Today was our second day at RivLife and it was absolutely amazing again!! We helped the gogos (granny's) garden for the first two hours of our day. This consisted of using a hoe to get the weeds and then picking up the weeds. It was very fun to be able to talk to these women and encouraging to see how much they appreciated our help. These women water the plants everyday and work in the garden Mon/Wed/Fri every week. They don't get paid much so they get to take whatever food they want from the garden. The rest of the food will be used to feed the kids at RivLife and will be sold to their community in order to raise money for the seeds for the next season. After this, we went to the Creche (preschool) again and played with the precious kids!
I will mention two events that happened today: 1. a little boy was crying so i picked him up and held him and he just laid his head on my chest. So, I asked the gogo if he was tired and she said no, they just like to be held. There are only two women working in the Creche and tons of kids. The women who work there are old so it is hard to hold the kids because they are very heavy and there are so many of them. It was so special to be able to hold this little boy who just wanted to relax and cuddle on me :) 2. I think I mentioned the little boy who really likes Joey. He is the one that Joey was feeding in the previous post. He is about 1 1/2 years old and super tubby. he kind of keeps to himself and always is making funny faces, but for some reason, he always goes back to Joey. Today he went and sat next to Joey and he looked a little tired so Joey rubbed hi neck and within a few seconds, he was OUT. He had fallen asleep sitting up and it was the cutest thing ever!! joey just laid him down, then they took him inside to sleep.
Anyways, we also went to the drop in center which is where we prepare the food for the kids and we had a really fun tim hanging out with the gogos there and the kids after school!! Now we are home and trying to get some homework done and some sleep! We are going to go ZIP-LINING tomorrow!! We are super excited!! :)
their garden
overlooking the town
Joey's little buddy. :)
Lucas and some of the kids
Joey chasing the "tiny one" and tickling her, making her laugh :D
Beka pushing kids on the swings :)
baby sleeping
the little boy that Joey put to sleep :)
Me holding hands with one of the little girls <3
This is our team with Beatrice (the gogo) at the Creche
us with the two women from the Creche = Gloria and Beatrice
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