We'd really appreciate if the power stayed on long enough for us to do something.

It rained for three days in a row and we didn't have internet for any of that time which has meant that we haven't been able to blog. So here's an overview of the past few days:

Thursday afternoon, my mom and I went with the 10th grade boys up to the Sacred Forest, which no one is allowed to take anything out of, and we showed them how to take pictures. They seemed to be much more creative than the girls (who took hundreds of pictures of us but very few of the surroundings). The Sacred Forest had some really neat temples but it was a long walk to get up there!

Saturday morning, at 5:45 am we were woken up by a girl. What did she want at 5:45 am you might wonder? Well, she wanted a volleyball. That’s right; we were woken up at 5:45am just so they could play volleyball. If this doesn’t scream culture difference to you then I don’t know what would.

Other than that, life here in Nangi has been going really well. The kids didn't have school on Saturday so some of the boys went down to the fish pond to catch fish to sell. The money that is raised from selling the fish goes directly to the school. It was neat to watch them catch the fish with nets and their bare hands and then throw them into baskets at the side of the pond. After watching the fish catching spectacle we went down to Amuti’s house (also known as grandfather of the nursery) and we picked tons of plums. The plums that are grown here are SO good! Bradley even likes them.

I (Jess) have learned to make bread and we've found a way to bake it using embers from the fires that we've been building ourselves. We made French toast this morning using some of the bread. Other than that nothing super eventful has been going on lately. They are almost done installing the water heater at the camp ground. The heater is up on the roof, all ready to use but the piping is not quite finished. Also, there was a minor setback due to the hail protection cover but that problem was soon fixed. That means HOT SHOWERS SOON! We desperately need the grubbiness of 7 days washed off us and you should see Tyler's feet. We'll put some pictures up soon.

About an hour ago we were showing the 10th grade students all of the pictures that they'd taken on the computer and it was great to see how interested they all were. We had close to 15 students in our tiny little house before Krishna, the math and computer teacher, offered to set up the projector in his classroom. I'd say that the photography has been a success. (: