What time is it?!

Those who have been helping in the preschool have discovered their new favorite time of day: Hug Time! It's when all the children go around and hug their friends. When it's early in the morning and the temperature is chilly outside, hug time is sure to bring a smile to even the sleepiest, coldest teacher.

On Thursday morning Parker was recruited to help with some surveying work so Katie stepped in to help at the preschool. She had heard all about it from the others and wanted to get a taste for her herself. Meanwhile, Fred and Lauren did a great job finishing up painting the fence and trim at this house. They will finish up painting the blue house on Friday. This may seem like a menial task, but there is no underestimating how it feels to come home to a house that looks new instead of looking poor and run down. Also, we serve as if we're serving the Lord and not men, so even painting a fence or drawing a survey line or organizing a closet is done for His glory.

Our afternoons continue to be a mixture of homework, play and dance. Jes and Lauren keep working with the different age dance classes. The rest of us go to the ministry homes to help the kids with their homework. After homework is done we take a ball out in the street and kids come out of the woodwork to play. Once the sun set it started getting cold so we headed home for dinner.

One of the American volunteers who is teaching here for the year, Anna, joined us for dinner with a special Namibian treat, mopane worms! We fried them up for dinner (although the American chefs overcooked them) and everyone tried at least one. The facial expressions were priceless as you can see! Anna also brought a delicious chocolate cake for dessert (which we are quite glad Katie didn't throw up on). After dinner we had the dress rehearsals for our skits for the Open Stage Night. We're quite excited for them and are sure that we'll have the whole amphitheater rolling with laughter.