Irony

Hello friends!
It's been a good, yet very interesting week. First - We successfully finished our first week of the futbol tournament! We only had to cancel one practice due to rain and change one game day to a practice ... so next week will be mainly games monday thru saturday. It's pretty exciting and the kids are loving it. It's hard work but worth it when I realize that the kids are having fun.

I think last week I wrote about a girl having dengue and malaria at the same time... well, this week we've had a strep throat outbreak and a couple of cases of e coli. Please pray for the kids' health, because they all seem to be battling one thing or another. I am actually currently in the clinic - it's four am. There are ten kids spending the night and one other volunteer. Myself and Jackson (other volunteer) and taking shifts to stay up. I'm appreciative of the power and internet we have right now!

I think this might be God's sense of humour coming out ... but I am reading a book called, The Hole in the Gospel, right now. I just finished a chapter a couple weeks ago all about lack of clean water or water all together, malaria and other diseases that are rampant amongst the poverty stricken. Well, the past two weeks we have had days with no water, no electricity and a couple of kids with malaria and many kids with other sorts of issues. I found myself one night hauling buckets of water to the clinic for Dalia, in case her fever spiked up again in the night. It was such an ironic moment for me -- I definitely laughed as I was hauling the bucket.

Today I participated in a birthday party - Jonni turned fourteen today! He is on our soccer team, so we took him and nine friends to the outdoor court to play soccer while we waited for the fire to be ready for bread-on-a-stick. It was great ... A group came in last night, so they joined us as well. They spent all of today giving away Vans Shoes to the kids! The kids really needed new shoes. They are apart of sweet non-profit organization called Soles for Souls. I talked to Katie, the organizer, and she is going to request indoor soccer shoes for my soccer boys! I really hope it happens soon...

Big News: I decided to change my flight and stay in Hondo for Christmas! I am pretty excited to spend it in a different way - it will be interesting to see how Christmas is done here. I've heard that it is just spectacular. Ps: I heard it is snowing in Ferndale ... that is so bizarre to me, cause I think I sweat out fifteen pounds today from the heat and humidity.

Well ... until next time!
Ericka