This week has been fun packed. I have been assisting at a summer camp in the neighboring community of Fairy Hill. The camp had students ages 5 to 12. On Monday I taught the students about trees and forests. They learned the importance of trees in Jamaica and I learned how to be adaptive in such a large age range of students. They were great and really enjoyed making leaf prints with crayons and leaves off the trees outside. We also watched some videos on rain forests. Monday evening Patrick and Sammi arrived and stayed with me in Port Antonio, I loved seeing them! On Tuesday the topics of camp were composting and gardening. The kids also played some wonderful games and it was just fun watching and playing with them. Jamaican kids LOVE dancing and playing any games with song and dance. I had never seen "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar" played with so much animation and attitude! It is so refreshing to work with kids.
On my way to the office on Wednesday I took a nasty fall into a pot hole and ended up spraining my ankle. I visited the doctor and spent most of the day resting. Along with having a sprained ankle I also happened to get a bug from the campers, so today has been pretty miserable. I hope to feel better this weekend and hope that my ankle heals soon. I guess that it will slow me down, but as my doctor says, thats not always a bad thing.
I look forward to working with some farmers next week for my agroforestry project and also working at the camp again for a couple of days. I also look forward to Andy and Aimons visit (NEXT WEEKEND)! I hope that my ankle is well enough to do all of the running around that I had planned. As for now, I am grounded by the nurses to not leave my apartment for a couple days. I hope to get over the bug so I can relax more and not have crazy stomach pains so I can enjoy my bed rest! I will soon post some pictures from camp just as soon as I can get some from fellow volunteers. The children here are so lively and beautiful!
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Oh no! I hope you feel better soon. Don't try to do too much before your visitors come so you can let that ankle rest as much as possible. Sounds like u had a lot of fun working with kids!
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