Saturday morning

It is Saturday morning and I sit in the internet cafe alone...well, not alone but at least the only one from my team here right now. Today we will go to Faye's house (she is our servant team leader).On Saturdays, the Lighthouse kids come and play basketball at her place and then everyone heads to Kroo Bay in the afternoon. Today instead of basketball, David (who I think is probably the Lighthouse guy that I have connected most with and am the most endeared too) is going to walk us into town and give Haley and I a mini-tour of Freetown before Kroo Bay. I am looking forward to today, as long as my body doesn't give out on me!!:P

Some highlights of the trip so far have been:

Our stimulating visit to the Sierra Leone museum. The kid giving the tour should be a historian...Faye asked him a question about one of the founders and he said he didn't really know what happened because he wasn't around then. Hmmmmm...really, no kidding?! It was hilarious. You know me...couldn't stop laughing! Another highlight has been playing Draft (it's a game similar to checkers but much more difficult) with the Lighthouse guys. I have actually beat a couple of them...well, one of them gave me the game. Hopefully soon I will beat him for real!

So far, the most frustrating thing is not being able to communicate. You can speak a little, because Krio is a similar to English, but it is different enough to prevent a deep conversation from really happening. We are just starting week 2, so I know there is time but I don't want to waste any of it. I want to be able to actually talk to the homeless on the street, instead of saying no or just giving them food. I want to be able to engage.

Well, I think this is all I have for now. I wish it was more telling of how I am really doing and feeling but I don't even know those things yet, so communicating them is next to impossible. Maybe when I have more time....