Lumela!

Greetings from Lesotho!

We had an excellent day today! We left Thorns around 8:45 and had a 15 minute
drive to LCCU (Lesotho Child Counseling Unit). LCCU is a home for abused,
neglected, and abandoned children run by Me Lydia, a former social worker. Our
projects included building our second playground and painting the children's
rooms and bathrooms. The men and women from the Lesotho Youth Work Camp were
there to help us with the playground which made digging the holes and mixing the
cement go a lot faster. By the time we left we had the frame, bridge, and
monkey-bars built and cemented into the ground. In the boys' room we painted
cars, trucks, planes, and animals. In the girls' room we painted a majestic
garden. The bathroom was a whimsical nautical theme. When the children got back
from school, they were so excited to see their beautiful new rooms and partially
built playground!

While today was an excellent day, most of us would say that one of the
highlights was seeing a pig the size of a small horse. Apparently that size is
normal in Lesotho! We will be keeping our eyes open for more.

Tomorrow we will be back at LCCU to finish the playground, paintings, and to
plant fruit trees!

Can't wait to see everyone in two weeks!

Sara Mewhort and Elyse Adams