Thursday, May 28: Flip Flops

Last night we had a bit of excitement. It felt like I had just drifted off to a peaceful sleep, when Gail woke me up and said "get dressed." It could not be morning already. Then I realized there was a crowd of loud voices outside the compound. It sounded like a pretty large group of people. The voices got louder, then moved past the gate and drifted away. A little later, the voices went past in the opposite direction. Then all was quiet again. After a little while, I went back to sleep.

In the morning Gail asked Jackie what the commotion was about. She said, "football." There was a championship soccer game last night that was televised. The crowd was probably dissipating the energy they worked up over the game.

Kayla found out that several children went to school crying today, because they did not have enough money for a field trip. Kayla had received money for her Bat Mitzvah a few weeks ago, and she had been waiting for the right opportunity to use it. She, Gail, and Monica went out this morning to visit the schools and pay for the field trips, and then on the way home they bought new flip-flops for all of the kids. I think Kayla found a great use for some of the money she received.

Gail, Evey, and I went in to the Internet, hoping to get a lot of work done, but it was not working. We went to another cafe, but it was not working much better. We did manage to get a little done, but then we got caught in the rain. It was really pouring. We walked under the awnings in front of the stores along the street

After supper, Charles brought out the box of flip-flops and all of the children got a pair. They thanked Kayla. She seemed pretty happy.