What a fun day! A trip to Nakumatt for “treats”, picking up friends, sitting in traffic to realize we were passing the football stadium at the “right time” for traffic, and winding through the bumpy dirt road to finally see a small face peek around the corner of the house when we honked the horn at the gate. We were finally at Haven. The four boys that live at the orphanage, Kelvin, Joshua, Godrey, and James greeted us with smiles and helped unload the car with the treats we had brought. They were soon giggles as the three of us (Kirsten, Alisha, and myself) chased them around the car to tickle each other and they had even more fun climbing on and off the car. At one point, kids from the road noticed there was fun going on in the yard, so they wandered in through the gate. Concerned they were not allowed into the yard, I went to get Trena and the house mom. They said it was fine and even had the boys offer sweets to their friends. (what a great skill to teach them in sharing and making friends.) The best part was we had just talked about playing Duck, Duck, Goose, so we went up the hill to the flat portion. I explained in English how to play and then one of the house mom’s translated for the kids and the game was on! What fun to watch these kids interact and take turns being sure that everyone had been picked at some point to chase. They caught on quickly and we told them we would be back next Saturday to play some more games. So we brainstormed already: red light, green light; Simon Says; hopscotch; red rover. Any other suggestions? :)
We like to play a version of "Duck Duck Goose" called "Drip Drip Drop". You drip a drop of water from your finger onto a person, but for goose you dump the whole cup. Very fun and refreshing for the hot summer! :)
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