walking

I’ve gone walking with Nadege in the evenings…kind of an exercise to aid in our digestion after dinner. She always leads (good thing) and we go in different directions to different places, maybe at some point I’ll know my way around this area. We’ve gone to visit a friend of hers who has two little girls—one is almost 2 (I think) and the other is about 5 months old. We stopped by for a short chat (I mostly listened/ played with the baby) and then continued around. We’ve been to the House of Hope twice now where I’ve gotten to see the bed time routine and helped with some homework. One night we wandered a way that she didn’t really know either. We found a large open space that could be traversed as a short cut to Cite Soleil (if you are on foot). There was a group of children playing under 2 trees to the side of the area. We went over and played for a bit. Some of the bigger girls had the face cards of a deck and were playing a team game of four in a kind—your partner has to call it when you get 4 of a kind…I won one hand but then got too paranoid about watching the other team…It was fun to play with them. I’m pretty sure they don’t get much interaction with strangers or adults who care or who have time to spend with them. We told them we would come back the next night (and bring cards) but it was raining cats and dogs so we have yet to get back to them.  I’m glad for rainy season for the water and cooler weather (for a little while) but sad that it cuts into our evening walks…