IT RAINED

And rained and rained. I frantically put buckets outside to catch the rain, but it takes at least 10 minutes for the water dripping off the roof to be clean of sand and dust. However, I am unfortunately not able to predict the weather, so I filled up our water bin by the bathroom with relatively dirty water, thinking we can at least use it to flush the toilet. But the rain kept coming, so I proceeded to reverse the process and took a bucket to empty the giant container, just in time for Lauren and Fifi to come home and wonder what I was doing. We ended up not catching a ton of rain water for that bucket, but a few trips to our now full well fixed the situation.

Anyway, here are a few pictures of the past week.

This is the prayer circle they held in our house.


We had a fun day with paper masks and hats!
Kweku

Cynthia scaring/playing with the little kids

Cynthia and Mary


We went to the site yesterday and the kids were mesmerized by the water that had filled up what will soon be the new building's septic tank. I used this photo as an excuse to climb on top of the concrete walls.


Ernestina and Irene pretending to cook


John having fun coloring and ignoring me when I told him to get off the table


Akua looking at the view from what will soon be her new bedroom!

Lauren and I hanging out on the steps of the current building.