Two Weeks Down

Hello again! So much has happened, I don't know what to tell you.

The big thing at the orphanage was helping the kids walk. There are five kids in our room who are learning to walk. They can be really lazy and just wanting to crawl, so we have to hold their hands and walk them around the room to help them practice. They're super cute, even though some of them are past the age that they should already be walking.

I was able to see the girl from my room in the hospital twice more this last week. She had a really high fever on Wednesday, but she was feeling close to normal on Friday, so hopefully she'll be back at the orphanage soon. I was also able to see my seventh floor girls. I'm happy to see them, but I kind of wish they didn't need to be in the hospital. They love bubbles and balloons so much though. They are so cute.

I went to my satellite apartment twice this last week as well. There were five boys and a girl there, but one of the boys (he's so cute!) actually got put into a foster home on Friday. It's sad thinking I won't see him again, but it's so good for him to be in a real foster home.

It's super tiring being at the apartment though because the biggest boy likes to play airplane, and I'm always having to stop the girl from pulling off my glasses, or my watch, or my rings, or my earrings, or ripping out my hair... She's only two and isn't very good about not touching things yet.

Now for the stuff I'm allowed to take pictures of:

My Pictures:

We got home right before the downpour of a thunderstorm started on Monday night... and then proceeded to go back outside and get drenched in like 2 minutes, it was so much more intense than Seattle rain.

The rain makes for some beautiful rainbows.

Briefly locked them out on the balcony of the church building during FHE

The height difference between my roommates is hilarious... Meggie is so short and Carlie is so tall.

Natalie's Pictures:

(She takes so many that I stole some)

Last Saturday, we went out to play ultimate frisbee after an Institute lesson. We ended up doing it on the grass along the river under the powerlines. I promise, there is actually a river in the middle of all that green, it's just sloped down really far.

My team! I didn't do much, but we had the tallest people, so we kind of won by default...

So, from left to right, it's Brook, me, Meg, Carlie, Sister Bynam, Nathan, Brook, Alex(andra), Elder McAllister, and Elder Harper

 The other team: Rebecca, Sister Caruso, Caroline, Meggie, Aurelia, Natalie, Radu, Elder Barney, and Elder Bonner

Our apparently now weekly Sunday pic from last week. We had some extras this time (sisters from the branch, they're so nice) 

Brownies at FHE: Caroline, Natalie, Meggie, Brooke, and Elder Bonner down in front 

Titanic-esque picture on the balcony at church (which was followed by me locking them out) 

The thunderstorms have made for some brilliant clouds

 Games on Saturday afternoon (because the weather wasn't very nice) This was spoons... which I left after the first round as I got clawed and was bleeding...

Actually though, it was three hours of games and it was super fun with us interns, the missionaries, members and investigators

 

Our picture from today with Elder Bonner in the back right and some Nicu and Elder Harper photo-bombing in the doorway...

Roommate pic with Meggie standing up a step to be closer to my and Carlie's height... Also Elder Bonner being cool in the back right and Daniel just standing there...