Any good adventure ought to end in a sunburn...

Ah sure, it just keeps getting better. Yesterday was a fantastic day with the teen girls from MeNeo's~ we took them to the cinema to see Despicable Me, and the lovely owner of the theater has agreed to donate popcorn and drinks anytime we want to bring some of the children from the orphanages. It is cool to see how the girls faces light up at something that we so take for granted. Even just going to the shopping mall, let alone actually going TO the cinema is such a treat for them. After we got back from the film, we got to spend some more time with the younger children that we run the preschool for. They were all absolutely knackered from their day of school, and two of them fell asleep in mine and SJ's laps. What a joy to be the one to rock a little girl to sleep, so that she can know that she is loved and safe. I love all these kids so much already, and I hate to think that I am already 1/3 of the way through this all too short journey.

After all of us got home from work last night, the others decided that I needed to experience a night out in Lesotho (which we only really do because Danger is with us, and since he grew up here, he knows most everyone, so we are quite safe with him). We went out to a Lesotho nightclub and danced the night away... sort of. Let's just say that the locals here are far better at popping and locking than I could ever hope to be. I think that just as they say 'white men can't jump', its fair to say that (at least in comparison to the locals here) that we can't dance either. But I gave it a go anyways :o)

Today was absolutely gorgeous~ we kicked off the day with a girls' brunch; we all headed to a little restaurant in the local shopping mall. It was great to sit and have a chat away from our usual morning chaos at the orphanage. Then we came home and sat around in the paddling pool, complete with our little floating 'table' with drinks and snacks. It was the perfect relaxing saturday, and I even managed a little sunburn (fingers crossed that it turns into a tan by morning!). Anyhow, please continue to pray for my work with the children here. SJ and I are headed to the Kome Caves after church tomorrow, to hand out food and educational resources to the families there, as they are very poor and many of the children are unable to attend school because it is too far away. Peace.

"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul."

~Psalm 23