small world

There are millions of people in the world but it is still a small place. First off we did find out about Michael Jackson the day it happened, now worries about that. Radio stations here even had tributes to him all weekend! But on a personal level one of my roommates knows who one of my best friends is and then this week we got two girls from NC into the house (Charlotte and Durham) who both know people from HPU, one was even in Alpha Phi Omega! How crazy!!!

Orphanage update- I have completely gotten use to being peed on and spit up on now! haha. But the kids are just adorable so ya learn to live with it. The hard part is that first off they (the toddlers and kindergarteners) don't speak much as it is but what they do speak is Kisawhili so its hard to tell them 'take that out of your mouth' or ask them what their name is or even 'stop crying, its okay!!' haha. The past two days I have gotten to hang out and play with the kindergarteners. Yesterday and tomorrow we are/will be setting up and making some stuff for their classroom which is a nice change of pace. As for the babies- one has totally taken my heart. His name is Johnathon and he has was very sick when we was 2 months old and the drugs they had to use have big side effects so a lot of his actions and what is going on with him is close to autism. They try the best they can with him and he has worked with a therapist I have been told but its still hard. He is just over a year old and def my buddy so I try to work with him each day on standing up and trying to walk some, eating is a horrific experience, oh etc. etc. Hopefully things will get better and not worse as the doctors said it might.

Oh yea last thing- I saw a table in a bar/restaurant in town that said OHIO on it! Was so excited but didn't have my camera so I gotta go back to it.