Day 10 - 11

Day 10

Yesterday was a hard and a different day. We got to sleep in until 7:30. Then we got to go to the market so we could get supplies for the party. We had to get food then other gifts for the kids. I had made 3 bracelets so I could hand them out to the kids. When we got to the orphanage we took all of the food to the kitchen and all of the supplies to the office. It all started off with all of the kids handing out the bracelets that they had made during the week. Then Mallory and I handed out string to the kids because they love to make bracelets. Roaut went looking for a board with 2 nails in it so he could make more bracelets. He could not find the board so he grabbed 2 nails and a hammer and hammered them into the table. That was so funny because he would start hammering the nails in pause, look around, and start hammering again. He looked around because he did not want mama to see. Then the kids showed us their performance. There were 5 dances. Here is the order of the dances Hip-hop, The chicken dance, a traditional, I like to sing, and a work dance. That was my favorite part of the night. Then we had our own dance party. I thought that we were good dancers until I saw them dance. They are insane. Spinning on their head, doing back handsprings, and just flat out dancing.

Then it was time for dinner. we had brought them supplies for them to make fried chicken, salad and drinks. The kids were so thankful for what we had brought. Little did they know while they were being served and eating we were putting together a poster full of pictures that we had took while we were at the orphanage.

Then our dance began again. This time we had to leave and go into the office to start blowing up the glow in the dark balloons and cracking the glow sticks. We all were caring 2+ glow sticks and a glow balloon. We all came running out of the office with the glow supplies and were cheering and all of the kids started cheering also. All of the kids wanted one of the glow things. Some of the boys that got the glow balloons put the balloon in their drawer. Then the poster was revealed. The kids had the biggest smile on their face when we uncovered that poster.

The last part of the day was the hardest. That was the good byes. The thing that truly broke my heart was when I was hugging Neot and he was trying so hard not to cry. I said to him," It is alright to cry." HE just broke down and it is the hardest thing seeing the kids cry when they NEVER cry. Even when one of the kids gets a nail in his foot. It took us an hour to get off of the stage and then another 15 min to get out to the tuk-tuk. The kids were hugging us like we were the last thing left in their life. They ran after us for about a mile holding my hand was Roaut. He was truly AMAZING. I now know what it feels like when you get your heart broken. We all cried all the way home and that is a 40 minute drive.

A quote from Jack Skidmore," Don't cry because it is over, Smile because it happened."That is my favorite saying.

Day 11

Today was a fun day and a learning day we first went to a cooking class. Then we went to the Royal Palace. Finally we went to a couple different stores.

The Royal Palace was so crazy. Some of the things were just used once. For example the throne it is only used when the king is announced that he is now the KING. It look as if it was made of pure gold. How people know that the king is home is he raises a blue flag. He has been king for 7 years and the King has no wife and no kids. There are many buildings but only one of the buildings are his. In his building there are 15 different rooms. He was the youngest son and he got the name because his brothers were into politics. And how the People that work and live at the palace have to wear the same thing but different colors. In one of the buildings the floor is made out of pure silver. There are 5,300 tiles. Which is 7 tons of silver. Therefor people call it the silver palace. In one room their is 90 kilograms of gold and 2,086 diamonds. The items that use that are the Buddha statues.

Then we went to dinner at the FRIENDS restaurant. That is a restaurant that takes kids off of the streets and teaches them how to make things and cook. They cooked our dinner and they made all of the supplies in the store next door. Most of the things were made out of paper or silk. That was very interesting. Today was a fun and learning experience.

One less day in my journey but one more day that i got to experience.