funny story

at lunch on monday aug 24 noel had said to me "hey heather i like your underpants". i wasnt sure i heard what i thought i heard so i just sort of smiled and stared at him and he said it again...and he was on the other end of the table so everyone was listening...i could feel my face get hot and red and still i didn't really say anything. so he started to explain that because in rwanda few people where pants or skirts that show their knees or above. i had capris on that when i sat down they showed my knees....he meant to say he liked my shorter pants not my underpants so i explained the difference between under and short in terms of clothing. it was quite funny and something i ended up teasing him about the rest of my time in rwanda.
on monday the 24th i also decided to teach the kids and staff about bowling. i filled empty water bottles with some rocks and got one of the homemade garbage bag footballs from the boys. it was a huge huge hit. they all absolutely loved it. even the staff had a great time and got really competitive with it.
i told the staff at lunch about the penpal letters i had from the kids in the US and they wanted to have penpals too. so all the staff gave me their emails and info on what type of american penpal they would prefer. i am pretty excited to get them all matched up with one or more people in the states. i felt bad because i didn't think of asking the staff prior to that and i think they were hurt at first that they had to bring it to my attention. ends up they are so excited about it and couldn't stop talking about it the whole week. on friday the 28th i spend over an hour with the staff posing and taking pics for them for their penpals. it was really fun! and they loved getting their pics taken and figuring out tons of new poses.