Noah Took a Shower with a Cockroach

This morning I woke up at 3:30am in order to take a shower an spend time doing my devotions (my daily routine while the house is still quiet).  I woke everyone else up at 5:30am.  Alina was already mostly packed, Bob had a pack a bit.  I sent some souvenoirs home with them that we had purchased earlier so as to lighten our load when Noah and I come home in another week and a half.  Alina and Noah went down to the comedor and were instructed to have breakfast (which I found out later that Alina never ate), while Bob and I walked the suitcases up to the Team House.  The team from Georgia was leaving today along with 3 volunteers, so luckily Bob and Alina were able to ride along on the bus rather than have the orphanage's chauffeur take them (which costs considerably more).  I had given Alina some fruit from the refrigerator that I knew Noah and I would not eat to take along to breakfast to give away.  Bob and I met up with Alina and Noah at the comedor so that Bob could say his 'good-byes'.  I found out that Noah hadn't even begun to eat because he had been goofing around with the boys who were eating, so I had to have him get his bowl and sit down to eat.  He was absolutely and by far the last person to finish eating. While I stayed with him, Bob went up to the Team House to wait and Alina took some of her clothes that she was leaving behind to Sofia at the baby house.  She said her 'good-byes' there too.

We waited with Bob and Alina for the bus and then said our 'good-byes' before the bus took off around 7:30am.  Noah and I headed back to our room to strip all of the bedding and wash it, and turn the room into a room for two.  I swept the room, the kitchen, and the porch while he cleaned the bathroom and the room ended up looking really nice.  I wrote my blog and posted it from yesterday while Noah read some more in his book.  He seemed a bit down and I'm guessing it was because his sister was gone, so he had no one to 'pester', or as he would call it, 'joke around with'.  I decided to take him to the tienda (store) to get him some ice cream...partly for him, but probably mostly for me for having to deal with his being 'down in the dumps'.

When we were finished we went to lunch with the medium boys and then headed to their house to watch movies for the afternoon.  We watched LEGO Batman, Independence Day and then finished up the Zootopia movie that they began watching about a week ago but never got to finish.  After supper with the medium boys, we headed back to our place and Michell was waiting for me.  I sat with her out on the porch until about 6pm when she had to head back, then we went into the room for the night.  I told Noah to shower up and he took the SHORTEST SHOWER EVER!!!  He came out and told me that he was showering with a cockroach.  He said it was hidden in the folds of the shower curtain.  I hit the shower curtain, and it fell onto the floor of the shower...it was pretty big.  No wonder he took such a short shower!  He went to get Nathaniel (the 11 year old next to us) to take it out of the room.  I am hoping that by next week, after the Miller family leaves, Noah will have the courage to take care of these by himself.

Suly stopped by to ask me if I could boil some water to throw into 2 ramen noodle instant bowls for 2 big girls next door.  I did that and we chatted for a bit.  She told me that she has plans to get married and said that she had just talked to David about it yesterday.  I'm so excited for her!  I have known her for the 10 years that I've been coming here, and she has been teaching classes and also involved in the kitchen.  She truly is a remarkable young woman and I'm praying that all goes well with her upcoming wedding!

What a nice way to end the evening...