The New Adventures of a Kansas Red Head: El moviemeinto (The Move)

I have moved into the intern apartment! I loved living with the mamas and they were so gracious for letting me be a nomad in their apartment, but it was time to place my tent in a permanent location. This is my first time living alone. I have decided its not too bad as long as I shut my bedroom door all the way so it doesn't creak in the night freaking me out. Now let me fill you in on what has happened since Sunday.

Sunday I went to Newspring Baptist Church, which is the church that is held at the school. Pastor Nehemias (I don't know exactly how to spell it... hopefully that is right) is the pastor there and it is a decent sized church. Sunday he talked about how we need to be prepared for what Satan throws our way by reading the Bible and Praying. I really enjoy his preaching. After Church Larry and Claire Boggs invited me to eat lunch with them, the Patlans, some friends from around the area, and their friends they had picked up from the airport that morning. She made fried chicken which was AMAZING! Once lunch was over I went and took a nap and just rested the rest of the day.

Monday morning I went and got groceries and taught English to the younger kids at the school. They are using a pilot program by Kinder Care which is suppose to help not only students learn English, but also their teacher. They are suppose to teach the program (all pre-recorded) to their students with out the help of an English speaker. What I did is I taught it Monday and Tuesday doing lesson one and two, then today I had the teacher teach lesson 1 to help the kinds retain what they learned. After school a group from Farmersville, Texas came to help around the Eagle's Nest for the week. Let me tell you, they are an amazing group. They are so driven to help as much as they can to further the ministries going on here. Even the first day they got some projects done. They had orientation and then got to have a tour of the grounds in the rain. It was a nice rain at least! Dinner was yummy! I ate with the kids and we had tamales filled with re-fried black beans. I am going to have to try and make them once I get back in the states.

Tuesday I taught English again, but before I did the Texas group moved me into the new apartment! Not only had they moved me in but they had gotten all the boys stuff moved into their new rooms... all before 11 a.m! I got to eat with the group for lunch then went and helped with the kids because the group started to paint the main floor of the orphanage. We all went out side, played, and studied with the kids until the paint was dry. Once they were all inside I went down and spent my first night in the apartment. It was quite nice

Today, Wednesday, I had the teacher teach her class the English lesson. She did a very good job! She was nervous, but for not know English she was great. Not only did the kids learn, but she learned some new words. Afterward I finished laundry. I have done my first load of laundry and I did not ruin or kill anything! My mom would be so proud! I ate lunch with the kids and then went and helped the Texas group paint the girl's nails, from the manna program and the Eagle's Nest, after they cut their hair. That was a lot of fun; everyone had a good time and the kids really enjoyed it. I ate dinner with the kids and enjoyed their company for the rest of the day.

I cannot believe it has almost been two weeks!
Here are some pictures from the last few days:

The view from beside my new apartment