This morning I began my day with a shower (as always), then the packing process started. At breakfast, I had a very long chat with LaShawn, who kept saying that volunteers are absolutely needed here at Emmanuel. I could remember back to my very first trip (posted here on the blog in 2008)...where a couple of orphanages that I had written wanted me to commit to a minimum of 3 or 6 months, Emmanuel told me that they just wanted/needed me here because they needed volunteers to have a better ratio of adults (staff, volunteers and teams) to children. Think about the talents God has given you, pray on how He wants you to use them. Are you feeling a pull?
Since I am not teaching today, I decided to sweep and mop the entire house. The solution for mopping has a lavender scent to it, so the entire house had a feeling of calm and tranquility once I had the floors mopped. I let the floors dry while I walked down to the school to return the materials (books, notes, etc) to Profe Jorge and wish him the best. I gave him the extra paletas (chili covered mango suckers) as well as the graphing calculator (TI-86) that I had brought along. I showed him where to find a manual in Spanish online in *.pdf format for him to print...he is also the computer teacher, in the case he needed to know more specifics about his way around that calculator. He seemed very appreciative.
When lunch came, I brought bags of items to the Comedor to give away, clothing, toys, drawstring backpacks and other items that I had not yet given away.
At the end of the night, I weighed my suitcase, and unfortunately it was still over 50# by quite a bit, remembering I came down with 2 suitcases and was only going back with one (and also had purchased solid dish soap and coffee to bring back. I was fairly tired, so decided I would try to figure it out in the morning.
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