There is no such thing as a 'normal' day in the Sollys... I never know quite what to expect! Yesterday I found myself piling into the back of a truck (ute) with about 10 other people and bouncing along something which is a cross between a road and a river bed. We eventually made it out to a little village where we hosted International Children's Day festivities.
It is my third International Children's Day program in one of these villages... and again, I never quite know what to expect! After waiting for about 4 hours for the minister to open the day with a word of prayer (we couldn't start without him... and we couldn't find him), the children paraded through the village singing songs and dancing along. They then performed speeches on children's rights, dramas on issues which affect children in their village and performed custom dances... they are unbelievably adorable! I want to adopt them all!
Later in the day I found myself sitting in a homemade hut... I was soon asked to leave because I made the babies cry. I didn't mean too... they have just never seen a white person in their house before! So I sat outside in the rain feeling homesick and sad that I make babies cry. Not to mention busting for the toilet (because there is none) and starving hungry. Then I thought it could be worse... I could be having just another day in the office!
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