Orphanage

I have deffinately been lacking in postings but take what you can get I guess. Today we took a trip (a very long bike ride, up hill, both ways, in over 100 degree weather...with humidity) to an orphanage located at a converted Pagoda. After getting there and assessing the amount of sweat dripping off us we sat down at a table for a small talk with the head buddhist nun at the orphanage. We were soon joined with our volunteer counterparts and took turns fanning each other. We did small introductions of everyone and had quetion and answer about the orphanage, directly followed by child student interaction. We walked into this big open room with pillars and cement floors. There were children in a big circle and when we walked in they all started to sing. They sang us happy birthday and a few other songs in english. It was a great way to lift our spirits after that long, hot bike ride. For the next couple of hours, we played with the children as a group and then individualy. We gave them earth balls that we stuffed for them last night, candy, and happy face stickers. They seemed to have a great time and we all had a few that really took to us and we're never far from our sides at any moment. We also saw the babies. They are all beautiful children and a quite well behaved for what we saw. It was time to leave before we knew it and said our good byes. I think we could have stayed for the better part of a day were we given the chance. We all basically knew our way back so we went at our own individual paces but regardless, we were all soaked by the time we got back and were anxious to climb the 1, 2 or 3 flights of stairs to get to a cold shower!! We've now had lunch and are feeling fat and happy though we still all struggle to stay healthy and keep our digestive systems at peace.
For the rest of the day we will be preparing for our 3rd day of teaching at the Street Children School and getting all pumped for our free day (a whole one!!) tomorrow!!! For now, that's all from the almeister, thanks for checking us out!