunch of something delicious
2:00 – Bridget and I (or sometimes we send Clint) head down to the corner store for some Cadbury
2:15 – Lay in bed. Talk and then take a nap. If not we find any empty classroom and play rummy (cards are FORBIDDEN here… but a risk we are willing to take 😉 or walk thirty five minutes into town for a snickers.
4:00 – Head to the school with Bridget, Ryan and Curt, find an empty classroom and work out to Insanity and dance along to Girl Talk. Wanting to die every time, cracking up at Ryan when he screams at us and making in fun of Sean T.
5:00 – Take tea and wait (pray) for the water to come on to shower. (Water is on from 5-7am and 5-7pmish) When you hear the tin pot in the bathroom trickle you run and grab your towel and hop in. Normally on the race I hate showers, and (somewhat) refuse to, but when we got here on the second day I noticed a shower head. I mean GLORY! I don’t even look for those anymore, but they have one, and it has enough pressure to rinse all the shampoo out of my hair. Seriously?
6:30 – Lay in bed, watch an episode of GLEE, talk about the boys (you should hear their conversations, it’s hilarious, what else do we have to laugh at?) Talk about eating Mexican food when we get back to Kathmandu. Pray the power comes on so we can use the fan and charge things.
8:15 – Dinner of another delicious assortment
8:30 – Team time… which leads to Arrested Development
9:30, max 10:00 – Tired and ready for bed. Pray against the mice and for the temperature to drop a few degrees
10:30 – Still loud in the living room, plug in the headphones and try to go to sleep.
SO there you have it, a typical day in Nepal… that is of course unless you have a day like we had yesterday…. Stay tuned.
Xoxo
