random thoughts

I can't believe I only have just over 3 weeks left here. I feel like I have to squish as much as possible into these next couple of weeks! I think what I'll miss most are the people here.

Bencaleth: oh the kids, the kids. I love Bencaleth. Everyone has such a unique personality that just really gets to you (in a good way!). Oh one of the residents of Bencaleth passed away this week. He was already in the late stages of cerebral palsy, but you never really think that they would actually pass away. We had the funeral and burial early this week. And it's strange. I've only known him for about two months but his death really affected me. Yeah, these kids have really found a place in my heart...
The staff: We've really gotten so much closer lately. I go over to watch the futbol games and they're really cool to just hang out with.
My friends: I love the people I've met here, especially from church. They really make my stay here amazing. Awww... it's making me kind of sad to think about the stuff I'm going to miss. Let's focus on making the most of these next couple of weeks instead :D hehe starting with now, because I have another birthday party to attend this afternoon!!

By the way, I've been getting really lazy with the updating photos lately. I actually rarely take my camera out when I'm here. I always think, oh that was a perfect photo opportunity and I missed it. But then I realized, why am I so preoccupied with having a cool photo. Is it so I can have that awesome picture and then bring it back and show people how awesome it is here? Yeah, I think that to an extent it's good - I want to show you guys what things have been going on, and I'm sure you're interested too. But I think the problem I have is that I feel like if I don't have a photo as proof of what I did, then it's all gone to waste (like you know how you have to bring a camera to a party or else you'll forget how fun it was). But it's bad because instead of focusing on what I'm doing here, I would just try to make things that would look good to show people. You know?... but maybe I'm just making excuses of why I don't have more to put on my blog :P