Wednesday afternoon/evening there was a really big storm. We'd planned to go to our friend Nicola's for pancakes so we donned ponchos and made our way there! Pancakes were great!!
Yesterday was a ward day, this is always by far the most difficult day of the week for me, but such a great opportunity to shine some light into the wards.
We started the morning with some of the older ladies, me and Jules went into a ward which we've not been on for a while. We did lots of singing and dancing around. The ladies particularly liked our rendition of black eyed peas "where is the love?" which we know all the words to!! After this we went on to the cp ward and helped with feeding. At lunch time we took 5 girls for lunch. This is always a good chance to give the girls some extra nutrition as we can mix some fortisip in with their lunch. After lunch we went on to pink ward. As usual there are no words to describe this place, but its great to see the smiles on their faces and comfort those that are feeling sad.
After work me and Jules did lots of organising stuff for the girls home, it was all very productive! It's so tiring doing the work we do and especially in this heat, so it was great to get lots of bits sorted out. In the evening we had a volunteer sharing, reflecting, prayer time.
Today was a day centre day. We did some singing, which was all very funny! Especially old macdonald with the thai staff doing the animal sounds, funnily enough thai horses, ducks and dogs make a totally different noise to English ones!! After lunch we had some of the girls from pink ward, we started with oh the hocky cokey! After this a surprise farewell had been organised for me! I was presented with a fresh flower crown and necklace, a certificate and a handmade card - given to me by Matoom, Bow and Wanna. But then it was all very sad as a lot of the girls were really upset that i was going; we all had a bit of a cry together. It's really hard that i've come into their lives and now i'm leaving them again. It has been such a joy spending time with them and seeing their smiles light up their faces.
After work we took out 5 girls, the thai staff and their children for ice-cream. Everyone had fun, though it was quite a complicated order of ice-creams!
We had a "using up the condiments in our fridge on pancakes" night tonight, which was very successful!
Tomorrow I've got one final trip with the beautiful Matoom, can't wait!!!
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