painting, painting, and some henna.

Today was a fairly leisurely day. Most people slept in until 8:30 or 9 and breakfast was not even served until 10ish. Once we were all up and functional, Colin, Amy, Mrs. LePore and Ms. Laly went into town for some shopping and also visited the school that will be funded by the H2O class this spring. The rest of the group spent the day around the house and working down in the clinic.

Much of the day was spent either working on our ocean-scene mural in the room that will act as the Pre-K daycare center at the clinic, or doing homework. Shortly after lunch the girls went down to the sewing center to get the blouses for our saris fitted and later on, the boys went out with some local kids to play cricket and meandered back through the hills behind our property. Though there are ants everywhere here, none of the boys got bitten too badly while hiking through the tall grass.

Later in the evening, Sara-Suti's daughter and her friend helped Ms. Laly apply henna on all of the girls' hands in preparation for the wedding we will be attending tomorrow morning. The rest of the evening has been spent relaxing, doing homework, and wrapping gifts for the local kids who will be performing for us on Monday.

It is hard to believe that our time here is almost over, but we are looking forward to what our last few days have to offer. With a wedding and elephant rides tomorrow, and a big community shebang happening on Monday, our last few days at Hope Clinic are going to be quite the finale.