Our God is so Big

It’s Friday all ready! This week has gone by so fast. Today, Lusungu and I take a break from walking the village and decide to do some paperwork and work on the computer. Before starting, she has a meeting, so I go help out in the nursery (pre-school). I love to watch these kids get into their singing and their praying. They have such a focused look on their face when they pray and in unison, yell their prayers at the top of their lungs. Then the singing. I love to hear their little accents in English. I think I am going to have Our God is so Big, Mr Sun and other songs in my head for a long time....with the accent. During snack today, we separated the kids who didn’t bring snack into a circle while Hillary went to the village to get a loaf of bread. That way when she got back and others finished their snack, we could identify who didn’t have a snack. As usual, Salome (aka Fat Baby) didn’t bring a snack. This girl, while very sweet, is kind of a bully. She was making her rounds trying to get her classmates to give her some food. Sometimes she will just grab it and eat it really fast before they can stop them.

I would try to corral her and say, Salome ie (pronounced “I”) meaning Salome, no! Then I would point to the circle indicating she should come back. She would smile a big smile....oy, she’s going to be a tough girl to handle when she’s older.

Before Lusungu and I got started on the paperwork, we had 2 families come by for their interview, which is a part of the visit we have been doing. One of the questions is how everyone is doing, health wise. The guardian responds in chichewa, and then Lusungu translates, Annie, their youngest daughter, who is in her lap, has measles. (I am sure you probably don’t know this but there has been a major measles outbreak since March. Granted I have been vaccinated, it still worries me.) At this point, I lean back in my chair as far as I can to complete the interview.

After Lusungu and I finished our work or I should say when my battery died on the computer, the team had lunch and a few of us gals went out for a little walk in Adziwa Gardens before Awana.

Awana is booming today. Apparently the word has spread throughout the village that the Azungus were in town. We even had an azungu visitor. A lady drove up with 3 kids and wanted to check out where her kids had been coming every week. She was a danish woman who’s parents were missionaries who took in a malawain guy. Well she ended up marrying him and now the live in area 12 with 25 adopted kids and 3 of their own kids. They have 3 houses. Talk about a lot of kids. Well the kids had been coming over this week and she wanted to see where they were. Word travels fast. Innocence has been opening up more and more to us lately. Today during duck, duck, duck, goose I tapped Innocence and he chased after me with all his might. After his turn was over, he found me and sat beside me.

I am so glad that he’s opening up. We also played a game hyena and goat. It’s kind of like red rover but in a circle. The goat can go in and out of the circle but the point of the game is to keep the hyena away from the goat. It’s really fun to watch the kids. Oh and, we saw Felix after Awana. Throughout the whole week, we had missed seeing Felix. He was the construction foreman on site last year. Matt, Ellie and I wondered where he was. Last year, when we left, he was really sick with pneumonia and malaria. We were so thankful that he was just working at a different site. After Awana, the kids hung around forever, finally we had to tell them see you Monday and run inside. While many left, lots still stayed.

We made a mad dash to dinner, and enjoyed yet another meal. I tried something new, well kind of new, tomato soup with rice mixed in and samosas. (I mentioned those earlier in Sundays post.) Yummy! A night of hanging out as we have an off day tomorrow....shopping oh and me working on the spreadsheets for the Family Sponsorship Program.