The Tribe Has Spoken

Before I start, a quick shout out to all of the counselors at Warren W. Willis UM Camp!  This is week one, so their first group of campers came in yesterday.  Whoop!  Totally missing all of you guys, and I'm praying for you and your campers.  Love you!

Ya Win Some
I did [almost] all my laundry on Sunday!  (How did I last so long you ask?  Pure stubborn determination, laziness, and lots of skirts.)

The owls from the post office finally made it through customs!  (Love you, Max.)

Every year, the kids at a local high school do a fundraiser for their end-of-the-year party where they sell tickets to a soccer game: NWHCM v. the high schoolers.  And I played!  And we won!  Whoop!  (7-4)

Monday was Bonneau day for the Miriam Center.  We took them on a field trip to the playground.  It was tons of fun but tiring like crazy...

Teaching the Gran Moun (old people) the Cupid Shuffle.  'Nuff said.

So... Apparently I'm the official grammar teacher for the adult English classes on Wednesdays... Surprise!  Nehum, the teacher, asked me if I would help out, so I said sure, I'd love to.  Little did I know he was going to introduce me to the class as the new grammar teacher and go over curriculum with me!  Well.  Sweet.  Now they all call me "Tee-cher Mahleesah."  Love it.  (Wish me luck tomorrow!)

Ya Lose Some
The week I finally do my laundry... that's when it decides to rain daily.  Soggy clean clothes.  Boo.

Nothing says, "Take out that player!" like a 5-foot-tall girl, right?  Apparently so because during the soccer game, I got knocked down twice.  The first time was an accident... the second time I felt a palm to the back.  Now I have a quarter-sized spot on my left need that's missing some skin... Yum.  I must say, it's nice that I still haven't gotten sick yet, but the injury's have been a bit much this year... :P

    other intern (after seeing my wound): Wow.  That looks gross.
    me: Yeah, I know.  I hope it scars.  It'll make a great story.  I won't even have to make anything up!"

(PS If you know me well, this goes without saying, but I got right back up and kept playing.  And he got yellow-carded, so ha!)

We had our first immunity challenge for Survivor Haiti on Sunday, and the Gween Gwoblins lost.  :(  It's okay, though, because we voted off a girl that's leaving on Friday anyway.  She ceremoniously chugged a bottle of water, some of which was kindly dumped on my head by the other team.
Oh, well.  The tribe has spoken

Prie: Today, I went to the House of Hope with a couple of different teams.  If you don't remember, that is the short-term orphanage for mostly severely malnourished kids.  I got to meet a woman who was there with a little boy, Kevinson, her grandson.  He was skinny as a boy and would cry any time she left him.  After his mother (the woman's daughter) had another baby, she gave Kevinson to the grandmother to take care of him.  Unfortunately, the grandmother doesn't have the money to feed him.  Please pray for healing, not just for the boy but his grandmother also.  She could barely talk to us because of the tears in her eyes.

Loue: This one has a happier ending, promise.  There was a baby boy that was left at the mission yesterday by his mother.  He was special needs and clearly malnourished and abandoned.  Unfortunately the Miriam Center is already so over-crowded that there was no way we could take him in also and properly care for him.  Stephanie, who works in the Miriam Center, went with the boy (I wish we knew his name) and a Haitian staff all over the place to try to a somewhere that would take him in.  Finally, they found a beautiful place owned by nuns that welcomed him.  Not only are we sure they will take good care of the boy, but they have also offered to help us in our mission's time of need.  Please pray for Baby Boy this week...

Creole: "Ole ole!  Ole ole!"
Haha, jk.  This isn't actually Creole, as you've probably noticed.  However, it is apparently what Haitians yell/sing out at soccer games when something good happens.  Who the heck knows what it means... they just get really excited about soccer, I guess.