Saturday

Two more volunteers arrived the other day, two girls from Israel, Maya and Tess. They have just completed their army service and are doing this trip now before starting university. They arrived with suitcases and one of them doesn't eat rice.....so we were worried whether they would last. However they have adjusted well and are fitting in well with the kids.

Today we went for breakfast with the kids. I took three loaves of bread and they had fried eggs on bread. After breakfast they completed chores and Chantri held a church service, as he is a pastor. He was worried about our reaction to this as he had had Korean volunteers before who really gave him a hard time about christianity. The kids all dressed in their Sunday best for the event. The sermon was on 'parental duties' complete with readings by his son, which some of them followed in the bible. The kids prayed and sang. All went well, even the jewish girls found it interesting.

This afternoon we will take the kids down to park beside the lake. They look forward to this excursion each week. Already they are telling us we can't go back to Australia.......they are enjoying having us there and in particular our sense of humour.