6-16-10

Today was my day off woo hoo! I forced myself to sleep in cause I needed sleep bad. I went on a pretty long run in the afternoon. Everyone calls me crazy for running in the afternoon because it is so hot but I would rather run in the heat than not be able to sleep in. I decided that instead of resting on my day off I was going to try and be active most of the day so I forced myself to find things to do. I played a little soccer at the park and did a little gymnastics and that took up most of my day. When I went over to the orphanage to borrow a soccer ball I noticed that the ten balls they had were all flat so I went and got a pump to pump them all up. Rafael helped me. Rafael is only four so it took twice as long to pump them up but I knew he wanted to help and I was in no hurry.
It was Adrianna’s birthday today so I went over after lunch to take some pictures and help celebrate her birthday. Most of the kids all have sponsors so on their birthday they send them gifts. Phil and Alison also got her a present so she got two. Phil baked a delicious cake for her as well so I would say it was a pretty good birthday for her. All the kids gathered around as she opened her presents so she had many helpers even if she didn’t want help. Then it was time to eat the cake. It was a mess after they were all finished eating. Even though on my day offs I miss working at the orphanage today I was very happy I was off because it would have been my job to clean it all up.
For dinner I went over to the local hamburger place and got some dinner and finally got to watch a world cup game. What could be better than eating the best cheeseburgers and watching some amazing soccer? After dinner I went over to the daycare to check my email on my computer. As I was leaving the ladies at the daycare were leaving too and locked up the gate on their way out. As I was walking back to my house I realized I didn’t have my key. This meant that I had left them at the daycare. So my keys to unlock my house were locked in the daycare … it was kind of a big problem. I saw that both Alison and Phil’s cars were at the house so I went there to see if they could unlock the gate, but of course with all my luck no one came to the door. I sat outside their door for about 45 minutes then decided to go and jump the really tall fence at the daycare. As I got to the gate I thought I heard voices so I decided I shouldn’t jump the fence just in case someone doesn’t know me and freaks out that I am breaking in or something. I thought in my head of what to say if I saw someone to get them to come unlock the gate. No one really knows English and no one really knows who I am that works at the daycare but I decided to give it a try. I started yelling hola hola for about 2min then finally I saw the door to the daycare open and out walks Alison haha. Phil and Alison had been in the office the whole time.
Something that I really feel like has changed since being here is my fear of being alone. I am a people person and I love being around people constantly. I hated being alone I just didn’t know how to handle it. For some of you you may read this and think what is so hard about being alone well for me it was a fear, a big one haha. This fear has been tested tremendously while being here. First I started out living in a house all by myself then to top it off the time I do get to go be social I don’t speak the language very well. No one here was really my age and the kids that were here left the first week I was here. Since I didn’t really have much to do when I was at home alone after my shift I started reading more passages to take up time. My first two weeks here I really struggled with being alone but as the weeks went on my relationship with God grew. I realized what God was doing. He put in this situation so I could grow closer to Him. As I almost complete my first month here I have come quite use to being alone and I don’t mind it because really I am not alone God is with me. Never would I have gone to a restaurant by myself, gone on a bike ride adventure to who knows where or joined a soccer team where I don’t know anyone and no one speaks my language. There are so many things that I would not have done but God has really forced me out of my comfort zone. Now that I have gotten use to living alone I also need to prepare myself because the new interns come on Tuesday so no more being alone.