So we meet once again. And just as I thought last week, my math was off. Week 12 has just come to a close. Which means I have about four and a half weeks left. Which sounds really strange to say. It will definitely feel strange walking out of the airport when I get back to the States.
This week nothing really exciting has happened. Although, we did a new staff member this past week, Pastora Fae. She's been working with Missionaries To Asia, the organization that I am interning with, for almost 30 or so years in the bible college they have up North, as well as pastoring a church there. She asked for a change of location, so they transferred her to the children's home. Which is very good, because according to Angela, she was trained by a very strict pastor, which is very unusual for a Filipino. Angela and Janet, co-founders of New Beginning Children's Ministry, are very happy to have her here on staff. From what I can understand, she'll be the one that'll be taking over my job when I leave. She will be responsible for building relationships with the kids, and just being an ear for them to talk to her. She's had experience as a counselor, which is a huge blessing for the children here, I just don't think they fully see it yet. Also, today, Saturday July 2, the kids are finally off punishment. They've been being punished for about a month from the music room, and practicing. But today the punishment is over, which they are very very happy about.
I had an interesting experience this past week. On Thursday it torrential down poured the entire afternoon, so we were all inside, in our rooms doing different things. My room is at the end of the hall, with two windows, one facing the front of the house, and one facing the side yard of the house. Well, it started raining so hard, that the rain started coming in the side window. I was sitting on my bed watching a movie, and I started getting wet, which has happened in the past, so I didn't really think to much of it. Well, I started getting wetter...and wetter...and wetter. To the point where, I put my laptop under my bed, slid the books that were on the floor and were getting wet, under the bed and left. I returned a few minutes later to check to see what was happening, and found a pond on my bed. It was soaking wet. I had to put two towels on my bed to keep it from getting more wet. Fortunately, the rain stopped around 4 or so, and it dried enough for me to sleep on that night, but for a while there, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. I've had my fair share of interesting experiences, but this was a first for me haha.
Well, that's it for now. Hope all is well with everyone!!
With the wind,
Mark
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