Saturday and Sunday, during which we are finally busy, and eat Indian food

Saturday was PANCAKES FOR BREAKFAST (every Saturday, that is). Cameron and I went to Sabbath school, and I left early to practice and get Anisha. The sermon was going to be in ENGLISH!!! (translated by Daniel) because the pastor was from Nairobi. Cameron did his special music (Cast Your Cares), and then the pastor started preaching about prayer. I nudged Anisha and was like, “US TOO!” Anyway, it was a great sermon, and after Anisha and I did our special music (we signed “I Get On My Knees”), Hareg got up and made sure that everyone understood how God had worked through everyone, having us all pick songs/sermon that had to do with prayer. It was really neat. Potluck was nummy, as usual. We had Pathfinders, and we had decided to do a few songs, and then split up into two groups. One would go with Anisha and Cameron and act out a Bible story, and the other group would stay inside with me and learn ASL. We did the alphabet, and everyone had a problem with “G.” My first group started out small, then all these adults came in, so we kept having to start over. I think most of them had fun. We will have to work on it again next week. The second group was just six kids, and it was fun. Emmanuel is a fast learner (he stayed with me to translate). Then, everyone came inside, and each group acted out their skits. I took pictures. Afterward, a huge group of people came in, and Emmanuel explained that they were from another church, and came to pray for our church and/or youth program? It was cool. We got back, and started to do the pumpkin. Project. Project, project, project. We cut it open, and Anisha cut it into smaller pieces and de-seeded it, and I peeled it and cut them into small cubes. We took a break to cook dinner (fried rice, which did not really turn out to be like fried rice, segun Cameron), then boiled the pumpkin and mashed it up. We got two big freezer bags and a zippy bag of cut up ones to use in soup or Indian food and stuff. We went to bed late, and were sooo tired.

On Sunday, Daniel had told us that he would get up to play soccer with us… at seven am. So after our late night, we got up to play. Samuel was already watching the cows, and a few of the other boys were around. Oxen, pardon, not cows. We started just kicking the ball around, and then organized a game. Apparently they have tutoring on Sundays, so there were other kids around who played. By the time I went into breakfast at eight, there were so many kids there. The teachers take turns coming two at a time, and whenever they show up, tutoring happens. By the time Cameron came in, he said there were about a hundred kids there. Anisha, since she could not play, watched the oxen so Samuel could play :-). I helped a little—it was fun. Leftover pancakes for breakfast, then I showered and got ready for the day. Around 1140, Dr. Gemechu called and said that they would be there shortly to pick us up for lunch. Yared picked us up, and we went to Hareg’s house to get her, Dr. Gemechu, and Azeb. Her house is nice—it has a lot of guest housing too, since some of the high school kids live there so they are closer to school. It turns out that “England” lunch (as heard by Anisha) was “Indian” lunch (as said by Azeb). Azeb and Anisha (our local Indians) ordered for us. We got naan (a bread thing), paneer curry, chick pea curry, biryani rice, naan with onions (my favorite), and allu gobi (a dish with potatoes and coliflower). It was all delicious. And we got to take home the leftovers. We stopped at Bole Mini to get stuff from the bakery, and Azeb insisted on paying. We got cracker things, banana muffins (for me), coconut muffins (for Anisha and Cameron) and cinnamon rolls (they have raisons, so I might only have one). I love Bole Mini. After we got home, Cameron and I took a nap, whilst Anisha answered over a week’s worth of emails. We watched an Australian movie called “Peaches” and it was… weird to say the least. Leftovers for dinner (I made a pizza thing), and then I made pumpkin cookies. I think they turned out rather well.