Tuesday, May 22
Today was our first day of official therapy. It was
difficult to make it exactly like therapy in the States, but we are good to
have even a little progress. Small steps. These babies are orphans, which means
they’ve lost their mother, so whatever help we can give them will be
beneficial. Most of all they need to be held, loved and given attention
individually. The groups stay the same but rotate supervisors and houses during
these weeks ahead. My supervisor is Kara this week and we are doing a good
amount of language therapy. My group members are Shealynn, Hannah, and Kristen.
As for the babies, I have had more time with Jessie, Wade,
Botias, Joseph and Memory. I am feeling more comfortable with “being dirty” and
finding joy in the simplicity of life here in Zambia. Tuesdays and Thursdays
are blackout nights for the country. Usually from 6-8 pm the lights go out and
we have to entertain ourselves with flashlights. Our game of choice so far has
been Nertz. At 8 pm, we met with Webster to practice singing. He taught us a
Tongan song that we had heard on Sunday at church. When I heard it on Sunday,
the harmonies almost moved me to tears it was so beautiful! I could not tell if
Webster was completely pleased but we had fun anyways and I think we sound
pretty good for it not being our language.
Our last roommate made it to Zambia and the four of us work
well together. We even had a bonding workout with abs, arms and legs. Welcome
to Africa (WTA)!
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