Tonga Tuesday

Day 15

Tonga Tuesday! Because of our interactions with Webser the previous night we decided that today should be Tonga Tuesday and we would try to use the Tonga words we learned last night. It was fun to use the few words we knew and share them with others.

Today was a good day. I am getting more use to feeding class, and some of our babies are making progress. One of the babies named Heath is a very floppy baby. He doesn’t hold his head up or use his arms or legs. I worked with him today and got him to reach up with both hands for a chew toy. This was great progress for Heath and I hope he continues to improve.

Today for lunch we had a wonderful lunch. It was Dr. Weavers favorite, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls and chocolate cake. It was all very good and we were all very full. Afterwards I was able to fit in a nice 30 min nap before our afternoon sessions started.

On our way to out afternoon session a very strange thing happened as we walked to the Havens. No one talked the entire time! I could not believe that a group of six girls could be so quite as we walked for 30 mins but they were. Amazing. I doubt it will ever happen again.

After our afternoon sessions were over we had dinner, during dinner a group of three girls from Abilene Christian arrived. They are all undergraduates studying in different areas. They are interning here for 7 weeks. I’m not sure exactly what they will be doing while they are here, but they are here. It was nice meeting them.

After dinner we threw the Frisbee around for a while, got eaten by mosquitoes and then decided to head back to clean up. Webster met us again tonight and we practiced singing, and we learned a new song! It was fun working with Webster. After singing practice, I sat down next to him and I asked him different Tonga words, and I spelled them out first in Tonga, and then wrote what it meant and then I wrote it phonetically; which he did not understand at all. It was fun learning new words and learning what sounds they use in Tonga verse America. I can’t wait to learn more words tomorrow.

God is good.

Thank you

Ben