Day 27: Wednesday 28th June & Thursday 29th

Well Wednesday has come and gone and I'm writing this last blog entry about an hour before we are heading off to the airport. The Housemothers have all gone on a 3 day retreat so we said goodbye to them wednesday morning and became house mothers ourselves for a day. It didn't really amount to anything however as the girls are so well organised that all we had to really do was watch them. Some members of the church had also come in to help. Becci & I were in the Bethany home whilst the three American girls were in Emmaus. It meant two days of early risings though as we had to get up to say goodbye to the mothers and on thursday to see the children off to school. We stayed in the staff rooms in the homes for the night.

Wednesday & Thursday have mainly been days of packing and cleaning our rooms as well as playing with the children. They got hold of our cameras again! It was Abi's birthday (one of the American girls) and she was 18. The older girls cooked her a special meal in the evening and we bought her ice cream. Our visas finally arrived (ironically the day before we leave) as well as the cards that we are bringing home. A correction to the price I stated early - it is 75p per card not per pack.

One thing that Becci reminded me that I'd missed on the Saturday blog was the fact that we went to the early morning market with the housemothers. When i say early this was the earliest we'd been up. We left at 4 so we were up around 3.30. They like to get their early to get the fresh meal and fish. The housemothers take it in turns to go each week and take one of the older girls with them to carry the bags. Each of us was assigned to go with one housemother and I went with Bethany's housemother Gerlie. The people loved to have their pictures taken, display their products and even with broken english tell us a bit about themselves. Most of the fish were still alive, the meal was freshly cut from animals - as all parts of the animals were sold and carved up in front of you. The market is open 24 hours so a lot of people were asleep on chairs. We spent 3 hours there before heading home at 7 and collapsing into bed for a few hours.

Becci & I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone who has kept up with our blog and our trip. We have really appreciated your prayers, best wishes and emails along the way and look forward to seeing you all soon. Take care everyone. Love Sarah