Day 7

Well, today was my day off, so I was sitting in my bedroom reading and there was an odor that crept into my room.  I thought, they must be cooking liver for lunch (everyone here LOVES liver- ewwwwww!)  but then  I thought, "no, it can't be.  I don't know the smell of liver".  Well, lunch time came, and my nose was right:(  This is the only thing here that I can't eat.
The kids HATE the vegetable soup (In my opinion, it was different but not bad), so I told some of them that I would race them to see who won.  There were 4 of us and surprisingly 2 of them beat me!

Then after lunch WE WENT SHOPPING!!!! The older kids received their Christmas gift of money early because they really wanted to go to the market.  I got to go along with them and it was TONS of fun!  I went around with the 3 teenage boys and they took care of me and made sure I didn't get lost- hahahaha  We entered into the market and at the first corner, 3 men started talking loudly and quickly and took one of the teens by the arms and pushed them into the little "store" or "hole in the wall full of clothes".  I was so, scared that they were kidnapping him or something and the other two boys just stood there and watched.  Then, I noticed that all the wanted was for him to buy some pants!  The whole day followed along like this... it was a fun, new experience.
Many of the kids bought soccer shirts and jerseys (soccer is their favorite thing to do here:)  And they also bought new soccer shoes.  In addition to this, they were able to buy dress shoes, pants, shirts, coats and some CANDY!  Thank you to all who donated- it was a really special time:)  Don't worry, pictures will come soon(ish).