What's Up?

We have had a busy week at Rising Star. Each day we rotate between medical clinics and education or construction duty. We usually are done with our duties by 2:00, have an hour to cool off, then have kindergarten playtime, afternoon playtime, prayer time and dinner. By 8:00 pm, we have a few meetings debriefing the next day's activities and then playtime. We've made the Mango room into the Mango Lounge and the kids hang out in there or other people's rooms.  It's actually a lot of work, but at the end of the day, we feel good about what we have accomplished and the kids have stolen our hearts.
Here are a few photos.

Baylee, Megan and I are on construction together, so I only have pictures so far of the three of us. Here we are standing in a hole we dug. I know it doesn't look that impressive, but notice the large tree behind it. Yeah, roots galore! It was hot, humid and the girls did a great job. Baylee even invented a new method of digging called the "Baylee Swirl". 

Anytime we are on construction, we move a lot of bricks. These piles were from two piles of bricks that were out front. The men behind us were building the septic house. 

This is Baylee, Riley, Me, Klarissa and Abraham. Abraham is one of the patients who comes in for treatment. Even though he has no fingers and is missing half his foot, he still has the best personality. He is singing to us while Riley soaks his feet in order to clean them. Baylee has just cut off his gauze and next I will oil and cut toenails. Then J'Amy, behind us was wrapping. The nurse let her wrap a few patients by herself. Claire was doing eyedrops and Megan was taking blood pressure. 

After medical clinic, our group got to go to the zoo. We were a little hesitant at first and thought it would be 'sad'. However, the Chennai Zoo is beautiful! Parts of it remind me of the main sidewalk in Central Park. It is wooded and the habitats are spacious. It was huge and very well-maintained. 

This is Megan and Baylee and I getting ready for a day in education. We always have to wear the oh-so-attractive chiradurs and then the scarfs signify that we are teachers that day, not playmates. We teach everything from reading to computers. 

Riley is starting to work on our mural. I will post the first sessions and ours when we finish. 

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!! We are all a little homesick today and missing the festivities of Park City.