quick again

I went to the orphanage yesterday and worked for four hours. There is absolutely no structure besides sitting down to color one picture and a nap time where the kids lay on mats on the floor and 1/2 sleep and the other half bug those that aren't. It's really an awful situation there. What the kids really need is structure, love, attention and positive reinforcement. All of which are missing there. I hope to be of some help but with so many kids being kept in such a way it's hard to believe that you're really doing any of them any good. There is another "obroni" (white) there volunteering. She came from Canada for that reason. She's been there for about 2 weeks and has seemed to have gotten the hang of things, so I guess there's hope. Sanitation is really an issue too. kids share water, cups, food, runny noses-it's really pretty nasty. I have to keep myself from thinking about it ( I hold their hands that they wipe and eat with) or I freak out. It should be an intersting experience. Today I met with the administrator at Seffie's old school just a street away. Tomorrow I'll go there for two hours to have a kind of orientation and recieve some materials to read about the school. Then I'll spend two days a week there helping the 1-3 year olds starting next week. I think it'll be rewarding. The administrator was very nice and quite accomadating. I also am getting involved in the church literacy program at the church offices when I go with Marian to work after the orphanage. I'll be binding books and laminating things and putting kits together. That should be fun too. Some days here I think I'd like to stay the whole year and others I think I'd better get a ticket back real soon. I'm glad to be here though. Love you all.