this morning Tom decided to go for an early morning swim in the river.
it was very fun to watch him and Ben play on the Bilbili but i am not ashamed to say i didn't get in the water that morning.
after breakfast we went in the longboats further up river to Waibongi (wich translates to night water).
we visited the village school wich was only formed two years ago. the kids were pretty quiet. and even though it was a saturday they all came up to watch us. i thought it was amazing that not only did the kids sit and watch our skits and plays but most of the village came to!
we went for a swim. whcih was fun. then to get home some the boys from waibongi made us biliblis. (bamboo rafts)
i only cut my feet once come down the river. me and curly tom had lots of fun!
after we had gotten home (and dry) in about the afternoon it rained and rained and rained!
with the door open in the side of Tuks' house we lay and watched the waterfall and the rain.
the waterfall raged, the river was read from the earth washed into it and little (ok some not quite so little) rivers appeared in the village.
after it had stopped raining we went to a youth church service.

we sang happy day (among other things) and there is this one line "and he taught me how to live rejoycing" that we usually sing. when it came to it i belted it out but louise stayed silent! it was kind of embarrasing but all the people there cheered. it was funny.